 Global
Partners: How Planned Parenthood supports women's health around
the world. Many women around the world are isolated
from essential reproductive health care, and vulnerable to real
harm as a result. Veena Siddharth, Vice President of the
International Program at Planned Parenthood, will talk about the
harsh realities for many women around the world and will discuss
how Planned Parenthood Federation of America is tackling those
challenges.
Planned Parenthood Federation of America (PPFA)’s
International Program serves women in 11 countries around the
globe, with stories that underscore their need for improved
reproductive rights: a teenager in the Philippines gets pregnant
because the mayor of her city banned contraceptives from all
public clinics; a woman in Nicaragua is arrested and jailed for
trying to have an abortion; a woman in northern Nigeria can’t go
to a clinic because she isn’t allowed to leave home without a
male chaperone. These stories are all too common in the regions
in which we work.
The goal of the International Program is to improve the
quality of life for women by improving their access to
reproductive health care. There is a direct link between
self-reliance and the ability to plan the spacing of one’s
children. We are working to bring positive changes to women’s
lives delivering essential reproductive health services in
innovative ways and by advocating for reproductive rights.
Planned Parenthood stands alongside courageous activists in
their home countries who are willing to openly tackle the issue
of unsafe abortion and its devastating human costs. We support
efforts in developing countries to change the social, legal, and
political climate surround access to comprehensive reproductive
health care, including safe and legal abortion. |
