{"id":2036,"date":"2022-05-11T17:48:08","date_gmt":"2022-05-11T17:48:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/whiteribbonalliance.org\/?p=2036"},"modified":"2022-06-02T21:50:37","modified_gmt":"2022-06-02T21:50:37","slug":"government-in-pakistan-allocates-us-57m-for-family-planning-in-response-to-demands-of-100000-women","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whiteribbonalliance.org\/stories\/government-in-pakistan-allocates-us-57m-for-family-planning-in-response-to-demands-of-100000-women\/","title":{"rendered":"Government in Pakistan allocates US $57m for family planning in response to demands of 100,000 women"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>Changing hearts and minds is the key. Everyone should accept the decisions of women and girls. When this happens, it transforms social and gender norms. This is my passion.<\/p><cite><strong>Dr. Talib Lashari<br><\/strong>Technical Advisor, Population Welfare Department, Sindh Province&nbsp;<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>When we asked women and girls across Pakistan what they wanted to improve their health, they spoke clearly: more control over their reproductive health. This included the women most excluded from power\u2014poor, illiterate, rural\u2014who dared to speak up despite society telling them to remain silent.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-1 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\"><blockquote><p>Awareness about family planning should be given.<\/p><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\"><blockquote><p>Provision of contraceptives at our doorsteps.<\/p><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\"><blockquote><p>I want to adopt contraceptive method, <br>but I have not permission to go outside of house<\/p><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>In 2020, advocates in Sindh and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa provinces took these demands to government decision-makers through \u201cListening Sessions\u201d that allowed decision-makers to hear directly from women in an intimate setting. These conversations came as COVID-19 threatened women\u2019s health funds.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As a result, women\u2019s voices helped catalyze US$57m in family planning funds in Sindh and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Provinces from 2020-2022. This includes a nearly 57% increase in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa family planning budget for 2021-2022, with funds dedicated to women\u2019s priorities, including establishment of 200 new family welfare centers, 10 adolescent and sexual and reproductive health centers, and Mobile Service Units to reach remote areas. In Sindh province, government policy has changed, too \u2013 with Listening Sessions included in its family planning policymaking processes.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Changing hearts and minds is the key. Everyone should accept the decisions of women and girls. When this happens, it transforms social and gender norms. This is my passion. Dr. Talib LashariTechnical Advisor, Population Welfare Department, Sindh Province&nbsp; When we asked women and girls across Pakistan what they wanted to improve their health, they spoke [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":4253,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"none","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[16,26],"country":[15],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/whiteribbonalliance.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2036"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/whiteribbonalliance.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/whiteribbonalliance.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whiteribbonalliance.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whiteribbonalliance.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2036"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/whiteribbonalliance.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2036\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4255,"href":"https:\/\/whiteribbonalliance.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2036\/revisions\/4255"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whiteribbonalliance.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4253"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/whiteribbonalliance.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2036"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whiteribbonalliance.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2036"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whiteribbonalliance.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2036"},{"taxonomy":"country","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whiteribbonalliance.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/country?post=2036"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}