The Collaborative
ICPD30 Global Dialogue: A New Generation’s Vision for the ICPD

Young people are a key constituency of the ICPD Programme of Action. The extent to which it serves and remains relevant to youth is critical to the future of the Programme of Action. Therefore, UNFPA, through the ICPD30 review process, will bring together 200 diverse youth-led and youth-serving organizations, leaders and strategic partners to assess progress, identify challenges and reimagine the ICPD Programme of Action for a new generation. The upcoming dialogue will provide a space to celebrate the youth as development partners, to hear their concerns and to ensure the ICPD remains relevant for future decades.
04/04/2024 - 04/05/2024
Cotonou, Benin
UNFPA
11th African Conference on Sexual Health and Rights
The 11th Edition of the African Conference on Sexual and Reproductive Health Rights and Family Well-being is set to unfold in Rabat from 26th February to 2nd March 2024, under the esteemed patronage of His Majesty King Mohammed VI. This prestigious gathering will bring together global experts, policymakers, and advocates to discuss pressing issues, share insights, and strategize solutions. With a rich agenda spanning keynote speeches, workshops, and panel discussions, the event promises to be a beacon of knowledge and collaboration. Join us in Rabat for this transformative experience.
02/26/2024 - 03/02/2024
Rabat, Morocco
Africa Health Agenda International Conference (AHAIC)

Resilient Health Systems for Africa: Re-envisioning the Future Now


The past three years have proven that we need to be better prepared for the next health threat. Inevitably, the global challenges of the next decade – climate change, conflict, and food insecurity – will have a ripple effect on the continent’s health and change our lives in unimaginable ways. If we are to face these formidable challenges, we require the brightest minds to challenge the status quo and bolster preparedness by birthing a new set of initiatives and institutions. Countries and multilateral institutions cannot afford to continue with a business-as-usual approach but instead must come together to bridge the gap between the global north and south and foster a relationship of equity, solidarity, and trust.

In this edition of the Africa Health Agenda International Conference (AHAIC), we will be tackling each of these challenges and discussing ways in which countries can adapt their health systems for what is to come. We will be bringing together a diverse set of global leaders to debate the difficult questions in a wave of forward-thinking discussions, side events, and hallmark gatherings.

To Register, Please click here
03/05/2023 - 03/08/2023
Kigali, Rwanda
Amref Health Africa
14th Annual Meeting of the Network of African Parliamentary Committees of Health (NEAPACOH),
The Parliament of Uganda, in partnership with Partners in Population and Development Africa Regional Office (PPD ARO), and the Network of African Parliamentary Committees of Health (NEAPACOH), and partners are announcing this year’s 14th annual NEAPACOH in Kampala - Uganda. The 2022 NEAPACOH meeting will provide space for capacity building and constructive discussions between and among African parliamentarians to deliberate on priority policy interventions, build and sustain the momentum for political will for SRHR within the context of UHC and the SDGs.
02/24/2023 - 02/25/2023
Kampala, Uganda
Partners in Population and Development - Africa Regional Office (PPDARO)
ECSA Health Community 13th Best Practices Forum (BPF) and the 71st Health Ministers’ Conference

ECSA -HC will be hosting its 29th Best Practices Forum (BPF) and open sessions of the 71st Health Ministers’ Conference, which will be held from the 5th - 7th February and to 8- 9th February 2023, respectively, in the Kingdom of Lesotho.  The theme of the BPF and HMC is; “Stronger Health Systems Post Covid-19 for the Attainment of Universal Health Coverage in the ECSA Region” 
02/05/2023 - 02/09/2023
Maseru, Lesotho
East Central and Southern Africa Health Community
The International Conference on Family Planning (ICFP)

A movement towards universal access to family planning services and contraception. For nearly 12 years, the ICFP community has worked together to move family planning and reproductive health priorities to the center of development.  

A global platform from which countries, local governments, organizations, and individuals can make public commitments to family planning and can be recognized for their achievements. Dozens of side events are organized around the conference by the hundreds of attending institutions and organizations from around the world.

A community of advocates, political leaders, scientists, researchers, policymakers, practitioners, faith leaders, and youth leaders exchanging ideas and working together to innovate and progress family planning programming, advocacy, and research.
11/14/2022 - 11/19/2022
Pattaya City, Thailand
Bill and Melinda Gates Institute for Population and Reproductive Health
National Family Planning & Reproductive Health Association- NFPRHA 2022 National Conference
Mission Statement: NFPRHA advances and elevates the importance of family planning in the nation’s health care system and promotes and supports the work of family planning providers and administrators, especially those in the safety net.

Vision Statement: NFPRHA envisions a nation where all people can access high-quality, client-centered, affordable, and comprehensive family planning and sexual health care from providers of their choice.

