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One In 120 Million

Goals are important: they set a direction for progress and provide a yardstick for measuring it. Big, ambitious goals—such as FP2020’s goal of enabling 120 million women and girls to use modern contraception—can catalyze entire movements for change. But as important as goals are, it’s even more important to remember the purpose behind the goals.

FP2020’s purpose is simple but profound: to ensure that every woman and girl is able to exercise her basic human right to shape her own life. The fulfillment of human rights is not separate from or ancillary to FP2020 progress; it is FP2020 progress. The goal of this movement is to empower each individual woman and girl—each one of the 120 million—with the means to take charge of her own health, plan her own family, and determine her own destiny.

FP2020’s purpose is simple but profound: to ensure that every woman and girl is able to exercise her basic human right to shape her own life. The fulfillment of human rights is not separate from or ancillary to FP2020 progress; it is FP2020 progress. The goal of this movement is to empower each individual woman and girl—each one of the 120 million—with the means to take charge of her own health, plan her own family, and determine her own destiny.

To do this, family planning programs must be expanded in a meaningful way. They must take into account women’s needs and wishes, as well as the barriers they face. In this section, we highlight how our partners are embodying the many dimensions of progress that are not captured by the data. The common thread throughout is the centrality of family planning to the lives and health of women and girls— and its tremendous potential to enable a more prosperous, just, and sustainable world for all.