News Release

Join Guttmacher at ICFP

The Guttmacher Institute is excited to join the 2025 International Conference on Family Planning (ICFP), taking place November 1–6 in Bogotá, Colombia—the first time the conference will be held in the Latin America and Caribbean region. This global gathering brings together leaders, advocates and researchers from across the sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) community to exchange ideas, build partnerships and drive progress toward advancing and protecting SRHR for all. 

There are many ways to engage with the Guttmacher team throughout the week:

  • Visit us at booth #45-48 on exhibit floor 3 to meet Guttmacher experts and learn more about our work.
  • Join our side event as we unveil two major initiatives: Adding It Up 2024 and the Family Planning Impact Consortium. These critical resources showcase the health, social and economic benefits of investing in SRHR. Don’t miss the chance to explore new evidence shaping the global family planning agenda—register now!
  • Attend our sessions and be part of critical conversations on advancing reproductive health and rights.

Participate in these important conversations, stop by the booth and attend the ICFP sessions listed below. Note that these times are subject to change.

All times listed are in Colombia Time (same time zone as Eastern Standard Time).

An asterisk indicates a Guttmacher-affiliated individual is participating in person.

Monday, November 3

8:00 – 12:00 | Power Shifting Pre-Conference: Re-imagining Equitable Partnerships in SRHR—From Dialogue to Actions (Guttmacher co-sponsored)

  • Co-organized by Ann Moore, Guttmacher Institute*

Join the ICFP 2025 Power Shifting Pre-Conference and be part of a transformative gathering that's unpacking and co-creating solutions to systemic inequities in sexual and reproductive health and rights. This action-oriented event brings together diverse stakeholders—from community organizations and youth advocates to policymakers and donors—to center historically marginalized voices, including locally-led SRHR organizations, LGBTQI+ communities, sex workers, refugees and people living with HIV. Through interactive dialogues, knowledge-sharing sessions and collaborative workshops, participants will move beyond discussion to create tangible commitments that reshape global SRHR policies, funding and programming.


Tuesday, November 4

10:20 – 11:40 | Continuing to Imagine SRHR Beyond Aid: Centering Equity and Decolonization in SRH Sector Responses

  • Organizers: Nihal Said, International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF) and Ann Moore, Guttmacher Institute*
  • Pascale Allotey, World Health Organization
  • Marta Royo, Profamilia
  • Marvic Bing H. Parcon, IPPF
  • Eszter Kismodi, Sexual and Reproductive Health Matters
     

13:30 – 14:30 | Lunch & Learn: Preventing the rollback of reproductive rights: knowledge-sharing and network-building  
Facilitators:

  • English: Gilda Sedgh, Guttmacher Institute*
  • French: Floriane Borel, Guttmacher Institute*
  • Spanish: Gisela Foz
     

14:00 – 15:30 | Poster Session 3

Provision of postabortion family planning counseling in seven African countries

  • Presenter: Margaret Giorgio, Guttmacher Institute*
  • Yohannes Dibaba Wado, African Population and Health Research Center (APHRC)
  • Kenneth Juma, APHRC
  • Onikepe Owolabi, Guttmacher Institute*
  • Ramatou Ouedraogo, APHRC
  • George Odwe, Population Council Kenya
  • Stephanie Kung, Guttmacher Institute 

Insights from community stakeholders on shifting family planning norms in Rohingya camps in Bangladesh

  • Presenter: Ann Moore, Guttmacher Institute*
  • Atiya Rahman, JPG School of Public Health, Brac University Dhaka, Bangladesh
  • Pragna Paramita Mondal, JPG School of Public Health, Brac University, Dhaka, Bangladesh
  • Joe Strong, Queen Mary University–London
  • Rubina Hussain, Guttmacher Institute
  • Audrey Maynard, Guttmacher Institute (at the time the work was conducted)
  • Kaosar Afsana, JPG School of Public Health, Brac University Dhaka, Bangladesh
     

14:45 – 16:05 | Panel: Advances in Measurement and Analytics of Fertility Rates and Family Planning Dynamics

  • Moderator: Dr. Ana Borges, University of São Paulo

Trends in undesired births before and after the ICPD

Modeling global historical trends in conditional unintended birth rates by moving towards a more specific definition of fertility intention

