EngenderHealth Newsletter | May 2025
Our FY24 Annual Report Is Here
We’re excited to share our FY24 Annual Report, reflecting on the stories, data, and milestones from our July 2023–June 2024 project year. This report showcases the incredible progress we’ve made together and the remarkable impact we’ve had, demonstrating what’s possible when we unite for health, rights, and gender equality.
In FY24, EngenderHealth and our partners made a life-changing difference:
- Averted an estimated 2 million unintended pregnancies
- Prevented about 2,100 maternal deaths and 676,800 unsafe abortions
- Served over 1.2 million people with contraceptive care
These numbers represent real lives—mothers who survived childbirth, babies who took their first breath, and individuals who now have the freedom to make decisions about their health and futures.
As we were finalizing the report, we faced the immediate impact of an executive order freezing foreign aid and dismantling USAID, an agency that funded 52% of our work last year. Lifesaving programs were suddenly halted, and the consequences have been significant.
Yet, we remain resolute in our mission, focused on the incredible potential we have to continue transforming lives and advancing health, rights, and gender equality together.
Global Impact
Improving Contraceptive Access in Nigeria: The Hormonal IUD Scale-Up Story
What happens when health workers have the right training, resources, and support? More people gain access to trusted, long-acting contraceptive options like the Hormonal IUD. In Nigeria’s Kebbi and Plateau states, EngenderHealth worked with local health facilities to strengthen family planning services—and the results are powerful.
See how access to contraceptive options is changing lives. Watch the video…
Breaking the Cycle: A Father’s Journey to End Child Marriage
Mohammed, a father and nurse from Ethiopia’s Afar region, once felt powerless against the cultural and social pressures that normalize child marriage. But after participating in a training led by EngenderHealth, he experienced a transformation. Now, he’s speaking out, rejecting harmful norms, and advocating for girls’ rights—including his own daughters’. Read how one father’s story is helping to shift an entire community’s perspective. Meet Mohammed…
From Despair to a Smile: Josephine’s 34-Year Journey to Healing
For more than three decades, Josephine Agada lived with the pain and stigma of obstetric fistula, a condition caused by prolonged obstructed labor that left her leaking urine and isolated. After years of searching for help, she finally received free, life-changing surgery through EngenderHealth’s MOMENTUM Safe Surgery in Family Planning and Obstetrics work. Today, Josephine is smiling again, filled with hope and ready to share her story with others still suffering. Read Josephine’s full story…
Stay Informed: Latest News and Resources
MOMENTUM Safe Surgery in Family Planning and Obstetrics: Legacy Resources Now Available
MOMENTUM Safe Surgery in Family Planning and Obstetrics, an EngenderHealth-led initiative funded by USAID, made significant strides in improving surgical safety for maternal health and voluntary family planning. By promoting evidence-based approaches, testing innovations, and scaling proven practices, the program helped change lives, just like Josephine’s.
However, the program was terminated early in 2025 as part of the global dismantling of USAID-supported programs. As a result, the project’s website and all its valuable resources were taken offline. In response, our team acted quickly to preserve these critical materials. Today, we are proud to offer access to these legacy tools, ensuring the project’s work continues to inform, support, and strengthen future efforts to improve maternal health and family planning. Explore the legacy…
How You Can Help Women Living with Fistula
Thousands of women still wait for lifesaving fistula care as critical funding disappears. Your pledge can restore vital services and bring hope where it is needed most. Join us today to renew healing and transform lives.
These articles informed and inspired us—we hope they do the same for you.
- “We are not just imagining power; we are claiming it”: Women at the forefront of change in the Horn of Africa (Global Voices)
- At a breaking point: The impact of foreign aid cuts on women’s organizations in humanitarian crises worldwide (UN Women)
- “The number one obstacle to safety for survivors is economic insecurity” (Pivotal Ventures)
Your Support Makes a Difference
By donating to EngenderHealth, you help us drive impactful, gender-equitable programs that promote health, equality, and rights. Your support enables us to protect sexual and reproductive rights as fundamental human rights, ensuring that everyone has access to the care they deserve.
We’d love to hear from you about what you want to see in future newsletters. Contact us at social@engenderhealth.org.
This newsletter was originally shared over email on May 28, 2025.
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