The Stronger Together Coalition:
Uniting Women’s Health Movements & Moments
The Stronger Together Coalition was formed from a shared recognition that advancing sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) requires more than powerful individual conferences—it requires alignment, continuity, and collective momentum across them.
Bringing together leading global convenings and movements, the Stronger Together Coalition represents a commitment to move from isolated moments of visibility to sustained collaboration and action.
Rather than operating in parallel, member platforms are working intentionally to align priorities, amplify shared messaging, and ensure that commitments made in one global space carry forward into the next. In a rapidly shifting global landscape marked by political headwinds, financing uncertainty, and widening inequities, this coordination is both strategic and necessary.
Coalition Statement
The Stronger Together Coalition is preparing to release a joint statement outlining shared priorities and commitments—stay tuned for more details.
Purpose
The Stronger Together Coalition exists to strengthen collaboration across major global platforms advancing SRHR, maternal health, gender equality, and reproductive justice. Its purpose is to foster shared leadership, reinforce accountability, and sustain advocacy between convenings.
By aligning across conferences, the Stronger Together Coalition aims to ensure that declarations, commitments, and calls to action are not isolated outputs, but part of an evolving, collective movement. It recognizes that progress in SRHR depends on sustained political commitment, coordinated advocacy, and unified voice across sectors and regions.
Official Members
The Stronger Together Coalition is composed of major global convenings and aligned engagement platforms, represented by their respective organizations and leadership. Official members include the International Conference on Family Planning (ICFP), Family Planning 2030 (FP2030), the World Association for Sexual Health (WAS), the FIGO World Congress, Women Deliver, the International Maternal Newborn Health Conference (IMNHC), the International Confederation of Midwives (ICM), and the International Social and Behavior Change Communications Summit (SBCC) and aligned engagement spaces connected to the World Health Assembly (WHA), among others. Other partners include Kinaura Partners.
Together, these platforms and events convene policymakers, clinicians, researchers, youth leaders, advocates, implementers, and donors from across the globe—creating a powerful ecosystem for shared agenda-setting and action.
Presence Across Global Convenings
The Stronger Together Coalition has maintained visible and substantive engagement across recent global events.
At the Inaugural World Sexual Health Assembly (WSHA) in Porto, partners contributed to and aligned with the Porto Proclamation, reinforcing a shared commitment to rights-based SRHR and laying the groundwork for deeper cross-movement collaboration.
At the FIGO World Congress in Cape Town, Stronger Together Coalition presence underscored the intersection of clinical leadership and public health advocacy, strengthening alignment between maternal health and broader SRHR agendas.
At ICFP 2025 in Bogotá, the Stronger Together Coalition convened a dedicated Spotlight Session to refine and advance its shared Declaration. Through an interactive working group discussion, participants provided thoughtful input on framing, priorities, and collective accountability. The session reinforced a clear message: in the current global context, coordinated leadership across movements is essential.
Key Takeaways from These Convenings
Across WSHA, FIGO, and ICFP, common themes emerged that continue to shape the Stronger Together Coalition’s direction. Participants emphasized:
- the urgency of defending gender equity and SRHR amid anti-rights agendas, political backlash, and disinformation;
- the need for sustained and equitable financing;
- the importance of centering youth leadership and shifting power; and
- the value of coordinated advocacy across sectors, including the dissemination of key messages through various media outlets and influencers, such as frontline healthcare workers.
These conversations clarified that while contexts may vary, the challenges are shared—and so too must be the response. The Stronger Together Coalition’s evolving Declaration reflects this collective understanding and commitment to unified action.
Upcoming Global Moments
The Stronger Together Coalition’s work continues through alignment with upcoming global platforms, including the International Maternal Newborn Health Conference (IMNHC), Women Deliver, International Confederation of Midwives (ICM), Social & Behavior Change Summit events, and strategic moments connected to the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW), World Health Assembly (WHA), and United Nations General Assembly (UNGA).
These spaces provide opportunities to amplify shared calls to action, reinforce coordinated messaging, and sustain collaboration across 2026 and beyond.
Next Steps
Building on the dialogue and momentum generated across conferences, the Stronger Together Coalition is finalizing and disseminating its shared Declaration—which includes a collective call to action asking governments, donors, development partners, policymakers, advocates, and civil society to commit to sustained financing, courageous political leadership, strengthened accountability, and the continued defense of SRHR worldwide.
Beyond the statement itself, Stronger Together Coalition partners are exploring opportunities for joint engagement, coordinated advocacy, and aligned messaging across upcoming global convenings. These moments will serve as key milestones to reinforce shared priorities and translate commitments into action.
By strengthening ties across global moments and movements, the Stronger Together Coalition reflects a growing recognition within the SRHR community: lasting impact depends not only on convening—but on coordination, continuity, and collective courage.
