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STORY: UNFPA / STATE OF WORLD POPULATION REPORT LAUNCH
TRT: 2.47
SOURCE: UNFPA
RESTRICTIONS: EMBARGOED 12:00 GMT (7:00AM Eastern Time) 14 NOVEMBER 2012
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS
DATELINE: 5 NOVEMBER 2012, NEW YORK / FILE
JULY 2012, MUBENDE, UGANDA
1. Med shot, group of woman at meeting on family planning
2. Med shot, Nurse instructing women on family planning
3. Med shot, women listening to lecture on family planning
4. Wide shot, men and women listen to information on family planning
5. Med shot, nurse speaks to a woman about family planning
6. Med shot, reverse, as woman speaks with nurse
7. Close up baby being carried by mother, pan up to mother’s face
8. Med shot, 2 disk jockeys at heart Radio Uganda, providing information about family planning
9. Close up, mixing board
10. Med shot, 2 disc jockeys
11. Close up, one disk jockey
12. Wide shot, exterior of radio station
13. Tracking shot, meeting of men and women where family planning information is being presented
5 NOVEMBER 2012, NEW YORK
14. SOUNDBITE (English) Babatunde Osotimehin, Executive Director, UN Population Fund (UNFPA):
"At UNFPA, we believe that it a basic right, a basic human right of every woman, and every young girl to have access to education, information and services with regards to family planning, because that is what gives them the opportunity to reach their full potential as human beings.”
JULY 2012, MUBENDE, UGANDA
15. Med shot, woman holding her child
16. Med shot, another woman holding her child
17. Med shot, woman walking down rural road
18. Wide shot, meeting of men where family planning is being discussed
19. Close up of one man in meeting
20. Med shot, men listening in meeting
21. Close up, paper as man writes notes about family planning
22. Med shot, leader of meeting as he speaks to men about family planning
5 NOVEMBER 2012, NEW YORK
23. SOUNDBITE (English) Dr. Babatunde Osotimehin, Executive Director, UN Population Fund (UNFPA):
“We at UNFPA are advocating with each government to put projects for family planning. It is the only way we can sustain it; it is the only way. What we provide as UNFPA and what donors provide in terms of commodity security only catalyzes the process. It is the commitment to domestic resources by government that will ensure that women and girls can have access in their countries.”
2012, KAMPALA, UGANDA
24. Med shot, street scene, Kampala, Uganda
25. Close shot, woman walking on street, Kampala, Uganda
JULY 2012, MUBENDE, UGANDA
26. Med shot, women walking on rural road
27. Med shot, other women walking on rural road
28. Wide shot, people walking on rural road
29. Close shot, following women’s feet as she walks on rural path
30. Close shot, following woman as she walks on path
31. Med shot, as woman crosses by camera walking on rural path
32. Women in doorway of her rural home; her husband walks in
2012, KAMPALA, UGANDA
33. Wide shot, buildings in Kampala
34. Wide shot, another view, buildings in Kampala
35. Med shot, doctors and UNFPA staff member talking outside
JULY 2012, MUBENDE, UGANDA
36. SOUNDBITE (English) Nurse:
“So I think, I hope, my dream is, every woman in Uganda to be happy with the children she is having - yeah, having children by choice, not by chance”.
37. Med shot, young boy carrying his younger sister on his back. He looks at camera, then turns and walks away.
A new report released today (14 November) finds that additional investments in family planning would save developing countries $11.3 billion a year.
This year’s State of the World’s Population Report, By Choice, not by Chance: Family Planning, Human Rights and Development, released today (13 November) by UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund finds that the consequences of ignoring the right to family planning include poverty, exclusion, poor health and gender inequality.
On the other hand, family planning delivers immeasurable rewards to women, families, and communities around the world. By enabling individuals to choose the number and spacing of their children, family planning has allowed women, and their children, to live healthier, longer lives. Looking ahead, if an additional 120 million obtained access to family planning, the report estimates 3 million fewer babies would die in their first year of life.
SOUNDBITE (English) Dr. Babatunde Osotimehin, Executive Director, UN Population Fund (UNFPA):
"At UNFPA, we believe that it a basic right, a basic human right of every woman, and every young girl to have access to education, information and services with regards to family planning, because that is what gives them the opportunity to reach their full potential as human beings.”
According to the report, a total of $4.1 billion is necessary to meet the demand of the remaining 122 million women with unmet needs as well as to address the demand of the growing youth population. This investment would also save lives by preventing unintended pregnancies and unsafe abortions.
SOUNDBITE (English) Dr. Babatunde Osotimehin, Executive Director, UN Population Fund (UNFPA):
“We at UNFPA are advocating with each government to put projects for family planning. It is the only way we can sustain it; it is the only way. What we provide as UNFPA and what donors provide in terms of commodity security only catalyzes the process. It is the commitment to domestic resources by government that will ensure that women and girls can have access in their countries.”
However, money is just one part of the solution. To ensure that every person’s right to family planning is realized, the report also calls on governments and leaders to:
• Take or reinforce a rights-based approach to family planning
• Secure an emphasis on family planning in the post-2015 sustainable development framework
• Ensure equality by focusing on specific excluded groups
• Raise the funds to invest fully in family planning
