International Conference on Family Planning (ICFP) 2025

November 3–6, 2025

Bogotá, Colombia

Event Website (External Link)

ICFP 2025 will unite leaders, advocates, and innovators from across the sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) community to exchange ideas, forge partnerships, and drive progress toward achieving and safeguarding SRHR for all.

 

Researchers from across the Council will be sharing evidence and learnings on some of the most pressing and complex questions in sexual and reproductive health and rights. Hear from Council Co-President, Patricia C. Vaughan, on what we’ll be sharing at ICFP!

 

Please join us for our side events!

 

Tuesday, 4 November

 

Wednesday, 5 November

 

And don’t forget to visit us at the Council and Baobab booths (#22–24 on the first floor)!

 

Council staff are bolded; *Presenting author; #Council affiliate

Sessions & Speakers

  1. Sunday 11/02

    Pre-conference | 08:00–16:30 | Room N

    Demographic Dividend pre-conference: Gender Demographic Dividend and Low Fertility: Rights, Equity, and Policy Responses (Link to program schedule)

    Fatou Mbow*

  2. Tuesday 11/04

    WHO Scientific Writing Workshop | 07:00–08:30 | IBP Program Implementation Room

    The Anatomy of a Scientific Paper (Link to program schedule)

    Niranjan Saggurti*

    Oral | 10:20–11:40 | Room C

    Session—Centering Youth Voices in Research and Response to HIV and SRHR

     

    Unpacking vulnerability to sexually transmitted infections (STI)/Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) among adolescent girls and young women in India: A qualitative study (Link to program schedule)
    Sohini Paul#, Radhika Dayal#, Anupam Joya Sharma, Kuhika Seth, Sowmya Ramesh#, Niranjan Saggurti

    Oral | 10:20–11:40 | Room L

    Session—Structural Barriers to Informed Family Planning

     

    Women in business, women in health: Understanding the structural and social barriers facing female PPMVs in family planning service delivery in Kano State, Nigeria (Link to program schedule)

    Society for Family Health (IntegratE project partner)*

    Flash | 11:55–13:15 | Room E

    Session—Across Borders and Barriers: Flash Insights on Abortion

     

    Designing and testing interventions to improve post-medication abortion contraceptive service delivery at community pharmacies: Lessons from Nakuru County, Kenya (Link to program schedule)

    Beatrice Otieno*, Kristen Shellenberg, Francis Obare, Steve Sigu, Wilson Liambila, Lucy Nyamwaro

    Poster | 12:00–13:30 | Main Lobby, First Floor

    Poster Session 2

    (Link to program schedule)

     

    Assessment of referrals between primary health centers and CPs and PPMVs for women requiring family planning in Nigeria: A mixed methods study
    Toyin Akomolafe
    *, Michael Alagbile, Emeka Okafor, Kolawole Oni, Innocent Ubuane, Fisayo Aderinola, Uzoamaka Okafor, Sikiru Baruwa

    Lunchtime Roundtable | 13:30–14:30 | Room RSXY

    Climate, Youth and SRHR in Rural Areas of Latin America: Elevating case studies and exchanging best practices (en español) (Link to program schedule)

    Ricardo Regules (Lead)

    Poster | 14:00–15:30 | Main Lobby, First Floor

    Poster Session 3

    (Link to program schedule)

     

    Does the Challenge Initiative offer a model for catalysing the sustainable scale-up of proven FP interventions?
    Karen Hardee, Meghan Bishop, Anna Hazelwood, Morenike Ukpong-Folayan, Jerry Okal, Samia Hashim, Vicente Jurlano, Cheikh Moussa Camara, Abhishek Kumar#

    Flash | 14:45–16:05 | Room H

    Session—Stakeholder Engagement to Inform New Contraceptive Development and Introduction

    (Link to program schedule)

     

    Clinicians’ perspectives on considerations for the introduction of a self-care contraceptive vaginal ring in Kenya’s public health sector 
    Serah Gitome*, Sarah Okumu, Tevyne Omondi, Zachary Kwena, Leah Omondi, Greshon Rota, Elizabeth Bukusi, Everlyne Okado, Betty Njoroge

     

