1998 GRANTS MAIN INDEX • GRANTS & FINANCES

Population

Population pressures exacerbate many of the fundamental obstacles to sustainable development: environmental degradation, poverty, gender inequity, and poor health.

Recognizing the scale and complexity of the population issue, the Wallace Global Fund seeks initiatives which expand reproductive choices for women as a way to improve the lives of women and their families and slow the growth of human populations.

Objective: Improve access to safe abortion

Support training in MVA in key countries; support advocacy and research for abortion policy change at the global and regional levels and in key developing countries with potential for regional impact

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Objective: Expand informed reproductive choices for adolescents

Support advocacy for policy change at the regional level in order to improve the quality of reproductive health information and services available to adolescents

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Objective: Mainstream emergency contraception in reproductive health care

Support model introductions of dedicated products and the dissemination of standardized practice guidelines, and dissemination of lessons learned from product introductions

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Objective: Promote a universal set of reproductive rights as basic human rights

Use progress achieved at the ICPD and Beijing Conferences to mobilize civil society and hold governments accountable to universal standards

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It is widely acknowledged that the unmet demand for family planning and reproductive health services cannot be satisfied without the mobilization of significant additional resources. Unfortunately, governments and other donors have yet to meet the targets set in 1994 at the International Conference on Population and Development. Therefore, WGF is supporting efforts to build diverse constituencies that will advocate for increased foreign assistance for population and reproductive health.

The Fund seeks initiatives which increase foreign assistance for population and reproductive health programs from major aid donors.

Objective: Increase public awareness of the impact of human population growth on key environmental problems

Support major new studies and information dissemination on linkages between population growth and environmental/health indicators

Objective: Increase support from bilateral donor countries to international population and reproductive health programs

Strengthen advocacy efforts within developed countries by NGOs and international organizations; demystify grantmaking by bilateral donors for prospective developing country grantees

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Objective: Increase US government support, both financial and technical, to international population and reproductive health programs

Strengthen key grassroots constituencies in the United States, including environmental activists, population and family planning supporters and communities of faith  

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Objective: Improve access to safe abortion

• Support training in MVA in key countries; support advocacy and research for abortion policy change at the global and regional levels and in key developing countries with potential for regional impact

IPAS - $30,000

Continued support for Increasing Access to Safe Abortion Care in Brazil, to improve the quality and availability of abortion care in Brazil and reduce maternal mortality and morbidity in order to stabilize population growth.

IPAS - $78,638 over six months

Support for the planning phase of A Partnership in India, which addresses the problems related to the provision of unsafe abortions in India. Staff will work to build a thorough understanding of the complex issues and the institutional and cultural barriers surrounding women’s access to safe abortion care, and begin to contact other organizations within India for possible future collaboration.

IPAS - $50,000 (Add-on to 1997 grant of $250,000) over two years

Additional support for Policy Action in Reproductive Health Care, to ensure that IPAS’ policy staff has the flexibility to respond quickly and appropriately when opportunities arise, and is able to maintain a long-term presence, adding credibility to their voice for change.

Population Council - $85,000 over 18 months

Support for Assessing Providers’ Knowledge of the Uses of Misoprostol, in which the Population Council will survey the existing clinical and anecdotal information on misoprostol.

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Objective: Expand informed reproductive choices for adolescents

• Support advocacy for policy change at the regional level in order to improve the quality of reproductive health information and services available to adolescents

   

  Advocates for Youth (AFY) - $45,525 over four months

Support for organizational planning to allow AFY’s International Division staff to assess the larger framework in which their efforts take place. AFY’s goal is to improve adolescent reproductive health and reduce the number of unwanted pregnancies worldwide.

Pacific Institute for Women’s Health (PIWH) - $50,000

Support for the adolescent reproductive health component of PIWH’s Women Connect! initiative, which will determine the feasibility and usefulness of networking African adolescent reproductive health activists to facilitate access to both information and colleague organizations through the Internet.

