Inside Philanthropy: Plugging the Gap: What Are Funders Doing to Respond to the Global Gag Rule?
“…In March 2017, nearly 60 nations along with private funders and philanthropists from around the world attended what is being widely described as a ‘hastily convened’ one-day She Decides family planning conference in Brussels, Belgium. She Decides is a global family planning initiative launched by Dutch minister for Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation, Lilianne Ploumen, in response to the [global gag rule (GGR)] reinstatement. The goal of the campaign is to fill the nearly $600 million funding gap that will likely be caused by the GGR…” (Moses, 10/10).