PtY @ ICFP 2025: Engage With us at the Largest Convening on Family Planning!
ICFP 2025 is coming to Bogotá (1–6 November) and Power to You(th) is arriving with momentum, evidence, and a fearless youth voice. Under the theme, “Equity Through Action,” we’re bringing real solutions that tackle poverty, climate pressure, and the decolonisation of SRHR practice—anchored in the tracks that matter most to young people: Adolescents & Youth, Gender and Power Dynamics, and Social Norms and Behavior Change. This is our capstone moment: a bold showcase of what youth-led, gender-transformative work can achieve, and an open invitation to partners who want to carry that impact further.
On this page, dive into our story at ICFP: the positions we’re championing, where to find our sessions and booth activations, the abstracts we’re presenting, and the practical resources you’ll need to engage with us all week. Come meet us, see the tools, hear the evidence. And help turn proven ideas into lasting change beyond 2025.
Reproductive Rights are Human Rights!
Our Key Messages
- Youth rights are SRHR rights: put youth in charge!
Young people are rights-holders and should co-lead SRHR policy, budgets, and service design. In Kenya, youth councils shaped clinic hours and privacy; in Senegal, youth monitors fixed confidentiality gaps—showing that shared power improves both uptake and quality. - Choice over chance: For zero stigma and real access!
Adolescents need discreet, affordable access to the full contraceptive range without stock-outs or gatekeeping. Ethiopia’s faith and women-leader dialogues reduced myths, while Indonesia’s pharmacy/tele-referral pilots widened confidential access—proving that supply reliability plus youth-friendly design turns choice into reality. - CSE protects rights and futures in and beyond classrooms
Evidence-based CSE builds agency and reduces harm when paired with local norms work and service links. Youth-created content in Kenya/Senegal opened parent–youth dialogue, and Indonesia’s micro-learning reaches youth out of school, positioning CSE as a core public health infrastructure. - End harmful practices and SGBV through prevention with survivor centered justice
Child marriage, FGM/C, and SGBV require integrated prevention, responsive care, and law-backed accountability. Ethiopia’s girls’ clubs linked to legal aid and Senegal’s norms initiatives with grandmothers and male champions show dignity and protection when systems move in sync. - Protect civic space because advocacy is public health!SRHR advances when youth can organize safely and speak freely. In Kenya, digital-security basics reduced doxxing; in Indonesia, legal literacy kept advocacy compliant yet vocal—embedding risk management and well-being keeps policy dialogue alive under pressure.
- Move from pilots to policy and scale what works through fair and accountable systems. Youth-led innovations stick when costed, adopted, and supervised through national systems with feedback loops. Senegal integrated youth-run appointment systems; Ethiopia/Kenya use youth scorecards in facility QI, training, supervision, and community oversight together to make continuity the rational choice.
Resources
Power To You(th) aims to amplify youth voices and participation in creating change. We believe change starts with the community.
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