No Joke. Choice Matters. Everywhere.

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The video may be funny, but barriers to choice around the world aren’t.

Imagine needing to get your husband’s consent to get birth control, or waiting for hours in a clinic only to be told supplies have run out. That happens!

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Comments

yes this video is the true state of things in most of our health facilities ,yes continue advocating this message even more louder!
mathare north youth organaisation January 25, 2013
Whao) pathfinder great achievement for you. You are the hope adolescent and women in the world.Keep up the spirit.
Northern Uganda Network For Youth January 19, 2013
I am very much impressed with Pathfinder's work for providing women, men, and adolescents with a range of quality health services—from contraception and maternal care to HIV prevention and AIDS care and treatment in 20 countries. Yours is a movement. I would like to join hands with you in bringing better tomorrow for women. Any work related to me, do inform me please.Keep me updated. Thanks & regards. Let us all join together for Bright 2013.
Kamal Dave December 16, 2012
I can forsee that the major aim and objective of Pathfinder International Project on Reproductive Health is to see that, the entire humanity live a free life out of risks and dangers of wasted life due to ignorance, poverty and other majors issues that renders people wasted most especially against women who are most volunrable to. I think to achieve these goals. The roots are urged to be uprooted. Thanks for Pathfinders, i am in support through advocacy, creating awarenes to women most especially the uneducated and the youths. ESTHER NIGERIA.
ESTHER IBRAHIM November 26, 2012
I was touched by the fact that women face alot of challenges especially when it comes to matters of reproductive health. It happens a lot here in Kenya and many women die because of inaccessibility to medicare or having poor facilities. I am touched and I am happy that someone shares the same sentiment.
Stella Cherono August 15, 2012
Contraception is still the best option but we still have to project the advocacy beyond online networking.we have women and families in most remote areas especially in Africa we can still reach.However,I wish to use this opportunity to thank Pathfinder international. the knowledge u shear on this issuer can reach further beyond your expectation.The video is a good and educative one.
Okoro Uchechukwu August 9, 2012
I'm educated and enlightened and presently expecting a baby (unplanned). Why? Because I couldn't afford to spend time waiting to be attended to at the hospital - I can't afford that luxury of time with the kind of work I do. What about decentralizing birth control services, to include work places too, and not just health facilities?
IFEOMA August 5, 2012
If I hadn't had choices about reproductive health care, I wouldn't be where I am today. Or rather, I'd probably be pregnant with multiple babies already! Every woman should have the right and ability to choose if--or when--to have kids. No question. Great video Pathfinder!
Robyn August 2, 2012
i have accessed the video,but there alot be included in this video although idont know the motive behind the author of it, but we are to make it lively let us included real attractive and marketeable life experience the third world countries eg,India, Africa,i can send you one from uganda where women are left unattended until the time of delivery and other give in villages without a trained nurse.This true and some couples have misconception that when they go for antinatal clinic they will be prevented from giving birth, because God after creation said go to world and fill the world.which a negative and distractive mentality, you a family with one wife having 10-15 and still ready for another child.more is needed to support our people.
Rev.Mike kaahwa ateenyi July 27, 2012
It is better to have number of children we can take care and bring up in a good way.You are doing a good job. Keep it up. It will help to reduce infant and maternal mortality rate and improve health status of our natioN.
JOHNSON OYENIYI July 25, 2012
I've financially supported Pathfinder for years since I don't know of a way to better spend my money. Pathfinder helps the women who get health care (eg, lower childbirth mortality), their families (avoids too many children to support), and the environment (human populations don't outstrip the environment's natural resources and capacity to absorb pollution.) Pathfinder gives me hope that humans can live more happily on this planet.
roger hallsten July 25, 2012
To Rev Jack Wilson - what kind of a response is that? if a woman can't afford to feed her the children that she already has do you think that she would willingly bring another one into the world? for what - so that she can watch them suffer every day? so yes, contraception would be the best solution for the millions of women who want that choice, because they know that they are better mothers if they only have the number of children that they know they can support.
Ellie July 25, 2012
Do you know what is even funnier--If they want birth control they can control it themselves. Yet there are children out there with no food, people with no access to clean water but hey, you don't want them to survive, you want to cut the population. Now I see the joke.
Rev Jack Wilson July 24, 2012
I didn't find the video amusing. Surely it can't be difficult to find real stories of women in poor countries that would have more emotional impact on potential supporters and are the justification for the work that you do.
Martin Griffith July 24, 2012
I'm grateful to have relatively easy access to birth control. But still, it's somewhat frustrating that insurance companies only allow one to get one month's supply of pills at a time. Hey, people are ... planning ahead and making the most of a trip to a pharmacy is a good thing. Thanks for this funny video about something that's important to so many women, men, and their families.
Adriana July 23, 2012
Ha! What's even more depressing is that 18 miles in the developing world is roughly a 10 hour walk. Imagine taking time off to visit a clinic only to find out you have to walk 10 hours to access the services you need. Ugh. It doesn't have to be that way though. Thank you Pathfinder for all the work you do! Proud to be a donor/supporter/former-employee.
Eli July 21, 2012

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