 

16:00 – 17:30 | Poster Session 4

Bridging barriers: The role of Female Community Mobilizers in advancing sexual and reproductive health rights in Rohingya camps, Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh

  • Pragna Paramita Mondal, JPG School of Public Health, Brac University Dhaka, Bangladesh
  • Atiya Rahman, JPG School of Public Health, Brac University Dhaka, Bangladesh
  • Joe Strong, Queen Mary University–London
  • Audrey Maynard, Guttmacher Institute (at the time the study was conducted)
  • Rubina Hussain, Guttmacher Institute
  • Mira Tignor, Guttmacher Institute (at the time the study was conducted)
  • Octavia Mulhern, Guttmacher Institute
  • Ann Moore, Guttmacher Institute*
  • Kaosar Afsana, JPG School of Public Health, Brac University Dhaka, Bangladesh
     

Wednesday, November 5

10:00 – 11:30 | Poster Session 5

Beyond interviewer effects: Understanding contextual, structural and environmental effects on data collection in an abortion study in a complex humanitarian setting

  • Joe Strong, Queen Mary University–London
  • Ann Moore, Guttmacher Institute*
  • Atiya Rahman, JPG School of Public Health, Brac University, Dhaka, Bangladesh
  • Pragna Mondal, JPG School of Public Health, Brac University, Dhaka, Bangladesh
  • Mira Tignor, Guttmacher Institute (at the time the data were collected)
     

10:20 – 11:40 | Advances in Empowerment Measurement and Analytics

  • Moderator: Prof. Mariana Felisbino-Mendes, UFMG Nursing School

Rethinking how we measure unmet need and its implications for sexual and reproductive health services: Evidence from Adding It Up 2024

10:20 – 11:40 | ICFP Spotlight Session: New Tools and Approaches for Measuring Family Planning and Reproductive Health

Rethinking success in family planning programs: What is the evidence base for societal impact?

11:55 – 13:15 | Overlooked Areas in Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights: Research on Abortion

When all abortions are safe: The cost savings and health impact of safe abortion care

14:00 – 15:30 | Poster Session 7

Medication abortion-related bleeding: How is it measured and how can it be improved for patients?

Contraceptive use dynamics among women receiving DMPA-SC at public health facilities in Oyo, Niger and Lagos States, Nigeria: A prospective cohort study

  • Claire Watt Rothschild, Population Services International (PSI)
  • Julius Njogu, PSI
  • Fauzia Tariq, PSI
  • Jewel Gausman, Guttmacher Institute*
  • Robin Swearingen, PSI
  • Oluwaseun Adeleke, SFH–Nigeria
  • Susan Ontiri, International Centre for Reproductive Health–Kenya
     

14:45 - 16:05 | Making Sense of it All: Using Data to Understand Impacts of Financing Shifts on Family Planning

  • Moderator: Jill Keesbury, Medicines360

Measuring population-level impacts of family planning funding changes: Data from Adding It Up 2024 on cost and impacts for all LMICs

14:45 –16:05 | Meeting the Moment: A New Approach to Family Planning/Sexual and Reproductive Health Commodity Financing

  • Moderator: Sarah Webb, Reproductive Health Supplies Coalition

The return on investment for sexual and reproductive health services: Data-driven advocacy to address regional financing gaps

19:00 – 21:00 | Health & Beyond: The Transformative Impact of Family Planning (Guttmacher side event)

Register now.

Guttmacher experts will launch our newest results from Adding It Up 2024, which estimates the global need, impact and cost of sexual and reproductive health care in LMICs, and the Family Planning Impact Consortium, which broadens the case for family planning by highlighting long-term social and economic benefits. We will also introduce two new Guttmacher studies.

Featuring:

  • Jonathan Wittenberg, Guttmacher Institute*
  • Destiny Lopez, Guttmacher Institute*
  • Onikepe Owolabi, Guttmacher Institute*
  • Elizabeth A. Sully, Guttmacher Institute*
  • Dr. Athanase Rukundo, Acting Head of Clinical and Public Health Services Department, Ministry of Health, Rwanda
  • Amos Mwale, Executive Director, Centre for Reproductive Health and Education
  • Mansharan Seth, Director, Reproductive and Maternal Health, Clinton Health Access Initiative 

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