<p>Meet Mwanasha, she’s 21 years old and already a mum-of-two. She’s a farmer living in a remote area in southern Malawi. 
</p><p><b> Background </b> 
</p><p>On 11 July 2012 the UK Government and the Bill &amp; Melinda Gates Foundation will host a groundbreaking summit to cut in half the current number of women and girls in the world’s poorest countries without access to contraception, but who wish to avoid pregnancy or space their children.
</p><p>Every woman and girl deserves the opportunity to to determine her own future. Contraceptives give the world's poorest women the power to decide if and when to have another child.  
</p><p>Find out more at <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.dfid.gov.uk/changinglives">www.dfid.gov.uk/changinglives</a> 
</p><p>To follow the London Summit on Family Planning visit <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.dfid.gov.uk/fpsummit">www.dfid.gov.uk/fpsummit</a>
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