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Faith to Action Network at Inspire conference: Debating Religion and SRHR – What does successful leadership look like?
Athens, GREECE, 2 October 2019 (F2A) – Religion, religious communities, leaders and institutions present both resources and obstacles to the full attainment of sexual and reproductive health and rights for all and for women, youth…
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Southern African Theologians Develop Policy Briefs to address Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights
Johannesburg, SOUTH AFRICA, 27 September 2019 (F2A) – Meeting recently in Johannesburg when the issue of sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) is under the spotlight in South Africa, theologians from different countries in the Southern Africa…
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EALA Speaker welcomes support to educate MPs on regional SRHR Law
Arusha, TANZANIA, 13 May 2019 (F2A) – The Speaker of the East Africa Legislative Assembly (EALA) has welcomed support from civil society in the process of enacting a regional law on reproductive health that has been pending since 2017. The…
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Increase collaboration, reject polarization, faith-based actors say at #CPD52
New York, USA, 04 April 2019 (F2A) – The All Africa Conference of Churches has led other religious coordinating bodies in urging Member States of the United Nations not to regress on previous commitments on…
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OAIC Kenya to address challenges of youth sexuality
Nairobi, KENYA, 14 March 2019 (F2A) – The Executive Committee of the Organization of African Instituted Churches (OAIC) Kenya Chapter has agreed to search for solutions to the problems that hinder young people from accessing education. Bishop James Onyango,…
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Taskforce formed to support faith inputs in national school curriculum
Nairobi, KENYA, 13 March 2019 (F2A) – An 11-member taskforce has been formed by representatives of the religious coordinating bodies in Kenya to support in providing inputs into the country’s school education curriculum. Members of the taskforce were nominated…
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German government dialogues with faith, political, corporate and NGO stakeholders, re-affirming its commitments for sexual and reproductive health and rights
Berlin, February 12 2019 – Representing more than 100 faith institutions from across the world, Faith to Action Network participated in an informal dialogue with the Federal Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development/ BMZ. The debate…
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ICFP Pre-conference: Faith leaders takeaways on FP advocacy
Kigali, RWANDA, 10 November 2018 (F2A) – Prior to the 2018 International Conference on Family Planning (ICFP), leaders of diverse faith groups gathered to exchange tools and skills used for advocacy with institutions and governments. The…
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Faith to Action Network hosts luncheon discussion at ICFP: “Form … or content? How to constructively communicate with people of faith on family planning”
Faith leaders, donor agencies and scholars have used ICFP 2018 as a space to exchange their experiences and lessons in implementing family planning programmes. A luncheon discussion on how to constructively communicate with people of faith on…
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