1. Achieving Equity in Family Planning Achieving Equity in Family Planning: Getting Beyond the Rhetoric Session 1.2.11 Karen Foreit 1, Janine Barden-O'Fallon 2, Jessica Dietrich 3, Cheikh Seck 4, Suneeta Sharma 1 1 Futures Group, USA 2 University of North Carolina, USA 3 International Planned Parenthood Federation WHR, USA 4 Initiative Senegalaise de Sante Urbaine, Senegal

2. Achieving Equity in Family Planning Why equity?  Neglected topic in family planning  Inequities in access to services violate principles of human rights  May prevent countries from reaching health and development goals

3. Achieving Equity in Family Planning What is an equity approach?  Addresses differences in access to and use of quality family planning services that are: o Unwanted and avoidable o Unfair and unjust  Focuses on sub-groups, not the general population  Targets the most disadvantaged

4. Achieving Equity in Family Planning Strategic options:  Focus on the poorest of the rural poor Different situations require different approaches Kenya 2008

5. Achieving Equity in Family Planning Strategic options:  Improve family planning nation-wide  Give special attention to rural areas  May be too soon for a poverty focus Different situations require different approaches DR Congo 2007

6. Achieving Equity in Family Planning Our panel: research to practice  Disentangling poverty and place of residence  Increasing coverage of vulnerable populations in Bolivia  Designing interventions for urban poor in Senegal  Increasing public resources for health in poorest states of India