    High acceptability of intravaginal rings (IVRs) among male partners enrolled in a crossover study of 3 different sizes of non-medicated IVRs in the United States
    Barbara Friedland
    *, Irene Bruce, Shakti Shetty, Jessica Atrio, Lisa Haddad*, Marlena Plagianos, Michelle Nguyen, Caio Sant’Anna Marinho, Ann Gottert, Jessica M. Sales, J. Brady Burnett-Zieman

    Poster | 16:00–17:30 | Main Lobby, First Floor

    Poster Session 4

    (Link to program schedule)

     

    Estimating the incidence of induced abortion among women in refugee settings in Ethiopia
    Yohannes Dibaba Wado*, Stephanie Kung, George Odwe, Yadeta Dessie, Dagim Habteyesus, Bonnie Wandera, Caitlin Rich, Peter Kisaakye, Caroline Kabiru, Francis Obare, and Margaret Giorgio

     

    Strengthening sexual and reproductive health empowerment outcomes through life, family, and health programming: Evidence from married adolescent girls in northern Nigeria
    Matthew Alabi, Ruby Ahaiwe* and Abiodun Adebowale

     

    Catalyzing policy change through private sector integration: The role of the IntegratE Project in transforming Nigeria’s family planning landscape
    Society for Family Health (IntegratE project partner)*

     

    Barriers and facilitators of acceptability and uptake of long-acting reversible contraceptives in Ethiopia: A systematic review using the COM-B model
    Tariku Shimels
    *, Zewdneh Shewamene, Getachew Teshom

     

    Enhancing sexual and reproductive health and family planning outcomes and overall wellbeing of women workers in East Africa’s formal sectors: A review of programs and a call to action to fill programming gaps
    Zewdneh Sabe
    and Ashish Bajracharya*

     

    Accessing men through male family doctors: A gender-sensitive family planning model in Pakistan
    Mumraiz Khan
    *, Nauman Safdar, Ali M. Mir, Zeba Sathar

    Oral | 16:20–17:40 | Room Ñ

    Session—At the Counter: Integrating Pharmacies into the Family Planning Ecosystem

     

    Beyond the pills: How pharmacists shape the safety and success of medical abortion in India (Link to program schedule)
    Rajib Acharya*, Rimjhim Bajpai#, Neelanjana Pandey#, Sushanta Kumar Banerjee

    Flash | 16:20–17:40 | Room P

    Session—Local and Regional Measurements on Sexual and Reproductive Health

     

    External consistency of HMIS data: Findings from family planning programs in Ethiopia and Nigeria (Link to program schedule)
    Erin Pearson*, Jamie Menzel, Himani Gupta#, Niranjan Saggurti

    Side event | 19:00–21:00 | Room A

    ReproTank: The Next Gen Contraceptive Pitch-Off

     

    Click here for event details

    Side event | 19:00–21:00 | Room Ñ

    Le Labyrinthe Auquel Les Femmes Sont Confrontées : Transformer les données en actions concrètes

    (The Maze Women Face: Turning evidence into action)

     

    Cliquez ici pour plus de détails (Click here for more details)

  3. Wednesday 11/05

    WHO Scientific Writing Workshop | 07:00–08:30 | IBP Program Implementation Room

    What Journal Editors Want (Link to program schedule)
    Mahesh Karra (Studies in Family Planning editor)

    ICFP 2025 Spotlight Session | 10:20–11:40 | Room VW

    Next-Gen Contraceptives: Science, Access, and Equity (Link to program schedule)

    Lisa Haddad (moderator)

    Oral | 11:55–13:15 | Room P

    Session—Non-traditional Channels for Contraceptive Access and Delivery

     

    Factors associated with the provision of implants by patent proprietary medicine vendors (PPMVs) in Kaduna, Kano and Lagos, Nigeria (Link to program schedule)
    Toyin Akomolafe*, Sikiru Baruwa, Innocent Ubuane, Michael Alagbile, Emeka Okafor

    Oral | 11:55–13:15 | Room G

    Session—Family Planning and Fertility Transitions: Global Perspectives and Development

     

