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World Contraception Day 26 Sept 2024 – Theme, History, Importance

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The World Contraception Day is a worldwide awareness day that has taken place on the 26th of September every year for the past fifteen years. During this day, various local and global healthcare organisations gather around to raise awareness of contraception in the general population.


The word contraception has been put forward by combining the words "contra" (against) and "conception" (the process of conceiving in the womb). Various methods of contraceptives include oral contraceptive pills, implants, injectables, patches, vaginal rings, intrauterine devices, condoms, male and female sterilisation, lactational amenorrhoea methods, withdrawal, and methods based on fertility awareness.


World Contraception Day is essential to spread awareness of various contraceptive options to individuals, especially young men and women, regarding Family Planning and Reproductive Health.

Importance of World Contraception Day

The importance of World Contraception Day is to promote awareness about contraception, promote the overall health of individuals (both men and women), promote open discussions in the global population about the indications of contraceptives, promote the rights of women, and promote gender equality worldwide. 

World Contraception Day 2024 theme | Theme of World Contraception Day 2024 | Visual depicting the theme of World Contraception Day 2024

World Contraception Day 2024 Theme

This year, 2024, the theme of World Contraception Day is "A choice for all. Freedom to plan, power to choose." This theme highlights that every individual must be guaranteed the freedom to protect their reproductive health and to plan their family, access to contraception to bodily autonomy and achieve one's full potential; it helps reduce adolescent births, prevent maternal deaths, and further gender equality.


Year by year, the themes for world contraception day are:

  • World Contraception Day 2023 theme: The Power of Options
  • World Contraception Day 2021 theme: It's your life, it's your responsibility
  • World Contraception Day 2020 theme: Know your options
  • World Contraception Day 2019 theme: It’s your life, it’s your responsibility
  • World Contraception Day 2018 theme: It’s your life, it’s your responsibility

History of World Contraception Day

The day “World Contraception Day” was started in the year 2007. On this day in 2007, ten worldwide family planning agencies across the world declared that the use of contraception, enabling a deliberate choice to have children, was the crucial step.


This expression by the late Dr. Nafis Sadik, former executive director of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), was voiced in 1994 when she said, "Healthy families are created by choice, not by chance." At least 15 international NGOs, medical and scientific communities, and governmental organisations support this day and its goals today with the intention of disseminating accurate information on sexual and reproductive health.


Several international institutions, notably the UN (United Nations), which promotes universal access to sexual and reproductive health care, emphasise the importance of World Contraception Day on the 26th of every September.

Necessity of World Contraception Day

Contraception not only plays a major role in preventing unintended pregnancies but also essentially in reducing sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) between the partners and mothers to newborns, as well as indirectly reducing the need for unsafe abortions.


Currently, over 25 crore women who don’t want to get pregnant are not using safe or modern methods of contraception. According to the UNFPA survey, at least 17.2 crore people are not using any form of contraception.

Factors that negatively influence contraception

Even in these days of widespread knowledge, there are still various hindrances to the proper usage of contraceptives. The following are some of the various hurdles which are necessary to overcome, breaking the boundaries of hushed tones and spreading contraceptive awareness:

  • A worry about side effects
  • Religious or cultural antagonism
  • Gender-based obstacles
  • A few options
  • Services offered are of low quality
  • Limited availability of contraceptives

International statistics and facts on contraception

Some of the common statistics and facts regarding contraception include:

  • Currently, there are about 25.7 crore women who attain pregnancy despite their choice in planning
  • Nevertheless, contraceptive methods are not employed
  • IUDs are regarded as the safest form of contraception, having a failure rate of less than 1%
  • Women of all ages often choose a pill as their preferred form of birth control
  • Since ancient times, both men and women have utilised contraceptives. Studies have shown that contraceptives were used by women in Ancient Egypt as well
  • Contraceptive use protects against sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) as well as averting unintended pregnancies

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