Please join us for NFPRHA's 2022 National Conference, March 21-23, 2022! We are excited to announce that this year's conference will take place virtually. The virtual event environment will provide opportunities for participants to connect with fellow attendees, sponsors, and NFPRHA staff by chat and through video throughout the event.

Sessions will cover the latest updates concerning Title X and the family planning field, dismantling systems of oppression to move toward health equity, membership updates, and more. Check out the full conference agenda

https://www.nationalfamilyplanning.org/2022-nc---home
03/21/2022 - 03/23/2022
Virtual
National Family Planning & Reproductive Health Association( NFPRHA )
ONLINE EVENT: Twitter Spaces Chat: FP2030 Re-Commitment Process in East Africa- March 4

Building on the successes and lessons witnessed in the last nine years, the FP2030 partnership aims to be stronger and more inclusive. In 2019, a youth arm in the partnership was established. In East Africa, youth focal points were identified and have been instrumental in the re-commitment process, introducing a youth-centric approach to family planning and reproductive health in the region.

The FP2030 partnership aims at driving data-informed decision making, emphasizing the importance of transforming social and gender norms, improving system responsiveness to individual rights and needs, expanding the narrative and shaping the policy agenda around family planning, and increasing, diversifying, and efficiently using financing.

In collaboration with FP2030, join Knowledge SUCCESS for an engaging, informative two-part social media dialogue with the FP2030 East Africa Youth Focal Points. The first 30 minutes will take on Amref Health Africa’s Twitter (@AmrefICD), and then the dialogue will move to Amref Health’s Twitter Space for a live, audio conversation with the Youth Focal Points.

Key Objectives:

This social media dialogue will present an opportunity to:

  • To deliberate and share best practices across the region in regard to the FP2030 re-commitment process
  • To harmonize and compare country commitments speaking to young people’s SRHR needs within the region.
  • To unpack the  implementation plan for the FP2030 commitments within the region by Youth Focal points

Date/Time:

  • Friday, March 4, 2022
  • 11:00 AM -12:30 PM (East African Time) 

Speakers:

  • Alliance Ishimwe- Youth Focal Point, Rwanda
  • Amanda Banura- Youth Focal Point , Uganda
  • Beverly Nkirote- Youth Focal Point, Kenya
  • Ninabina Davie- Youth Focal Point, Tanzania

Where And How To Join:

  • Follow the Amref Institute of Capacity Development’s Twitter (@AmrefICD) for updates on the March 4 conversation
  • On March 4 at 11:00 AM, head to @AmrefICD to join the conversation
  • Tag #FP2030EastAfricaYouth, #FPYouthVoices, or #FP2030Commitments when engaging with us via the Twitter conversation
  • On March 4 at 11:30 AM, join us for a live audio conversation on the Amref Health ICD Twitter Space with the FP2030 Youth Focal Points


Listen in to the recording here https://twitter.com/i/spaces/1YqKDqAbemLGV

 
03/04/2022 - 03/04/2022
Twitter Spaces
Knowledge SUCCESS East Africa
International Conference on Family Planning

A movement towards universal access to family planning services and contraception. For nearly 12 years, the ICFP community has worked together to move family planning and reproductive health priorities to the center of development.  

A global platform from which countries, local governments, organizations, and individuals can make public commitments to family planning and can be recognized for their achievements. Dozens of side events are organized around the conference by the hundreds of attending institutions and organizations from around the world.

A community of advocates, political leaders, scientists, researchers, policymakers, practitioners, faith leaders, and youth leaders exchanging ideas and working together to innovate and progress family planning programming, advocacy, and research.
11/08/2021 - 11/11/2021
Pattaya City, Thailand
Bill and Melinda Gates Institute for Population and Reproductive Health
Kigali Regional Congress
The East, Central and Southern Africa College of Obstetrics and Gynecology is a college without walls that was established with the aim of addressing some of the challenges on Human Resource for Health (HRH) specifically specialist obstetricians and gynecologists. It is geared at training specialist obstetricians and gynecologists with requisite knowledge, skills and competences able to provide quality, state of the art and evidence-based, yet culturally sensitive and wholesome reproductive health care to the people of ECSA Region.The training will be standard across the Region and as the college will be a regional institution recognized by all the governments and regulatory bodies therein, the graduates of the College will be able to work across national borders.
12/13/2020 - 12/15/2020
Kigali Convention Centre
FIGO, AFOG,RSOG
World Contraception Day 2020

World Contraception Day takes place on September 26th every year. The annual worldwide campaign centers around a vision where every pregnancy is wanted. Launched in 2007, WCD’s mission is to improve awareness of contraception and to enable young people to make informed choices on their sexual and reproductive health.
09/26/2020 - 09/26/2020
Virtual
Family Planning 2020
International Youth Day -2020

The theme of International Youth Day 2020,“YouthEngagement for Global Action” seeks to highlight the ways in which theengagement of young people at the local, national and global levels isenriching national and multilateral institutions and processes, as well as drawlessons on how their representation and engagement in formal institutionalpolitics can be significantly enhanced.

