World Vasectomy Day (WVD), founded in 2013 by filmmaker Jonathan Stack and vasectomy provider, Dr. Doug Stein, aggregates individual acts of kindness and care into a collective movement for social change.
Once a single day event to encourage men to consider a vasectomy, today the WVD Project is a year-round program that trains doctors, educates the public, works with institutions and encourages the creative community to tell stories of hope and possibility.
This year we celebrate the 9th annual World Vasectomy Day on Friday, November 19, 2021 with activities extended from November 13-20, 2021.
The event has since been held annually during the third week of November with rotating headquarters in Australia in 2013, the US in 2014, Indonesia in 2015, Kenya in 2016, Mexico in 2017, Rwanda and Haiti in 2018, and Colombia in 2019. In 2020 and again in 2021, although our collective activities are primarily ‘virtual’, we continue to work with providers in communities throughout the world.
WHAT WE HAVE ACCOMPLISHED
2020
Around the World

50
Countries participated
1,200
Participating Providers
555
Participating doctor
1,813
Vasectomies reported by Profamilia
Annual Report
Film
13,000
Estimated vasectomies worldwide
2019
Bogotá, Colombia

50
Countries participated
1,200
Participating Providers
555
Participating doctor
1,813
Vasectomies reported by Profamilia
Annual Report
Film
16,000
Estimated vasectomies worldwide
2018
Haiti and Rwanda

8
Activities Plan for Developing a Vasectomy Program
1,088
Participating Providers
1st
Virtual Vasectomy Clinic
Annual Report
15,000
Estimated vasectomies worldwide
2017
Mexico City, Mexico

57
Countries participated
1,100
Participating doctors
1,25
Million views of Panuco Video
6,477
Vasectomies reported by the CNEGSR in Mexico
Annual Report
16,000
Estimated vasectomies worldwide
2016
Nairobi, Kenya

51
Countries participated
964
Participating doctors
120
Million of online impressions
Annual Report
Social Media Report
10,000
Estimated vasectomies worldwide
2015
Bali, Indonesia

42
Countries participated
639
Participating doctors
83
Print and online articles
7,000
Facebook likes and Twitter followers
Annual Report
7,350
Estimated vasectomies worldwide
2014
Florida, USA

4,923
Estimated vasectomies worldwide
2013
Adelaide, Australia
