A process of Civil Society Consultations in Family Planning in India is going on currently in the Nation. In one of the Consultations in Bhubaneshwar, top government health officials and rights activists strongly voiced the need to remove the Two-Child Norm from the policy planning arena of Orissa. The lead organizers of this consultation were SODA, CHSJ and FPAI which was concluded on May 30th 2012.
Some of the major challenges with regard to family welfare in Orissa include: difficult geographical terrain, inadequate attention on family welfare under RCH programme, poor initiative on promoting ‘informed choices’ among eligible couples, less focus on promoting spacing methods, high unmet need for contraception, low male participation and low age of girls during the time of marriage.
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National Coalition Against 2CN and Coercive Population Policies 