Archive · 7 Jun 2025
Family Planning: Critical for Women Empowerment and Health
Family planning is very important for helping women.
It's not just about controlling the population, but about making sure women are healthy, educated, and have power.
This means that different groups in the government need to work together, like health and women's welfare departments, to make sure everyone has access to family planning services.
When these groups work together, they can help communities and improve people's health and well-being.
Events like the workshop in Lucknow show how important it is to link family planning with other programs that help women and children, and to use models such as the one in Shravasti in more places.
Family planning is key for women's empowerment and holistic development.
The workshop focused on multi-sectoral collaboration to strengthen family planning services.
An integrated approach linking education, nutrition, women's empowerment, and health is crucial.
The integrated development model adopted in Shravasti should be replicated in other districts.
Linking family planning with women and child development policies can achieve sustainable community health outcomes.
- Who
- Partha Sarthi Sen Sharma, Leena Johari, Dr Sushma Singh, Prof Sujata Dev, Dr Amit Kumar Yadav
- What
- A workshop on empowering women through family planning, emphasizing its role in holistic development.
- When
- Friday
- Where
- Lucknow, UP
- Why
- To build an empowered, educated, and healthy society, and to strengthen family planning services.
- Event
- Workshop: Empowering women through family planning
- Organizers
- Mamta Health Institute for Mother and Child, Gates Foundation
- Focus
- Strengthening family planning services
- Key Speakers
- Partha Sarthi Sen Sharma, Leena Johari, Dr Sushma Singh, Prof Sujata Dev, Dr Amit Kumar Yadav