INDONESIA – Need sustainable contraceptive funding for quality families: govt

August 8, 2025

Jakarta (ANTARA) - Population and Family Planning Minister Wihaji has underlined the need for sustainable funding to support contraceptive access and build quality families in Indonesia.

“This is not just about funding, this also pertains to this nation’s (goals). We want to ensure that children are born from families who are ready, healthy, and happy,” the minister said here on Thursday.

During a meeting with the Representative of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) for Indonesia, Hassan Mohtashami, he also drew attention to the need for sustainable funding to protect women’s rights, reduce the maternal mortality rate, and encourage sustainable economic growth.

Continued: https://en.antaranews.com/news/372005/need-sustainable-contraceptive-funding-for-quality-families-govt


Desperate measures: Pakistani women seek abortions as birth control

Desperate measures: Pakistani women seek abortions as birth control

Monday February 18 2019
By AFP

PESHAWAR: Pregnant, desperate, and poor, Pakistani mother Zameena faced a stark choice: risk her life by having a secret abortion, or risk her life bearing her husband a sixth child.

In the end, she opted for the former, one of more than two million women a year to do so in a country where religious leaders are critical of family planning measures and there is a lack of sex education and access to contraception.

continued: https://www.nation.co.ke/news/world/Pakistani-women-seek-abortions-as-birth-control/1068-4986944-6tebnh/index.html