Family Planning Association of India (FPA India), a leading national NGO, has launched a nationwide campaign ‘Youth Dialogue- A perspective on FP 2020’ to create awareness on ‘Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights for all’.
The campaign intends to mobilise the young population of India residing in various cities, towns, slums and villages and initiate conversation to understand their access to information and services related to sexual and reproductive health.
According to FPA India data, in 2018,the number of females (Under the age of 25 years) who availed abortion services is 74,871 whereas 1,60,076 number of males (Under the age of 25 years) took general counseling from FPAI on Family Planning and contraception. The data also reveal that 1,58,117 number of females (under the age of 25 years) took Oral contraceptive pills (OCP).