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NEWS AND UPDATES FROM PACE

Resilient Future: Climate Financing Strategies for Family Planning Programs

Even as governments recognize the role of family planning in climate adaptation plans, major global adaptation financing funds have not yet included family planning and reproductive health programs in their portfolios. PACE has developed a “How-To” video that outlines four strategies that illustrate where opportunities may be available for family planning programs to be included in multilateral climate funding.

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We Will Be Heard! A Multimedia Advocacy Toolkit for Young People Fighting for Change

This toolkit was developed for youth advocates to teach each other policy advocacy, communication, and multimedia storytelling skills. Training participants will learn how to present their messages in a professional, attractive, and effective way so they might persuade individual supporters, community leaders, powerholders, and policymakers to take action in support of a policy goal.

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The Legacy of PACE

From 2015 until 2022, PRB’s PACE Project, with support from USAID, ensured that family planning, reproductive health, and population policies and programs were central to sustainable and equitable economic growth and development. Through collaborations informed by and tailored to partners’ priorities, PACE advanced local partners’ expertise in advocating for and implementing solutions that support their countries’ resilience and sustainable development. This collection of resources reflects key learnings across the project’s diverse portfolio.

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10 WAYS PACE CAN HELP YOU REACH POLICYMAKERS

  1. Interpret data to provide the “so what”—the underlying stories and their implications for policy action.
  2. Communicate complex concepts such as the demographic dividend through wellcrafted analyses and accessible presentations.
  3. Produce multimedia presentations, such as PRB’s ENGAGE, that can catalyze commitment to FP/RH goals among decisionmakers, at global conferences, and during in-country policy trainings.
  4. Construct a roadmap for your policy-focused work toward reaching FP2020 and SDG objectives.
  5. Create infographics that tell stories about your country in compelling and innovative ways.
  6. Conduct thematic media trainings for print, broadcast, and digital journalists to make sure relevant stories are told, and told accurately.
  7. Develop new influencers and leaders in FP/RH through our policy communication trainings.
  8. Conduct demographic analyses to help explain key trends.
  9. Explain linkages among population, health, and the environment to inform your integrated programs.
  10. Sharpen the gender lens and highlight gender’s critical role for NGOs, countries, and communities.