Communications and publications: the institute shaped and informed media coverage and public debate on sexual and reproductive health and rights issues throughout 2021. We strategically disseminated the institute's evidence and analyses in a range of formats and across a multitude of platforms, targeting key stakeholders and influencers including advocates, health care providers, policymakers and their staff, media, and the scientific community. Among the results we generated with these outreach efforts were thousands of media citations and extensive coverage in high-profile media outlets around issues like the priorities for the incoming biden administration and the new congress, the record onslaught of state-level abortion restrictions in 2021, and a significant body of work around the December oral arguments at the supreme court involving a case that could undermine us abortion rights and access. Taking just one example, our outreach around guttmacher's research on texas' sue thy neighbor abortion ban generated coverage in the New York times, the washington post, cnn, forbes, nbc, ABC, and npr, among many other outlets. In addition, the institute placed multiple commentaries by our experts in outlets like MS. Magazine, scientific american and the hill. Globally, our communications team worked with partners at the regional and country level to disseminate joint research findings and analyses. For example, in malawi, we teamed up with in-country partners to launch a robust social media campaign to support the enactment of the safe abortion bill, which was introduced by members of parliament in February 2021 to liberalize the country's abortion law. Our communications team also worked to strengthen the capacity of in-country partners, including youth-led organizations, by providing communications workshops, trainings, and technical support. Our global communications team also promoted guttmacher data -- and the work of our regional and country partners -- through global days of action and other social media efforts that shone a spotlight on key sexual and reproductive health issues for a mass audience.

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