Enabling the engagement of youth in formal politicalmechanisms does increase the fairness of political processes by reducingdemocratic deficits, contributes to better and more sustainable policies, andalso has symbolic importance that can further contribute to restore trust inpublic institutions, especially among youth. Moreover, the vast majority ofchallenges humanity currently faces, such as the COVID-19 outbreak and climatechange require concerted global action and the meaningful engagement andparticipation of young people to be addressed effectively.

The aim of IYD 2020 is to shed light on the need to enablethe engagement of youth by making local, national and global institutions moreinclusive for the purpose of strengthening their capacity (and relevance) toachieve global action. 

This year’s IYD seeks to put the spotlight on youthengagement through the following three interconnected streams:

Engagement at the local/community level

Engagement at the national level(formulation of laws,policies, and their implementation)

Engagement at the global level.

The commemoration of IYD 2020 will take the form of apodcast-style discussion led by youth for youth. This will involve discussionson the selected theme between young participants that are engaged in politicalprocesses at the local, national, and global levels,including for instancerepresentatives from youth constituencies linked to the UN-system, youngparliamentarians and UN Youth Delegates. Creative elements,such as spoken wordartists, will also be utilized to break up the substantive discussions.Finally, a range of online products will be created and widely disseminated astools for independently organized commemorations around the globe. IYD 2020will be convened by UN DESA in partnership with the IANYD Youth Caucus andCreate2030

https://www.un.org/development/desa/youth/iyd2020.html

 
08/12/2020 - 08/12/2020
Global- Virtual
United Nations
World Population Day -2020
The 2020 World Population Day will be marked differently. Theme ‘Putting the brakes on COVID-19: how to safeguard the health and rights of women and girls now ‘. COVID-19 crisis has taken a staggering toll on people, communities and economies everywhere. But not everyone is affected equally. Women, who account for the largest share of front-line health workers, for example, are disproportionately exposed to the corona virus. Supply chains around the world are being disrupted, impacting the availability of contraceptives and heightening the risk of unintended pregnancy. As countries are on lock down and health systems struggle to cope, sexual and reproductive health services are being sidelined and gender-based violence is on the rise.

Recent UNFPA research highlighted that if the lock down continues for 6 months with major disruptions to health services,then 47 million women in low- and middle-income countries may not be able to access modern contraceptives resulting in 7 million unintended pregnancies. 31million additional cases of gender-based violence can also be expected. The disruption of UNFPA’s programmes on the ground could result in 2 million cases of female genital mutilation and 13 million child marriages between 2020 and2030 that could have been averted.

Moreover,women disproportionately work in insecure labour markets and are harder hit by the economic impacts of COVID-19. Nearly 60 percent of women worldwide work in the informal economy, at greater risk of falling into poverty. Women’s unpaid care work has increased as a result of school closures and the increased needs of older people.

The pandemic is hitting marginalized communities particularly hard, deepening inequalities and threatening to set us back in our efforts to leave no one behind. Our response to COVID-19 in every country is critical and will determine how fast the world recovers and whether we achieve the Sustainable Development Goals or not.
07/11/2020 - 07/11/2020
Global -Virtual
United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)
WEBINAR : FP/RH Care in the East African Region: The Role of Traditional Family Planning and Reproductive Health Practices for Continued Care

As African countries join the world in imposing measures to prevent the spread of highly contagious COVID-19, sexual and reproductive health care continues to be impacted. To date, there have been quite a number of conversations around how FP/RH access has been affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. However, conversations on alternative traditional mechanisms for continued FP/RH care have not made center stage around the conversations.

 We invite you to join our upcoming webinar, hosted by the Knowledge SUCCESS East Africa team and featuring FP/RH leaders from Kenya,Uganda, and Rwanda.

 Key Objectives:

  • To facilitate a conversation on the impact COVID-19 on access to family planning and reproductive health (FP/RH) care in the East Africa region
  • To discuss the role of traditional FP/RH methods in ensuring continued self-care for women and young girls during the COVID-19 crisis
  • To suggest policy measures in ensuring continued access to FP/RH care in times of crisis.

Speakers:

  • Rachel Zaslow – Executive Director of Mother Health International, Uganda
  • Chantal Omuhozza – Executive Director of SPECTRA,Rwanda
  • Jedidah Maina – Executive Director of Trust for Indigenous Culture and Health (TICAH), Kenya
https://knowledgesuccess.org/fp-rh-care-in-the-east-african-region-the-role-of-traditional-fp-rh-practices-for-continued-care/

 WebinarRecording


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06/30/2020 - 06/30/2020
Online
Knowledge SUCCESS East Africa Team