Commitments & Government Engagement
The ICFP platform, including the conference, catalyzes commitments to family planning (FP) and sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) and provides a mechanism to hold governments and organizations accountable for meeting these globally-announced goals.
To elevate commitments, ICFP 2025 provided space in several prominent sessions—including the opening and closing ceremonies and the FP2030-led plenary—for leaders to announce significant commitments to FP and SRHR on the global stage that is ICFP. Overall, these commitments underscored renewed momentum for FP and SRHR around the world.
ICFP 2025 also invited government officials—including, ICFP Core Organizing Group (COG) members, FP2030 commitment-makers, Global Parliamentary Alliance (GPA) members, and Partners in Population and Development (PPD) members—to participate in special events across the conference. This included High-level Ministerial Meetings dedicated to domestic resource mobilization and demographic futures, as well as the Lunch with Leaders event, which focused on intergenerational dialogue within regional contexts (View more information on these events below).
The European Parliamentary Forum for Sexual and Reproductive Rights (EPF) global parliamentary delegation had a strong presence at ICFP 2025. EPF President MP Guillaume Gouffier-Valente (France) delivered remarks during the opening ceremony, highlighting the importance of parliamentary leadership in advancing SRHR worldwide. At the closing ceremony, MP Lilián Abracinskas (Uruguay) reinforced this message. During the conference, EPF launched the new Latin America & Caribbean Contraception Policy Atlas 2025 and presented “The Next Wave,” its newest report on anti-gender. EPF also hosted a Parliamentary Forum, where MPs and key stakeholders discussed financing for SRHR and emerging demographic realities.
Major Commitments Announced at ICFP 2025
At ICFP 2025, Colombia formally launched its FP2030 commitment, outlining a comprehensive approach to FP and SRHR focused on equity, rights, and sustainability. The commitment emphasized expanding access to high-quality, person-centered family planning services, strengthening health systems, and prioritizing historically underserved populations, including rural communities, adolescents, and migrants.
The United Kingdom, through the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO), reaffirmed its role as a leading global partner for family planning via a video address, highlighting continued financial support, policy leadership, and a commitment to protecting SRHR even in challenging global contexts.
In addition, several countries announced landmark domestic financing commitments during the FP2030 plenary. The Democratic Republic of the Congo, Zambia, and Zimbabwe pledged increased national investments in family planning and reproductive health, signaling strong political will to strengthen national programs, reduce reliance on external funding, and ensure long-term, country-led progress toward FP2030 goals.
As well, DKT International committed to generating 400 million non-abortion Couple-Years of Protection (CYPs) across more than 90 countries between 2021 and 2030 in support of FP2030 objectives. DKT International will also invest $1 billion of discretionary resources, including the procurement of commodities with sales revenues, between 2021 and 2030.
Based on feedback from ICFP 2025 meetings, the ICFP platform will create more opportunities for these important moments of South-to-South collaboration in the years ahead before the next ICFP conference, recognizing the urgency of these issues.
High-level Ministerial Meetings
Advancing Sustainable Financing for Family Planning and Reproductive Health
On 3 November 2025, the William H. Gates Sr. Institute for Population and Reproductive Health (WHGI), FP2030, United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), and the Government of Colombia co-hosted a high-level ministerial roundtable at ICFP 2025 in Bogotá. This half-day meeting brought together ministers and high-level policymakers from approximately 25 countries, alongside leaders from international financial institutions (IFIs) and key foundations within the donor community, to address the urgent crisis of sustainable financing for family planning (FP) and reproductive health (RH).
UNFPA Executive Director, Diene Keita, alongside H.E. Dr. Jaime Hernán Urrego, Deputy Minister of Public Health and Service Provision, Government of Colombia, provided opening remarks and emphasized the critical role of domestic investment and political commitment for long-term FP/RH gains, underscoring that access to family planning is a fundamental human right and a catalytic investment that yields significant social and economic returns and drives national resilience.
The meeting allowed for substantive, high-level and candid exchanges, with Ministers and senior government representatives from all participating countries actively engaging from the floor. Interventions converged on the shared imperative of safeguarding the future of FP/RH in the context of an acute and escalating global financing crisis, with up to 70% of external donor support for family planning now at risk.
Demographic Futures:
Current Challenges & Moving Toward Solutions
On 5 November 2025, WHGI, FP2030, and UNFPA convened a high-level ministerial roundtable at ICFP 2025 in Bogotá. This session brought together representatives from global governments, donors, multilateral partners, and others to discuss how demographic research and evidence can shape and inform health and economic policy
Purpose & Objectives
The current rhetoric of population decline alarmism, coupled with cuts to global family planning funding, is posing a real threat to SRHR worldwide. This event sought to advance a shared understanding of demographic futures to move from framing demographic shifts as challenges into opportunities for human-centered development.
Specifically, conversations and presentations centered around three objectives:
- Defining the Discourse:
Separating fearful narratives of growth or decline from reality by using demographic intelligence; - Data for Development:
Emphasizing that high-quality granular demographic data is essential for planning, infrastructure, health policy, and monitoring global goals; - Centering Autonomy:
Reaffirming that individual agency, human rights, and reproductive choice are the foundational principles of a resilient population policy.
Demographic futures are not destiny; they are shaped by policy choices grounded in evidence, equity, and human rights. Family planning serves as the essential catalyst, bridging the gap between individual reproductive autonomy and collective national development. By aligning demographic intelligence with social justice, nations can ensure that population transitions—whether of growth or decline—become opportunities for inclusive progress and dignity.
Lunch with Leaders Event
Hosted on 3 November 2025, this ICFP 2025 pre-conference roundtable event provided a platform for approximately 350 invited youth delegates and SRHR leaders—including over 80 parliamentarians and ministers—to engage in knowledge-sharing, exchange best practices, and hear directly from youth about the challenges and priorities that need to be addressed in SRHR. Attendees conversed with tablemates from their region on various topics introduced by intergenerational conversation kick starters.
Introductory Remarks
- Philip Anglewicz, Director, William H. Gates Sr. Institute for Population and Reproductive Health (WHGI)
- Diene Keita, Executive Director, United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)
Table Topics & Discussion Leaders
1. Trust-based Philanthropy
- Ann Shulman, Executive Director, The Erik E. and Edith H Bergstrom Foundation
- Lynn Abu Turk, ICFP 2025 Youth Trailblazer, Lebanon
2. Meaningful Engagement of Youth in SRHR Work
- Alavaro Bermejo, President & CEO, International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF)
- Yoliana Ramos, Adolescent Youth, Colombia
- Sanjiana Gupta, ICFP 2025 Youth Trailblazer, India
3. SRHR & Equity Through Action
- David Imbago-Jacome, Manager, Ecosystem Development & Equity, Children’s Investment Fund Foundation (CIFF)
- Idrisa Amri, ICFP 2025 Youth Trailblazer, Tanzania
Closing Remarks & Next Steps
At the conclusion of the event, participants shared key takeaways from their discussions and how they plan to carry these conversations forward during ICFP 2025 and beyond. Representatives from organizations and countries present emphasized plans to more meaningfully engage youth in SRHR work, while donors committed to providing more unrestricted funding to youth-led organizations. Together, these commitments reflected a shared determination to center youth leadership in advancing global SRHR progress.
