The Ouagadougou Partnership (OP) was launched in 2011 to accelerate progress in the use of family planning services in Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Côte d’Ivoire, Guinea, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Senegal and Togo.

A central objective for the Ouagadougou Partnership is to double the number of modern contraceptives to 13 million by 2030.

The Ouagadougou Partnership focuses on improving coordination among donors to optimize their support across countries and enhancing collaboration and cooperation at the national and regional levels to ensure family planning needs are met.

The Ouagadougou Partnership aims to support partners and civil society by:

• Facilitating partnership processes
• Assisting countries in the completion of planning processes
• Helping countries with their implementation plans
• Tracking progress against objectives
• Sharing information inside and outside the Partnership.

The Ouagadougou Partnership is supported by a Coordination Unit (OPCU), hosted by Speak Up Africa and based in Dakar, Senegal.

Thanks to the partners’ efforts to date, an additional 1.18 million women in Africa are using modern contraceptives since 2011.

A stronger focus on women’s equality and reproductive health will be instrumental to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals in Africa and through our work with the Ouagadougou Partnership, Speak Up Africa intends to further raise awareness and advocate for this crucial issue.