Approach - DKT International

Our Approach

A Social Enterprise that Delivers Results

DKT International is a global social enterprise providing affordable and accessible sexual and reproductive health products and services. Since 1989, DKT has empowered millions of people across 100+ countries through social marketing. Our initiatives promote healthy behaviors and ensure that individuals have the knowledge and resources necessary to make informed decisions about their reproductive lives.

Our Approach

Decentralized Leadership

DKT’s decentralized business model vests leadership in local teams who know their communities, culture, and business practices best. While our headquarters office in Washington DC provides oversight and support, DKT leaves business decisions—from advertising campaigns to new product launches—up to the local team to ensure programming meets the unique needs of the population.

Sustainability

DKT sets product pricing based on a country’s purchasing power. To promote sustainability, more affordable brands are subsidized by second- and third-generation options, which have additional benefits, like oral contraception that prevents acne. DKT also employs this approach globally: revenue from programs in upper-middle income countries is reinvested to support programming in lower-middle income countries.

Transparency

DKT is committed to using financial resources responsibly and sharing our results transparently. DKT maintains financial records, makes them publicly available, and undergoes annual audits, which has earned DKT a four-star charity rating by Charity Navigator. DKT has also been awarded a Platinum Seal of Transparency by GuideStar/Candid for our routine monitoring and publication of sales results.

Rights-Based Programs

DKT believes that access to affordable sexual and reproductive health care is a human right. By registering products, training providers, and building healthy supply chains, DKT ensures products are available when and where consumers need them. DKT also employs behavior change campaigns to encourage individuals to find a contraceptive method that helps them achieve their goals.

We Empower Individuals and Transform Communities

For more than 30 years and in more than 100 countries, DKT International has partnered with healthcare providers, pharmacists, retailers, NGOs and governments to build inclusive, sustainable health ecosystems that support the rights of individuals to control their own reproductive and sexual lives.

Marketing & Behavior Change

Supply Chain Management

Provider Capacity Building

Innovation & Technology

Reproductive Health Service Provision

Supporting Vulnerable Groups

Our Affiliates

We are a global organization that combines the social change ideals of a nonprofit organization with the revenue-generating entrepreneurialism of a social enterprise. In addition to classical social marketing programs serving individuals in a country or region, our affiliates have footprints that extend into the United States, globally, and the borderless world of the internet. Our affiliates operate as independent businesses, while enhancing the mission of DKT International.

Established in 2018, DKT WomanCare Global serves the public and private sectors and works closely with leading manufacturers to expand access, availability, and affordability of family planning and safe abortion products. DKT WomanCare Global is a leading supplier of sexual and reproductive health (SRH) products globally, currently marketing and distributing contraceptive Implants, Manual Vacuum Aspiration Kits, contraceptive injections, emergency contraceptive pills, intra-uterine devices, and medical abortion pills across 90 countries globally

Women First Digital (WFD) transforms how sexual and reproductive healthcare is designed, delivered and accessed worldwide. Our digital solutions, available in multiple languages, support equitable and accessible pathways for self-managed abortion and contraception, overcoming cost, stigma and distance to put power and choice in people’s hands.

carafem provides compassionate abortion care through personalized in-office and telehealth services, including abortion pills by mail. carafem’s medically-supported 24/7 virtual care companion, Cara, guides clients through each step of their at-home abortion process, answering questions and providing helpful reminders any time of day.

Our Impact

DKT evaluates the quality and success of our programming through quantifiable health outcomes using third-party, independent impact calculators and methodologies.

These statistics reflect the estimated impact of our product sales and service delivery around the world.

Unintended Pregnancies Averted in 2024

26M

Couple Years of Protection (CYPs) Provided in 2024

67M

Maternal Deaths Averted in 2024

43K

Unsafe Abortions Averted in 2024

18M