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On December 12, 2017, the Senate of Madagascar passed a landmark reproductive health and family planning law that marked the final step in the law's adoption, following approval by the Council of Government, the Council of Ministers, and the National Assembly earlier in the year. The president's promulgation of the new law will be a tremendous step forward toward rights-based reproductive health services in Madagascar, which had been operating under a 1920s French colonial framework that prohibited distribution of contraception to youth or married women without spousal consent. HP+ was integral to this win, providing technical and financial support to revise the law and advocate to decisionmakers at each step of the approval process. HP+ Madagascar continues to support the new family planning law by supporting CIP execution; mobilizing family planning resources; supporting the development of application decrees for the law; working with a team to develop communication materials to disseminate the law; and monitoring the progress of actions that contribute to an enabling legal environment. In FY19, HP+ Madagascar plans to finalize an animated film to help disseminate the law and work with civil society organizations to both promote the law and hold the government accountable for dissemination and adherence to the law.
On December 12, 2017, the Senate of Madagascar passed a landmark reproductive health and family planning law that marked the final step in the law's adoption, following approval by the Council of Government, the Council of Ministers, and the National Assembly earlier in the year. The president's promulgation of the new law will be a tremendous step forward toward rights-based reproductive health services in Madagascar, which had been operating under a 1920s French colonial framework that prohibited distribution of contraception to youth or married women without spousal consent. HP+ was integral to this win, providing technical and financial support to revise the law and advocate to decisionmakers at each step of the approval process. HP+ Madagascar continues to support the new family planning law by supporting CIP execution; mobilizing family planning resources; supporting the development of application decrees for the law; working with a team to develop communication materials to disseminate the law; and monitoring the progress of actions that contribute to an enabling legal environment. In FY19, HP+ Madagascar plans to finalize an animated film to help disseminate the law and work with civil society organizations to both promote the law and hold the government accountable for dissemination and adherence to the law.
On December 12, 2017, the Senate of Madagascar passed a landmark reproductive health and family planning law that marked the final step in the law's adoption, following approval by the Council of Government, the Council of Ministers, and the National Assembly earlier in the year. The president's promulgation of the new law will be a tremendous step forward toward rights-based reproductive health services in Madagascar, which had been operating under a 1920s French colonial framework that prohibited distribution of contraception to youth or married women without spousal consent. HP+ was integral to this win, providing technical and financial support to revise the law and advocate to decisionmakers at each step of the approval process. HP+ Madagascar continues to support the new family planning law by supporting CIP execution; mobilizing family planning resources; supporting the development of application decrees for the law; working with a team to develop communication materials to disseminate the law; and monitoring the progress of actions that contribute to an enabling legal environment. In FY19, HP+ Madagascar plans to finalize an animated film to help disseminate the law and work with civil society organizations to both promote the law and hold the government accountable for dissemination and adherence to the law.
