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One Year Later: From the Dumpsite to the Global Stage: Why We Must Invest in Young People with Lived Experience
One year frollowing ICFP 20205, Awardee Silvia Okoth reflects on the award that she used to advance SRHR for women and girls in a dumpsite in Kenya, shares her progress, and thoughts on youth-led projects.

ICFP 2025 Opening Video Wins Silver Anthem Award, Celebrating Community-Led Reproductive Health Solutions Across Colombia
We're thrilled to share that the ICFP 2025 opening video, Community-Led Reproductive Health Solutions Across Colombia, has won a Silver Anthem Award, recognizing purpose-driven storytelling and social impact!
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One Year After ICFP 2025: The Community Kept Building
One year after more than 3,000 people gathered in Bogotá for ICFP 2025, the real test is what came next. Here's how ICFP's subcommittees turned their commitments into action, and why the community kept building together.

Power Shifting in Practice: Dr. Joia Crear-Perry
Dr. Joia Crear-Perry, OB-GYN and founder of the National Birth Equity Collaborative, shares how power shifting in SRHR works in practice. She talks about naming racism as a root cause of health inequities, advancing reproductive justice and birth equity, and returning power to Black, Brown, and Indigenous communities.

ICFP 2025 Opening Video Selected as Anthem Awards Finalist
We have exciting news to share! The ICFP 2025 opening video has been named a finalist in the Anthem Awards, recognizing inspiring social impact initiatives from around the world.
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Health Diplomacy, Extractive Dynamics, and SRHR
Reflections from Webinar 2 of the Power Shifting in SRHR Series
By Goodness Ogeyi Odey, Co-Chair, ICFP Power-Shifting Subcommittee
On June 10th, 2026, the ICFP Power Shifting Subcommittee and the WHO IBP Network Community of Practice on ...

Power Shifting Isn’t a Panel Discussion. It’s a Practice
Reflections from Webinar 1 of the Power Shifting in SRHR SeriesBy Goodness Ogeyi Odey, Co-Chair, ICFP Power-Shifting SubcommitteeOn May 13th, 2026, the ICFP Power Shifting Subcommittee and the WHO IBP Network Community of Practice on Shifting ...

WATCH: Power of Family Planning – Part 1
Power of Family Planning: A Pathway to Economic Empowerment – Part 1
Date and Time
October 21, 2026 | 9:00 – 10:00 AM ET
Hosted by the ICFP Scientific & Demographic Futures Subcommittee, this webinar explored how access to family planning ...

ICFP Platform and Conference Sponsorship Opportunities Announced
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When Do We Pause? Reflections from the Women’s Networking Zone at AIDS 2026
At the Women’s Networking Zone during AIDS 2026 in Rio de Janeiro, the ICFP Power-Shifting Subcommittee introduced the Equity Pause Checklist and opened an honest conversation with women living with HIV about activist burnout, lived experience, and why pausing to reflect on equity still matters in the HIV response.

What Underwear Has to Do with the Climate Crisis: Living Through Nepal’s Flash Floods
When flash floods tore through Nepal’s Rasuwa and Nuwakot districts, menstrual products, maternal care, contraception and abortion services were pushed aside. SRHR advocate Manisha Thapa explains why climate change and sexual and reproductive health in Nepal are now inseparable, and why climate-resilient SRHR and climate justice can’t wait.

WATCH: Using Data and Learning to Strengthen Faith-based Family Planning Programs
Using Data and Learning to Strengthen Faith-Based SRH & Family Planning Programs: Examples from Kenya and Nigeria
Date and Time
September 2, 2026 | 8:00 – 9:00 AM ET
Hosted by the ICFP Faith Subcommittee, this webinar will explore how data ...
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