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Straight Talk on Family Planning and Religion at ICFP 2018
Kigali, RWANDA – 12 NOVEMBER 2018 (CCIH) – Faith-based organizations have provided family planning services as part of basic healthcare for decades. People of faith value healthy families and understand that healthy timing and spacing of pregnancies is good for mothers, children and the entire family. Why does there still
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Faith Leaders’ Commitments on Family Planning at ICFP 2018 Closing Ceremony
Kigali, RWANDA – 15 NOVEMBER 2018 (F2A) – At the fifth International Conference on Family Planning, faith leaders developed a commitment statement. As a statement of support and lessons learned, it was presented in the closing plenary session by Reverend Dr. Lydia Mwaniki, Director, Theology, Family Life and Gender Justice,
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Interfaith prayers for improved access to sexual and reproductive health
Kigali, RWANDA – 12 NOVEMBER 2018 (F2A) – 200 faith leaders and sexual and reproductive health (SRH) advocates from across the world, jointly commemorated lost lives due to maternal mortality, prayed to overcome obstacles in enabling access to SRH services and celebrated progress in uptake of family planning. Faith to
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Norm entrepreneurs – faith actors’ role in family planning. A panel discussion at ICFP 2018
Kigali, RWANDA – 13 NOVEMBER 2018 (F2A) – As “norm entrepreneurs” faith actors are well-suited to leading the change of social norms in family planning. Faith to Action Network hosted a discussion panel at ICFP 2018, describing recent norm changes in different faith communities. The Council of African Provinces of
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Now Happening. Tonny Tumwesigye of UPMB making a poster presentation at #ICFP2018 #ICFPFaith. Achieving common ground: parterships with FBOs to promote community-based family planning in Uganda.
