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The International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF) is a global non-governmental organisation with the broad aims of promoting sexual and reproductive health, and advocating the right of individuals to make their own choices in family planning. It was first formed in 1952 in Bombay (present-day Mumbai), India, by Margaret Sanger and Lady ...
In 1952, India became the first country in the developing world to create a state-sponsored family planning program, the National Family Planning Program. [40] The program's primary objectives were to lower fertility rates and slow population growth as a means to propel economic development. [41] The program was based on five guiding principles:
The Family Planning Association of India (FPA India) is a registered charity in India. Established in 1949 by Dhanvanthi Rama Rau and Avabai Bomanji Wadia, [1] [2] the organisation has 40 local branches across the country that promote sexual health and family planning. [3] It is the national affiliate of the International Planned Parenthood ...
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 13 January 2025. American birth control activist and nurse (1879–1966) Margaret Sanger Sanger in 1922 Born Margaret Louise Higgins (1879-09-14) September 14, 1879 Corning, New York, U.S. Died September 6, 1966 (1966-09-06) (aged 86) Tucson, Arizona, U.S. Occupation(s) Social reformer, sex educator ...
English No Room for the Groom is a 1952 American comedy film directed by Douglas Sirk and starring Tony Curtis , Piper Laurie , Don DeFore and Spring Byington . [ 1 ] The screenplay is based on the novel "My True Love" by Darwin Teilhet .
In 1946, Sanger helped found the International Committee on Planned Parenthood, which evolved into the International Planned Parenthood Federation and soon became the world's largest non-governmental international family planning organization. [33] In 1952, John D. Rockefeller III founded the influential Population Council. [34]
Dharmendra Kumar Tyagi, better known as Deep Tyagi or DK Tyagi (1928–1969), was an assistant commissioner for the Indian family planning program until 1969. An early pioneer of family planning in India and elsewhere, he was a champion of the program under the premierships of Jawaharlal Nehru , Lal Bahadur Shastri , and the initial period of ...
Watch with Mother was a cycle of children's programmes created by Freda Lingstrom and Maria Bird.Broadcast by BBC Television from 1952 until 1975, it was the first BBC television series aimed specifically at tiny tots to pre-school children aged 6 months to 5 years old, a development of BBC radio's equivalent Listen with Mother, which had begun two years earlier.