Funders for Reproductive Equity

This grant will help fund a consulting firm to build FRE’s communications infrastructure, develop their communications strategy, and elevate reproductive health, rights, and justice issues among philanthropy during this critical moment in the RHRJ movement.

The Funders Network on Population, Reproductive Health and Rights has been a Hewlett Foundation grantee for fifteen years. Through annual meetings and briefings, the Network helps funders understand the field and policy context so they can make the most strategic grantmaking decisions in service of the Network’s goal: that all people have access to the information and services needed to manage their own fertility and protect their sexual and reproductive health. PATH (Seattle, WA) – Program; Renewal; $1,250,000 over 3 years; 3% of program budget For PATH’s Reproductive Health Global Program PATH’s Reproductive Health Global Program works in more than seventy low-income countries to support better reproductive health services for women, men, and youth. This grant would fund three of the Reproductive Health Global Program’s priority activities: developing plans for an on-demand oral contraceptive, introducing a new injectable contraceptive technology called Sayana Press, and assessing the costs to the health system of restrictive abortion policies. The first two activities reflect the Global Development and Population Program’s stronger emphasis on fostering specific improvements in access to and quality of family planning services; the third reflects the Program’s interest in increasing access to safe abortion services by providing better data about abortion for policymakers.