1. AFP India JHPIEGO PATHFINDER INTERNATIONAL
POPULATION FOUNDATION OF INDIA
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2. Namaskar INDIA
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AN EVIDENCE-BASED ADVOCACY INITIATIVE 2

3. Advocacy Wins
Six districts initiate family planning advocacy in Bihar State, India
State Innovations in Family Planning Services Agency (SIFPSA) approves establishment of district working groups (DWGs) in three districts of Uttar Pradesh: Agra, Lucknow and Jhansi and scale up to additional 47 districts
1500 new male health cadre added as family planning motivators for NSV in UP
UP government approves fund for family planning program review meeting
Spotlight 2-3 major advocacy accomplishments. Participants will receive a full list of quick wins per country – what key achievements do you want them to remember?
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4. DWG formation and meetings in India - PFI

5. Potential Advocacy Wins
1. Four corporates have verbally committed to include FP into their CSR policy.
Ambuja Cement Foundation
Jindal Stainless Ltd (JSL)
Ashok Minda Group
Fluor Daniel India
2. Detailed action plan for ensuring FDS at Bokaro and Ranchi with guidelines for family planning at district level formalized and implemented on
Community linkages
HRH management and
Infrastructure / supplies management
Spotlight 2-3 major advocacy accomplishments. Participants will receive a full list of quick wins per country – what key achievements do you want them to remember?
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6. Ongoing objectives in India
Increased funding for FP through corporates
Contact 150 corporations with outbound advocacy messages
10 Indian corporations have corporate social responsibility (CSR) policies that fund FP
Industries Association approves 3 days paid leave for workers opting NSV services in Firozabad District of Uttar Pradesh
Creating advocacy forums for FP
State Working Group and 2 District Working Groups at Jharkhand India
District Working Group included in the institutional framework of UP Population Policy
Increased access to FP
Guidelines for funding Health Sub-Centres for FP in UP
Guidelines for Fixed day FP services implementation at Jharkhand
Additional Fund mobilized for training of Front Line workers in selected districts of UP & Bihar
Spotlight 2-3 major advocacy accomplishments. Participants will receive a full list of quick wins per country – what key achievements do you want them to remember?
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7. Advocacy Wins to Impact
Increased and new financial contributions to family planning via CSR funding
Increased access to quality service provision for sterilization services / IUCD services at UP, Bihar and Jharkhand
Functional District Working Groups in UP, Bihar and Jharkhand with district specific strategy leads to improved quality of FP counselling services reflected in the increased uptake of FP services
Show how your quick win is achieving impact – either through budgets allocated, stock-outs reduced, services improving, contraceptive use increasing, etc.
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8. Challenges and opportunities
Opportunity to scale up advocacy in states. How do you build an effective collaboration with stakeholders to ensure scale up of advocacy and its sustainability?
What indicators should we measure to ensure quality of care in family planning services?
Experiences of best practice; of the advocacy methodology toolkit; to achieve desired objectives
Discuss a challenge to/opportunity for your advocacy or pose a question that you would like answered.
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