Private sector and civil society will have to work together to reach the ambitious goal set by Family Planning 2020 Imagine an innovation that could break entrenched cycles of poverty and inequity and spur development across India. Something that could impact family health, accelerate women's empowerment, improve education, enhance economic productivity and let India reap the benefits of its demographic dividend. It seems almost too good to be true, but such a tool does exist: contraception. When women and men have access to contraceptives, a world of opportunities opens up for them. Family planning allows couples to decide whether, when and how many children they want — but the benefits extend far beyond that.

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