Rethinking Family Planning Measurement with a Reproductive Justice and Rights Lens

International family planning measures, such as contraceptive prevalence, unmet need and demand satisfied, serve as critical indicators for tracking progress and assessing the impacts of family planning (FP) policies and programs. Though these population-based measures are widely used and have been for decades, a strong and growing body of research offers compelling critiques, calling for clarified terminology and correct interpretation of current measures, and the development of new measures to capture important aspects of equity and person-centered preferences and behaviors. 

The IUSSP Scientific Panel on Rethinking Family Planning Measurement with a Rights and Justice Lens will engage a diverse pool of researchers, policy makers, and program planners from different regions and countries to critically examine global fertility and family planning indicators to inform improved collection, measurement, assessment, and communication about gaps in family planning programming.