ICFP News & Blog Posts
Stay informed with the latest stories from ICFP and the global family planning and SRHR community.
Featured Post
The International Conference on Family Planning (ICFP 2025) in Bogotá, Colombia (1–6 November) celebrated outstanding research and innovation in sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) during this year’s scientific poster ...
No results found.
All Posts
ICFP Community Action Alert on Universal Health Coverage
The ICFP 2021 theme spotlights the undeniable link between family planning (FP) systems, services, and products, and Universal Health Coverage (UHC). We are making a call to the ICFP Community to contribute to the evidence and justification of ...
Private Sector Counts: Explore the role of public and private sources of care
COVID-19 will impact European development aid
COVID-19 has had an unprecedented impact on sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) services across the world, may it be from the health crisis itself or the consequences of the lockdown. It is estimated that the pandemic could result in an additional 49 million women with unmet need for modern contraceptives, and an additional 15 million unintended pregnancies over the course of a year. Sustained international development support will be crucial in the wake of this crisis, not just for the emergency response but also the much longer recovery period.
Ensuring access to family planning, building community resilience and much more in Bihar
Reporting and writing by Indrani Kashyap
Gamharia, Bihar, India — Babita Kumari woke early on this scorching summer day to finish her household chores and cook for her family. By 9 a.m., she is ready to set out on her home visits. Equipped ...
Part of the Same Equation: UHC & SRHR
Integrating Family Planning into Universal Health Coverage Efforts
ICFP & The Moth: Global Storytelling Virtual Workshops
The International Conference on Family Planning has an ongoing partnership with The Moth, an acclaimed organization dedicated to the art and craft of personal storytelling. Through this partnership, The Moth hosts storytelling workshops for our ...
As COVID-19 Soars in Latin America, Digital Innovations Offer Women and Girls a Lifeline
We know that women and girls feel the disproportionate weight of this crisis. The same restrictions on movement that aim to curb the virus’s spread are having devastating effects on access to critical health services, including essential sexual and reproductive health services. The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) estimates that some 18 million women across Latin America and the Caribbean will lose access to modern contraceptives due to the strain on health systems and massive disruptions in family planning programming and supply chains.
Embrace Self-Care to Improve Sexual and Reproductive Health
Heinous injustices against women and girls, and the devastating outcomes that follow, are on the rise. Worldwide, restrictions designed to limit the movement of people and stop the spread of the virus have inadvertently made violence in homes more frequent and severe. Sexual and gender-based violence is festering in these conditions, prompting the leading UN women’s agency to expose it as the “shadow pandemic.”
In a far corner of India, nurses provide family planning services to women despite a pandemic
By Krithika Murali
Nurse Akumla had studied, worked and sacrificed so much, all to ensure that underserved women living in one of India’s most remote and rugged regions—Longleng district in the far northeastern state of Nagaland—have access to ...
Reflection on Our COVID Response: DKT Anglophone West Africa
With the public’s purchasing power endangered by the pandemic, DKT Liberia opted to offer six-months’ of its Lydia oral contraceptives free-of-charge via home-delivery, a move sure to reduce the financial burden of family planning and mitigate COVID risks, all without sacrificing sustainability.
Country-level Action for UHC and Ensuring Universal Access to SRHR
No results found.
Sponsor Posts
The ICFP 2025 conference was made possible through the generous support of our sponsors, who share a commitment to advancing sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) for all.
To keep the positive momentum from ICFP 2025 going, we invite you to explore guest columns from our conference sponsors—sharing insights, innovations, and experiences that are shaping the global SRHR movement.