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For 1.8 billion people around the world, menstruation is a part of life, and yet it remains a hidden public health crisis. Stigma and inequities continue to prevent women and girls from fully participating in school, sports, work, and daily life.

And, too many people, especially young people, still lack access to the information, products, clean water, sanitation facilities, and health services they need to manage their health with dignity.

PAI is proud to work with our partners around the world to advance education around body literacy that includes menstrual health and hygiene and create a .

PAI joined dozens of organizations in urging Congress to include stronger fiscal guardrails in FY2027 appropriations bills to ensure the administration complies with the law and cannot unlawfully withhold, delay, or redirect funding passed by Congress.

The administration must not ignore congressional intent when it comes to appropriated funding. Given the recent attacks to critical global health and family planning programs, congressional oversight and accountability matter more than ever.

Appropriators Must Ensure Trump Complies with Fiscal Guardrails, Dozens of Groups Tell Congress - Clean Budget Coalition Dear Members of Congress: With the President’s budget request released and Congress fully turning its attention to the Fiscal Year 2027 government funding process, the oversight responsibility of the House and Senate Appropriations committees has never been more important. The Fiscal Year 2026 app...

House Republicans are once again targeting international family planning and reproductive health programs in the FY2027 foreign assistance bill.

The proposal would:
🚫 Cut international FP/RH funding by 24%
🚫 Eliminate U.S. funding for UNFPA
🚫 Codify the dramatically expanded Global Gag Rule
🚫 Expand “culture war” restrictions through foreign assistance policy
✅ Require the Secretary of State to “promptly inform” lawmakers of the diversion or destruction of U.S. government assistance commodities

Read our full analysis of the House bill at the link in comments, and watch this space for updates.

We are proud to join 80+ orgs who have endorsed the Protecting Human Rights & Public Health in Foreign Assistance Act to block the expanded .

The expanded Global Gag Rule silences providers, restricts partners, and puts ideology over evidence.

Thank you to Senator Jeanne Shaheen, Sen. Jacky Rosen, Grace Meng, Rep. Lois Frankel, Congresswoman Diana DeGette, Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal, Representative Sara Jacobs, and Gregory Meeks for leading the charge to block this dangerous policy by introducing the Protecting Human Rights & Public Health in Foreign Assistance Act.

We call on Congress to support The Protecting Human Rights & Public Health in Foreign Assistance Act to block this deadly policy.

📣 Are you part of a civil society organization working in health or sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR)? We want to hear from you!

PAI and our partners at the World Health Organization’s Implementing Best Practices Network (IBP Network) and the Community of Practitioners on Accountability and Social Action on Health (COPASAH) have launched a new global survey to capture how CSOs are navigating a rapidly shifting landscape.

This survey will help generate timely evidence on:
✅ How organizations are influencing policy and service delivery
✅ How global aid shifts are impacting work at country and community levels
✅ What support is needed to sustain and strengthen impact

🗓️ The survey is open through May 6.

Your perspective will help shape a clearer, more grounded picture of what’s happening and what’s needed next.

Take a few minutes to participate and share widely across your networks:
English: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/LYFLKK9
Français: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/LYFLKK9?lang=fr
Português: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/LYFLKK9?lang=pt
Español: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/LYFLKK9?lang=es

What would it actually cost to meet the global need for contraception? And what should the U.S. really be paying?

In our latest brief, “Just the Math,” we break it down using data from the Guttmacher Institute:

➡️ $14 billion needed globally each year
➡️ $2.1 billion would be the U.S. fair share

For perspective, that’s more than 3x the FY2026 enacted levels.

Read more: https://pai.org/resources/just-the-math/

PAI se complace en participar en este seminario web, organizado por ForoLac, junto a nuestros socios PROMSEX y el Centro de la Mujer Peruana Flora Tristán para conversar sobre nuestro programa Acceso y nuestros esfuerzos para ampliar el acceso a la anticoncepción de emergencia en Perú y la región.

🗓 22 de abril de 2026
⏰ 10:00 AM EST (Perú/Panamá) | 11:00 AM EDT (Washington, DC)
💻 https://rhsupplies-org.zoom.us/meeting/register/QX9ZmEHSQh-s4S39-N4JIw #/registration
👂 El webinar se transmitirá en español, con traducción al inglés y otros idiomas por IA.

La disponibilidad y el acceso a la anticoncepción de emergencia son fundamentales para ejercer los derechos sexuales y reproductivos. En muchos países de América Latina, las barreras regulatorias, la desinformación y las limitaciones en los sistemas de salud siguen restringiendo el acceso oportuno a este método.

Esperamos compartir lo que hemos aprendido y logrado, así como identificar los próximos pasos para garantizar un acceso equitativo a la anticoncepción de emergencia.

The Trump administration’s latest budget proposal would eliminate all U.S. funding for international family planning and reproductive health (FP/RH).

This part of a broader pattern:
🚫 Rescinding $500 million in FP/RH funding
🚫 Letting ~$10 million in contraceptives expire
🚫 Defunding United Nations Population Fund
🚫 Expanding the Global Gag Rule beyond abortion

These actions represent a systematic rollback of U.S. leadership in global reproductive health.

Access to contraception is one of the most effective ways to improve health, expand opportunity, and support women and families worldwide. Walking away from that investment will have harmful consequences.

Congress has rejected proposals like this before. The question now is whether it will do so again and uphold a six-decade commitment to women’s health and rights worldwide.

Read our full analysis at the link in comments.

Today, President Trump released his budget request for fiscal year 2027, proposing dramatic cuts to global health, and made note that the administration does not believe U.S. funding should support “unfettered access to birth control.” This proposal is part of a continuing assault on contraceptive services and represents a threat to the health and lives of women and families worldwide.

“This budget proposal is both a betrayal of decades of American leadership and a direct threat to the women and families whose lives greatly benefit from U.S. support for family planning and maternal health,” said PAI’s Senior Fellow, U.S. Government Relations, Craig Lasher. “Gutting this funding does not reflect American values, nor does it serve American interests. Congress has a long history of rightly treating international family planning as a bipartisan priority, and we urge them to do so again.”

Read PAI’s full statement here:

Trump's FY2027 Budget Targets International Family Planning Funding, Another Betrayal of 60 Years of U.S. Global Leadership - PAI PAI calls the proposal a part of a continuing assault on contraceptive services, threatening the health and lives of women and families worldwide