    Emerging unfulfilled desired fertility among low fertility countries: Evidence from Asia and Eastern Europe (Link to program schedule)
    Shreya Singhal*#, Abhishek Kumar#, Ashita Munjral, Rajib Acharya

    Poster | 12:00–13:30 | Main Lobby, First Floor

    Poster Session 6

    (Link to program schedule)

     

    Post-abortion family planning among women in refugee settings in Uganda
    Peter Kisaakye*, Stephanie Kung, Francis Obare, Caitlin Rich, George Odwe, Bonnie Wandera, Dagim Habteyesus, Yadeta Dessie, Stephen Kizito, Yohannes Dibaba Wado, Margaret
    Giorgio

    Meet the SFP Editors! | 13:20–15:35 | Council booth, 1st floor, #23–24

    Have you been thinking about submitting an article to Studies in Family Planning (SFP)? Do you have questions about the journal’s focus topics? Do you have ideas for articles or special issues and would like to talk them over with the SFP editors?

     

    Stop by the Council’s booth to meet and discuss your questions/ideas with the SFP editors, Victoria Boydell and Mahesh Karra.

    Ignite Night “Hot Topics” Discussion | 13:30–14:30 | Room RSXY

    Ricardo Regules (Facilitator)

    Oral | 14:45–16:05 | Room P

    Session—Family Planning at a Crossroads: Navigating Reproductive Rights and Demographic Pressures in Asia-Pacific, Central Asia and Eastern Europe

     

    Addressing fertility decline without compromising choice: Family planning policies in Central Asia (Link to program schedule)
    Rajib Acharya*

    Poster | 16:00–17:30 | Main Lobby, First Floor

    Poster Session 8

    (Link to program schedule)

     

    Scaling family planning access and service delivery through private sector engagement in Nigeria: Insights from the IntegratE Project
    Society for Family Health (IntegratE project partner)*

     

    Multipurpose vaginal rings: Preferences from a national discrete choice survey with US women
    Ann Gottert, Sanyukta Mathur, Timothy Abuya, Irene Bruce, Shakti Shetty, Michelle Nguyen, Jessica M. Sales, Lisa B. Haddad*, Barbara A. Friedland*

     

    From “desire” to “intention”: Fertility preferences, question wording change, and non-response in Mexico’s post-pandemic and uncertain contexts
    Ricardo Regules Garcia*, Ana Ruth Escoto Castillo

     

    Influence de la connectivité sociale des adolescentes sur leur santé de la reproduction et résultats scolaires au Sénégal
    Fatou Bintou Mbow*

     

    Timing and continuity of postpartum family planning use in India: Insights from NFHS-5
    Abhishek Kumar#*, Anchal Purbey, Niranjan Saggurti

     

    Oral | 16:20–17:40 | Room Ñ

    Session: Understanding and Preventing Unintended Pregnancy Among Adolescents in LMICs

    Her needs, their blindspot: Unmet contraceptive demand among adolescents in India’s most populous state (Link to program schedule)
    Punit Mishra*#

    Side event | 19:00–21:00 | Room K

    From Data to Dignity: Scaling SRHR and FP Innovations for Refugee Communities in Africa

     

    Click here for event details.

  4. Thursday 11/06

    Panel | 11:55–13:15 | Room G

    Session: Integrating Sexual and Reproductive Health & Rights and Climate Change

    Ricardo Regules (Moderator)

  5. Friday 11/07

    Post-conference | | Hyatt Place

    Environment & Climate Change post-conference: From Bogotá to Belém: SRHR as a Catalyst for Climate Justice (Link to program schedule)

    Join us for From Bogotá to Belém: SRHR as a Catalyst for Climate Justice, a high-level, half-day post-ICFP convening. This strategic gathering will bring together ICFP delegates en route to COP30 and incoming climate leaders to explore how sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) can drive gender-responsive, inclusive climate action. The event will feature a high-level plenary, youth and community showcases, and cross-sectoral roundtables—with the endorsement of the Bogotá–Belém Declaration as a key expected outcome to carry forward into COP30.

     

    Space is limited—RSVP is required, and priority will be given to ICFP delegates traveling to COP30. Confirmations will be granted on a first-come, first-served basis.

    Sponsored by CHED Solutions and Population Council

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