Newswise — Nominations are now being accepted for 120 Under 40, a new project that highlights the achievements of the next generation of family planning leaders worldwide. The nomination period runs through April 2016.
Over the next five years, 120 Under 40 will recognize and galvanize the accomplished, inspiring young people who are making a difference in family planning and reproductive health. Nominees must be 40 years or younger by December 31, 2016, and must have made significant contributions to family planning at the local or national level in one or more of the following categories: advocacy, programming/program implementation, research, service delivery, demand generation, policy/government or media. To demonstrate the depth and breadth of the family planning community’s cadre of young people, all nominees will be posted on 120under40.org.
From this pool of nominees, an expert review board and the public will choose 40 winners who will be announced on World Contraception Day 2016 (September 26), an annual event that puts international attention on enabling young people to make informed decisions about family planning and reproductive health. A select number of the 40 winners will be invited to attend a special World Contraception Day event. The process will repeat in 2017 and 2019, so that a roster of 120 outstanding young leaders will be assembled by 2020 — the year by which the Family Planning 2020 (FP2020) partnership aims to enable 120 million additional women and girls to access life-saving contraceptives and other reproductive health supplies.
“120 Under 40 shines a light on the ‘positive disruptions’ made by young leaders in family planning, enabling others to model their behaviors and build on their success,” says Jose “Oying” Rimon II, director of the Bill & Melinda Gates Institute for Population and Reproductive Health, the lead organizer of 120 Under 40. “The project’s international profile will increase awareness of family planning as critical to young people’s health and wellbeing and essential to sustainable global development.”
120 Under 40 is organized by the Bill & Melinda Gates Institute for Population and Reproductive Health at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and sponsored by Bayer.
Visit www.120Under40.org and follow 120 Under 40 on Facebook and Twitter.
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