BBC News: Denmark’s contraception aid to Africa ‘to limit migration’ “Denmark has pledged more funds for family planning in developing nations, saying this could also help ‘limit the migration pressure on Europe.’ The Minister for Development Co-operation, Ulla Tørnæs, said Copenhagen would contribute 91m kroner (£11m; $14m) for the program.…

PAI: Cents and Sensibility: U.S. International Family Planning Assistance from 1965 to the Present This report discusses the history of U.S. international family planning assistance and includes an interactive graph containing funding data from 1965 to the present (July 2017).

Thomson Reuters Foundation: A smart investment for Britain: family planning Julia Bunting, president of the Population Council and member of the FP2020 Reference Group “…For Britain, as the global landscape continues to shift, now is the moment to recommit to its unique role as a key driver in expanding family…

Inter-agency Working Group for Reproductive Health in Crises: Family planning saves lives and promotes resilience in humanitarian contexts “…In preparation [for the London Family Planning Summit,] the Inter-agency Working Group for Reproductive Health in Crises (IAWG) convened an expert consultation on family planning in humanitarian contexts … At the expert…

Newsweek: Donald Trump’s ‘Global Gag Rule’ Will Stop Charities Getting Sexual Health Funding From Sweden “…[I]n a statement released Tuesday, Carin Jämtin, director general of Sweden’s development agency Sida, said organizations that agree not to promote abortion [to comply with the U.S.’s Mexico City policy] will not be able to…

Globe And Mail: Trudeau government unveils reproductive health projects “…[A more than Can$18 million project to support abortion and family planning services in Mozambique], announced on Tuesday, is the first specific example of how the Trudeau government is venturing into foreign aid policies not permitted under the previous Conservative government…

Global Health NOW: In London, Reviving Ambitious Goals: Q&A with Duff Gillespie “…Advance Family Planning (AFP)​ Director Duff Gillespie, PhD, a professor in the Department of Population, Family and Reproductive Health at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, explains the task at hand [at the London Family Planning…

TIME: Melinda Gates ‘Deeply Troubled’ by Trump Cuts to Family Planning “…Governments, private companies, and donors committed at least $2.5bn to support family planning at the summit, according to organizers. The U.K. government announced Tuesday it would give an additional $58m dollars per year in its foreign aid budget to…

Project Syndicate: Sex Talk in Ghana Esenam Amuzu, European Development Days 2017 Young Leader “…The lack of sex education has caused severe harm to Ghana’s youth. … Ghana’s young people cannot rely on adults to do all the work; we must advocate on our own behalf. Earlier this year, I…

Devex: London Family Planning Summit to raise at least $2.5B “Ministers, donors, civil society groups, and private sector partners are set to pledge at least $2.5 billion in new funding to improve and expand the reach of reproductive health services to women and girls in developing countries at the Family…