Founded in 1999 with the mission of “Scholarship and Science for Social Change,” Gates Institute has been a trailblazer for innovation in the fields of family planning, reproductive health, and population dynamics.

Gates Institute cultivates new ways of thinking and doing to amplify locally led change. Together with local partners, we identify and act on ideas with the greatest promise and impact on the greatest number of people, especially in under-resourced and marginalized communities.

Advance Family Planning’s (AFP) impact report, The Power of Advocacy, marks the culmination of 13 years of family planning advocacy across Africa, Asia, and Latin America. The report traces AFP’s history, approach, and impact.

Fueled by a diverse network of dedicated advocates, AFP partners achieved 3,454 hard-fought advocacy wins at every level of government, potentially benefiting more than 190 million women of reproductive age since 2009.

AFP mobilized US $185.7 million in funding for family planning since 2012. Over 309 Organizations in at least 42 countries are using AFP’s advocacy approach, SMART Advocacy. There are now at least 677 Individuals with the capacity to use and diffuse SMART Advocacy

The Power of Advocacy report also shares recommendations to maintain and grow family planning advocacy well beyond the life of the initiative, which ends in 2023.

Since the report’s release, AFP has sustained advocacy wins, advoacy activities, and durable local ownership of family planning funding.