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Objective: Mainstream emergency contraception in reproductive health care

• Support model introductions of dedicated products and the dissemination of standardized practice guidelines, and the dissemination of lessons learned from product introductions

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Objective: Promote a universal set of reproductive rights as basic human rights

• Use progress achieved at the ICPD and Beijing Conferences to mobilize civil society and hold governments accountable to universal standards

Management Sciences for Health (MSH) - $32,104

Support for MSH’s Evaluation of the International Consortium for Emergency Contraception, an independent project consisting of eight health and family planning organizations who have been leading the effort to bring emergency contraception into the mainstream of reproductive health care worldwide.

Planned Parenthood of NYC/Margaret Sanger Center International (MSCI) - $68,500

Support for MSCI’s conference on emergency contraception (EC) for the Southern African Development Community, held in Malawi. Invitees include policymakers from Ministries of Health and Family Planning Associations from 14 countries. As a result of this conference, it is expected that more countries within the region will include dedicated EC products as an integral part of family planning services.

Population Services International (PSI) - $93,970 over six months

Support for PSI’s Feasibility Study for Emergency Contraception (EC) Social Marketing in Nigeria. PSI will determine where EC fits in the larger reproductive health context in Nigeria; what resources and activities are critical to the successful promotion and provision of EC to Nigerians; and what type of social marketing plan will increase awareness about EC and make the product affordable and available.

Program for Appropriate Technology in Health (PATH) - $65,000 over 13 months

Continued support for the Coordinator of the International Consortium for Emergency Contraception (of which PATH is a member), an independent project consisting of eight health and family planning organizations who have been leading the effort to bring emergency contraception into the mainstream of reproductive health care worldwide.

Planet 21 - $10,554

Support for a special issue of the publication People & the Planet, dedicated to the girl child.

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• Strengthen advocacy efforts within developed countries by NGOs and international organizations; demystify grantmaking by bilateral donors for prospective developing country grantees

Action Canada for Population and Development (ACPD) - $25,000 over ten months

Support for ACPD’s $200m by 2000 postcard campaign, an effort to generate public support for a more sustainable commitment within Canada to address world population growth. Canada pledged $200 million toward the ICPD Programme of Action, but has contributed only one-fourth that amount to date.

Birth Control Trust - $18,500 over 18 months

Support for the All-Party Group (APG) on Population, Development and Reproductive Health’s Inter-Parliamentary Campaign for Improvement of European Union Development Aid Management and Mechanisms, an attempt to put population and reproductive health on the agenda of all EU Development Ministers, to promote reorganization of the EU Aid Management system, and to ensure that the European Commission’s budget for population and reproductive health is fully allocated and spent every year.

Deutsche Stiftung Weltbevölkerung (DSW) - $57,530 over four months

Support for a pre-project phase of Private Partnership for Population, an effort to mobilize the private sector for supporting and implementing population activities as outlined in the Cairo Programme of Action. DSW will identify examples of good private partnership models within Europe, identify key contacts and decision makers interested in population, and create a strategy to build private partnership initiatives with a special focus on resource allocation.

Deutsche Stiftung Weltbevölkerung (DSW) - $98,350

Support for the third and final phase of DSW’s European Resource Guide, providing information on European funding instruments for population and reproductive health projects. The Guide will be made available to NGOs and multiplying institutions (e.g., embassies, UNFPA field offices and EU Delegation offices) in developing countries, and will also be offered on-line.

Equilibres & Populations (E&P) - $70,000

Support for E&P’s work to mobilize resources in France to support the implementation of the Plan of Action of the 1994 International Conference on Population and Development. E&P’s work focuses on improving public understanding of the impact of population growth on sustainable development and on the health of women and children, and on increasing the financial support of the French government for international population and maternal and child health programs.

