ICFP Media
Housed at the William H. Gates Sr. Institute for Population and Reproductive Health (WHGI) at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, ICFP harnesses the collective power of media to advance safe, equitable sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) for all by connecting journalists with global experts, innovators, and advocates.
Learn about ICFP’s impactful media efforts below!
Media
Momentum for Unified Narratives & Stronger SRHR Visibility at a Critical Global Moment
In Bogotá, media was not just a tool to engage the world in our conversations, it was a strategic and deliberate force. Through the FPNN Media Lab, ICFP 2025 LIVE Stage, and a robust journalist program, we turned the ICFP conference into a global storytelling platform.
- FPNN Media Lab: This collaborative hub offered a dedicated space for participants to shape unified SRHR narratives. Over five days, journalists and partners engaged in briefings, trainings, and real-time story development—building skills, creating content, and sparking unexpected connections. These briefings enabled experts to share priority news directly with journalists in a personal, high-trust environment.
- ICFP LIVE Stage: Journalists reported stories and analyses to conference attendees via the ICFP LIVE Stage. FPNN original programming—including Sex O’Clock News, Frontline Report, and Habla LAC—took the stage to spotlight key SRHR solutions emerging from their reporting.
- Overall Journalist Program: FPNN’s overall journalist program at ICFP 2025 drove coordinated, solutions-focused SRHR storytelling—setting the narrative agenda through a Colombia reporting trip, expanding Spanish-language reach across the LAC region, and convening a media pre-conference that sparked new alliances between SRHR organizations and influential media voices.
Throughout our media programming, thousands of journalists had access ground-breaking research, expert voices, and community-driven narratives. This generated high-impact coverage that amplified family planning and women’s health far beyond the walls of the Ágora Convention Center.
100+ Community Reporters Trained
Leading up to and at ICFP 2025, we trained communicators on how to cover SRHR using solutions-focused framing and data informed-reporting.
180+ Media Hits
We garnered 180+ media hits from global, regional, national, and local outlets, including: The Guardian; The Economist; Devex; Reuters; El Espectador; El Tiempo; France 24; and El País. View all articles mentioning ICFP 2025 below.
3000+ Media List Contacts
Our media efforts produced an active and engaged contact list of journalists, content creators, and other communicators who are now ready to continue learning and reporting on SRHR.
Next Steps
Journalists are seeking continued engagement to re-energize how SRHR is covered across all levels of media. In 2026, the William H. Gates Sr. Institute aims to carry this work forward through additional media efforts. Stay tuned for more information!
ICFP 2025 Media Partners
Meet ICFP’s media partners who offer unique perspectives and produce powerful communications. Each organization helps ensure that SRHR remains at the center of global conversations, uplifting research and innovations coming out of our field.
ICFP 2025 Media Coverage
Support the Family Planning News Network
Shaping United, Solutions-driven Narratives
The Family Planning News Network (FPNN) is a global platform at the forefront of sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) storytelling and news generation.
Through trainings, briefings, relationship-building, editorial support, and content creation, FPNN enables and elevates solutions-focused coverage of SRHR.
By engaging audiences beyond the SRHR field, the platform helps expand understanding, counter mis- and disinformation, and push back against anti-rights narratives. In doing so, FPNN strengthens a more informed, connected, and resilient movement—advancing progress on SRHR worldwide.
Official Media Releases
News & Opportunities from ICFP
