Population Action International

Programs: Pai works with local organizations in the global south to provide them with financial resources and advocacy coaching to advance sexual and reproductive health and rights (srhr) in their own countries. In 2017, pai disbursed $2. 8 million to 63 grantee partners in 25 countries through the following programs:* the faith + family planning fund supports faith-based organizations (fbos) in the global south as strategic entry points to cultivate new family planning (fp)/reproductive health (rh) champions. * quest: quality upheld, every service, every time examines quality and rights in reproductive healthcare in five geographies: drc, ethiopia, india, myanmar and pakistan. * youaccess: youth opportunities for universal access is a small grants fund providing seed funding for youth-led organizations focused on youth access to and use of contraception. Current partners are in kenya, zimbabwe, madagascar, cameroon and benin. * rhap: reproductive health care advocacy partnership is a multi-year project to build stronger advocacy institutions to effectively influence funding and policy decisions on srhr in malawi, zambia, niger and francophone west africa, regionally. * the opportunity fund supports emerging, high-impact family planning advocacy opportunities, and is part of the 5-year advance family planning project (www. Advancefamilyplanning. Org), whose aim is to increase access to family planning through advocacy, and works with partners in nine focal countries. The phc pathways initiative focuses on strengthening primary health care (phc) systems around the world. See more at www. Phcpathways. Pai. Org. In 2017, pai launched the government accountability for family planning project to develop a common framework for measuring government spending on family planning. The project engages civil society advocates from kenya, tanzania, malawi, zambia, uganda and nigeria. Throughout 2017, pai provided technical assistance on the global gag rule to civil society organizations and implementing partners to help them understand the policy's implications and avoid over-implementation. All materials are available on pai's online global gag rule resource hub and helpdesk (www. Trumpglobalgagrule. Pai. Org/). Pai employs a range of strategic communications activities to showcase our work, our partners and the collective impact we make to advance srhr around the world. Pai's website (www. Pai. Org) has become the main communications hub for showcasing our work and that of our partners. We publish a blog, all access, (www. Pai. Org/blog) and three newsletters: washington memo, the catalyst, and data speaks, which are available on pai's website at www. Pai. Org/newsletters). We engage print and digital media outlets, including the washington post, the guardian, all africa, vox, buzzfeed, the new york times and more. Pai has a growing presence on social media (facebook: paiwdc; twitter: @pai_org; instagram: pai_insta; linkedin: pai).

championing u. S. Government support of srhr:for more than 50 years, pai has brought an unrelenting voice for reproductive rights to the u. S. Congress and executive branch. We lead the movement to protect u. S. Government funding for international family planning and prevent attempts to pass harmful policies. Pai's work on capitol hill is a steady drumbeat of visits, policy briefs and analyses to provide members of congress with a clear understanding of srhr issues and the real effects of u. S. Policies and funding on women and their families. Throughout 2017, pai staff had an excess of 700 separate advocacy contacts with congressional and executive branch offices on topics related to encouraging greater u. S. Leadership on international fp/rh programs. In addition, pai and its partners achieved significant legislative progress:* pai and the international family planning coalition (ifpc), which pai chairs, led a successful campaign to gather 135 signatures from house members and a record 30 signatures from senate members on request letters to their respective appropriations subcommittee leaders, requesting $622. 5 million for fp/rh programs in the fy2018 bill. * pai supported successful efforts to offer an amendment to the senate fy2018 state, foreign operations and related programs spending bill that restores funding for bilateral fp/rh programs, including to unfpa, and permanently repeals the global gag rule. As was expected, the house adopted a different version.

incubating new partnerships:in 2017, pai established a secretariat in support of the primary health care performance initiative (phcpi). Phcpi brings together country policymakers, health system managers, practitioners, advocates, other development partners and community to catalyze and accelerate primary health care improvement in low- and middle-income countries through better measurements, knowledge management, advocacy and country engagement in order to achieve quality universal health coverage more quickly, efficiently and equitably.