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The Benefits of Investing in Family Planning: New Evidence and Regional Experiences
March 1, 2010
The Guttmacher Institute would like to invite you to:
The Benefits of Investing in Family Planning:
New Evidence and Regional Experiences
Thursday, March 11, 2010
4-5:30 pm
Church Center of the United Nations, 11th floor room
777 UN Plaza (corner of 44th St. and First Avenue), New York, NY, USA
Featured panelists include:- Akinrinola Bankole, Director of International Research, Guttmacher Institute
- Carmen Barroso, Regional Director, International Planned Parenthood Federation/Western Hemisphere Region
- Priscilla Usiobaifo, Program Coordinator and Founder of BraveHeart Initiative for Youth & Women
- Sarah Davies, Communications Coordinator, World YWCA
Moderator: Jacqueline Mahon, Senior Policy Advisor, Health Systems & Aid Effectiveness, UNFPA
Please join us for a discussion of the critical role that family planning access plays in improving women's lives, featuring findings from the Guttmacher Institute and UNFPA's recent report, "Adding It Up: The Costs and Benefits of Investing in Family Planning and Maternal and Newborn Health," http://www.guttmacher.org/pubs/AddingItUp2009.pdf which documents the extensive gains that would result from increased investment in family planning and maternal and newborn health services and presentations by advocates working on the ground in Africa, Asia and Latin America.
To RSVP contact fabella@guttmacher.org or call 212-248 1111, ext.2253
© 2010 The Guttmacher Institute
For more information, visit:
http://www.guttmacher.org/
category: Member Organization News : Announcements
contributed by Liza Nanni on 1 March 2010
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