At a glance… In Senegalese culture, community theaters are used to communicate educational messages to the mostly illiterate population of lower socio-economic classes. L’Initiative Sénégalaise de Santé Urbaine (ISSU) has held 23 community theater...
At a glance… To increase male participation in family planning decision-making, the Urban Health Initiative (UHI) in Agra, India met with over 10,000 male rickshaw pullers to educate, engage and empower them. As of 2012, an estimated 1,000 rickshaw pullers in...
At a glance… This study responds to an identified gap in research and investigates the linkage between attitudes of men in urban settings toward gender equality and use of family planning (FP). High scores related to men’s gender sensitive decision making were...
At a glance… In the first year following childbirth, more than two-thirds of women wanted to delay their next birth, yet they did not use any method of family method (FP). Only 2% of clients of any maternal and child health service received a FP method, referral...
At a glance… The Measurement, Learning & Evaluation (MLE) Project undertook this study to understand inconsistencies in unmet need for family planning in Uttar Pradesh, India. Many women have ambivalent fertility desires and report future pregnancies as...