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Full statement by faith actors at ICPD+25 Nairobi Summit
Nairobi, KENYA; 13 November 2019 (F2A) – Below is the full statement presented by Faith actors during the Nairobi Summit on ICPD+25. STATEMENT OF COMMITMENTS OF FAITH ACTORS ATTENDING NAIROBI SUMMIT ON ICPD25 Your Excellencies, delegates and participants; We, representatives of Hindu,…
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Interfaith declaration in support of family health and wellbeing, Sud Kivu
Signature ceremony on family health and wellbeing Bukavu, DRC, 26 November 2019 (F2A) – This Thursday, six faith institutions of Sud Kivu have signed a groundbreaking declaration in support of family health…
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ICPD+25: faith actors pledge to address three zeros
Nairobi, KENYA; 14 November 2019 – Development stakeholders in the faith sector have renewed commitments to work with governments and other partners to eliminate maternal deaths and gender-based violence…
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Kenya’s cabinet approves policy for youth development
Nairobi, KENYA; 21 November 2019 (F2A) – A meeting of Kenya’s Cabinet Secretaries has approved a new policy to guide government and stakeholders in implementing programs for youth development in the country. Known as the Kenya Youth Development Policy…
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Interfaith caravan in Sud Kivu encourages healthy timing and spacing of pregnancies
Bukavu, DRC, 26 November 2019 (F2A) – Maternal mortality is very high in DRC. The maternal mortality ratio is 846 maternal deaths per 100,000 live births. In DRC, faith organisations manage about half of all…
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Religious and cultural leaders add their voices to the “Leave No One Behind’ campaign
Nairobi, Kenya, 4 November 2019 (F2A) – 19 community health volunteers, religious and cultural leaders from 9 Kenyan counties came together to participate in a social inclusion training which was convened and facilitated by Faith to Action…
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FP2020 publishes brief on faith and family planning
Nairobi, Kenya, 4 November 2019 (F2A) – Faith and family planning interact in complex ways at personal, community, civil society, and governmental levels. Better understanding of this by all stakeholders will allow secular actors, faith…
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Changing perceptions and norms on family planning
Nairobi, Kenya, 31 October 2019 (F2A) – Faith to Action Network recently launched a new project to increase more equitable and sustainable access to modern contraceptives in Kenya. The Delivering Sustainable and Equitable Increases in Family…
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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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