Marie Stopes International (MSI) - $100,000

Support for MSI to fully update and revise their Handbook on EU Support for Population and Reproductive Health Programmes. MSI hopes to improve access to European Union funding which, together with its Member States, is the world’s largest provider of official development assistance.

US Committee for UNFPA - $65,000

Support to provide training, planning, and media skills to 18 European NGOs who have joined UNFPA in calling for increased international population support from European governments.

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Objective: Increase US government support, both financial and technical, to international population and reproductive health programs

• Strengthen key grassroots constituencies in the United States, including environmental activists, population and family planning supporters, and communities of faith

Alan Guttmacher Institute (AGI) - $50,000

Support to AGI’s Public Policy Division to continue efforts to increase and broaden understanding of and support for population issues among US policymakers and their constituents.

Catholics for a Free Choice (CFFC) - $250,000 over two years

Support for CFFC’s efforts to protect and expand access to family planning and to safe, legal abortion around the world. CFFC’s work in constituency building, publications, communications, and educational programs is designed to articulate sound ethical arguments in favor of family planning and choice, and to mobilize Catholics to speak out in favor of such policies.

Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) - $60,000

Continued support for EDF’s Member Action Network for Population Advocacy. EDF has developed partnerships with both Planned Parenthood Federation of America, the largest grassroots organization working on population issues, and Zero Population Growth in an effort to expand the current membership.

Feminist Majority Foundation (FMF)- $90,000

Support for FMF to launch its Campus Campaign On-line Leadership Program, an effort to mobilize and organize college students around campus pro-choice efforts through the development of a sophisticated "virtual community."

International Center for Research on Women (ICRW) - $100,000

Support for Build Congressional Support for the Cairo Consensus and International Family Planning, an educational initiative to promote Congressional staff understanding of, and leadership on, the issues of population and reproductive health care funding.

International Planned Parenthood Federation, European Network (IPPF) - $14,858 over three months

Support for Testimonies from the Field, a daily hour of testimony at the Cairo +5 review meetings, which aims to communicate to both policymakers and the international media that failure to meet the commitments of Cairo will have far-reaching consequences for global sustainable development and women’s health.

National Audubon Society - $75,000

Continued support for the Washington office activities of Audubon’s Population and Habitat Campaign, which works to strengthen US leadership on population and family planning by fully engaging Audubon members in grassroots activism.

National Women’s Law Center (NWLC) - $10,000

Support for NWLC’s Public Opinion Research and Analysis on International Family Planning, an effort to determine the saliency and public understanding of each of the major arguments used to support US funding of international family planning.

Planned Parenthood Federation of America (PPFA) - $100,000

Support for PPFA’s effort to build a strong constituency of support for international family planning programs to counter recent dramatic cuts in funding by Congress.

Reproductive Health Technologies Project (RHTP) - $100,000 over four months

Core support for RHTP’s work to build understanding and collaboration across a broad spectrum of constituencies on issues involving reproductive health technologies. RHTP focuses on four specific program areas: emergency contraception, early abortion, microbicides, and "boom and bust," which refers to the uncertain lifecycle of certain contraceptives.

Sierra Club - $25,000 over six months

Support for communications activities for the Population Program’s Education and Outreach Campaign to galvanize public support for the Cairo Program of Action.

Transnational Family Research Institute - $10,000

Support for the Affinity Group on Population, Reproductive Health and Rights, a donor consortium formed to help funders seek common ground, forge new connections, broaden the pool of funders concerned about these issues, and help grantmakers deploy their resources more strategically.

Voters for Choice Education Fund (VFCEF) - $76,000

Support for VFCEF’s International Program, with the goal of broadening American leaders’ and activists’ understanding of and commitment to reproductive rights, in order to foster a US policy climate that advances the commitments of Cairo and Beijing.

Women’s Environment and Development Organization (WEDO) - $100,000 over 11 months

Support for ICPD Monitoring and Advocacy, an WEDO initiative to encourage governments to fulfill the commitments made at Cairo.

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