World Contraception Day 2022: History & Significance

World Contraception Day 2022: The 26th of September is recognized as World Contraception Day each year. The annual worldwide campaign is focused on a future in which every pregnancy is desired. The goal of WCD is to increase public understanding of contraception and empower young people to make educated decisions about their sexual and reproductive health.

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World Contraception Day 2022: History

Ten international family planning organizations commemorated World Contraception Day for the first time on September 26, 2007, to promote contraception awareness and help couples make an informed decision about beginning a family, ensuring that every pregnancy is desired. The WCD advocates for safe and preferable methods of family planning and contraception. An alliance of 15 international NGOs, governmental agencies, and scientific and medical organizations supports World Contraception Day with the goal of educating people about sexual and reproductive health.

World Contraception Day 2022: Significance

The goal of World Contraception Day is to increase public understanding of contraception. This campaign aims to increase knowledge of birth control options so that women and their partners can make an educated choice about their reproductive health. This international movement works to improve sex education so that no pregnancy is unintended or unwanted!

World Contraception Day 2022: Facts

• The only UN organization that deals with family planning is UNFPA. It is the largest provider of donated contraceptives in the world.
• Under target 3.7 of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, it is stated that by 2030, ensure universal access to sexual and reproductive healthcare services, including family planning, information and education, and the integration of reproductive health into national strategies and programs.
• Early in the 1950s, Sri Lanka launched an effective family planning program that helped lower its crude birth rate to roughly 15 per 1,000 people in 2021.