Family Planning 2020: The Arc of Progress

This report from Family Planning 2020 (FP2020)—a global development collaboration between countries, international donor agencies, and diverse civil society organizations—describes the partnership's country-led efforts to ensure universal access to safe, voluntary family planning services across the globe. Women's and girls' ability to control their reproductive health is a basic human right. Rights-based family planning programs, which are fundamental to achieving global goals for a healthier and more equitable world, represent a development investment that can improve health, strengthen economies, and transform societies. As of July 2020, the total number of women in the 69 FP2020 countries using modern contraceptive methods was 360 million, an increase of 100 million since the partnership’s launch in 2012. The report highlights programs and policies passed in FP2020 countries, financial resource mobilization, family planning throughout the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, and the continuation of the partnership - rebranded as FP2030.

The publication examines how the pandemic disrupted many health services, including family planning. For example, lockdowns and closures prevented clinics from providing services, broke supply chains, and made reproductive health care unavailable for some women. A wide range of organizations, from large to grassroots, sought to protect family planning as an essential service and pledged to keep family planning programs running.

The report is available in an interactive web format; the report, along with a press release, graphics files, and indicator and estimate data spreadsheets, are also available to download individually.