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    Long Story Short #36: The future of family planning

    Live from the International Conference on Family Planning in Kigali, Rwanda, reporter Sophie Edwards speaks to PSI's Karl Hofmann and IDEO.org's Jessa Blades about adolescents, human-centered design, and family planning.

    By Devex Editor // 16 November 2018
    Long Story Short #36: The future of family planning

    Live from Kigali, a conversation on adolescents, human-centered design, and family planning.

    Posted by Devex on Thursday, November 15, 2018

    Check out the video of this episode on our Facebook page. Want to listen to this episode on the go? Listen and subscribe: iTunes | SoundCloud

    Guests: Karl Hofmann, president and CEO, PSI, and Jessa Blades, managing director, IDEO.org
    Host: Sophie Edwards, reporter, Devex

    Human-centered design is increasingly being used to upend traditional development programming.

    How can this creative approach to problem-solving disrupt the family planning space and design solutions for family planning’s future — adolescents?

    Live from the International Family Planning Conference in Kigali, Rwanda, reporter Sophie Edwards and experts Karl Hofmann and Jessa Blades discuss the practical considerations for adolescent programming — and what it takes to implement solutions based on human-centered design.

    Go in-depth:
    • Progress on family planning way off target, FP2020 update reveals
    • Safeguarding adolescents when using HCD in family planning
    • Opinion: Family planning gives women a future. It shouldn't be up for debate.
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