ADVOCACY: Resources 

Fact Sheets

• What Does Family Planning Have To Do with HIV?
• Global Gag Rule
• The Anti-Prostitution Loyalty Oath
• US Policies Affecting International Family Planning in Developing Countries
• United Nations Population Fund
• US Support for International Family Planning
• The Cairo Agenda
• Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women

Policies/International Treaties

• Mexico City Policy/Global Gag Rule: USAID Overview
• Mexico City Policy Complete Text: USAID Contract Information Bulletin, "Restoration of the Mexico City Policy—White House Memorandum for the Acting Administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development (Revised)," [CIB 01-08 (R)], 29 March 2001.
• Testimony before the United States Senate presented by Daniel E. Pellegrom, President of Pathfinder International, opposing the reinstatement of the Mexico City Policy/Global Gag Rule by President George Bush, July 19, 2001.
• The Helms Amendment: The law passed in 1973 by Congress amending the Foreign Assistance Act that prohibits the use of US funds for abortion services overseas.
• Kemp-Kasten Amendment: A law that prohibits US assistance to organizations determined by the President to "support or participate in the management of a program of coerced abortion or involuntary sterilization." This law was used to deny the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) US funding in 2002. The US State Department’s Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration released its legal interpretation of Kemp-Kasten on July 18, 2002.
• The Tiahrt Amendment: A law that aims to ensure voluntarism and informed choice in family planning programs. It stipulates that numerical targets, quotas, and incentives cannot be used in providing family planning services. USAID’s description of the Tiahrt Amendment outlines this restriction.
• Cairo Programme of Action: The Cairo Programme of Action by the United Nations Economic and Social Council that developed from the 1994 International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD).
• Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW): This convention was adopted by the UN General Assembly in 1979 and defines what constitutes discrimination against women and sets up an agenda for national action to end such discrimination.

General Advocacy Resources

• THOMAS Legislative Information on the Net: Read full text of bills and track bills by bill number or keywords.
• Congressional Record: The official record of the proceedings and debates of the United States Congress.
• Project Vote Smart: Learn about political candidates and elected officials in five categories: biographical information, issue positions, voting records, campaign finances and interest group ratings.
   

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