Where We’ll Be at the International Conference on Family Planning 2025 | Bogotá, Colombia

The Center on Gender Equity and Health is joining thousands of colleagues from around the world at the International Conference on Family Planning 2025 in Bogotá, Colombia (November 2-6)!

The International Conference on Family Planning brings together researchers, governments, advocates, health equity champions, and local communities to celebrate progress, pledge new commitments, and chart the way forward. Rooted in collaboration, inclusivity, innovation, and scientific integrity, it serves as a strategic inflection point for advancing universal access to family planning and reproductive health.

The 2025 theme, Equity Through Action: Advancing Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights for All, reflects the urgency of addressing systemic inequities through innovative solutions and concrete commitments. We are excited to participate in this year’s conference and welcome you to attend our sessions listed below.

Can’t join us in person? Follow along on LinkedIn and #GEHatICFP to engage with us in real-time.

Monday, November 3, 2025

12:00 pm – 4:30 pm
Hyatt Place | Room ANA
Workshop Side Event

The Power of Social Norms in Supporting Family Planning: Building Evidence and Promoting Advocacy Workshop

This workshop, hosted by the Center on Gender Equity and Health at UC San Diego and the Social Norms and Agency Learning Collaboratives, will showcase new resources—including a global evidence review, country deep dives (Nigeria, Kenya, India), and an online resource repository—to inform stronger program design, research, evaluation, and advocacy to put social norms at the forefront of policy and investment decisions.

Through presentations, interactive dialogue, and group work, participants will share experiences, gain insights on what’s working, and connect with others working to harness the power of social norms to advance reproductive health

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Tuesday, November 4, 2025

6:45 am – 8:25 am • Ágora | Room C
Breakfast Event

Scaling What Works: 5 Plays to Integrate Post-Pregnancy & Post-Abortion FP You Can Start This Year

Fuel up over breakfast and walk away with a practical playbook of strategies to integrate family planning into comprehensive post-pregnancy care. This dynamic workshop—featuring EngenderHealth, MSI Reproductive Choices, and the Center on Gender Equity and Health from the University of California, San Diego—blends cutting-edge evidence with real-world implementation lessons to tackle one of the biggest gaps in reproductive health: ensuring every woman has access to contraception after pregnancy, no matter how her pregnancy ends. 

Speakers: Jemal Kassaw (Country Representative, EngenderHealth Ethiopia), Danielle Garfinkel (Global MEL Director, EngenderHealth), Ochanya Idoko (Director of Technical Services, MSI Nigeria Reproductive Choices), Sarah Averbach (Professor, Center on Gender Equity and Health UC San Diego), Kate LaNasa (Research Data Analyst, Center on Gender Equity and Health UC San Diego).

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11:55 am – 1:15 pm • Ágora | Room F
Flash Presentation

Mapping Adaptation of an Integrated Reproductive Coercion and Intimate Partner Violence Intervention in Family Planning: Lessons from Implementation Science Across Six Countries

Presenters: Seri Wendoh, Rebecka Lundgren, Jasmine Uysal (Primary Author)

12:00 pm – 1:30 pm • Ágora | Main Lobby
Poster Session 2

Connecting adolescent and community attitudes towards female voice with healthy and agentic adolescent sexuality: Sex-stratified longitudinal analysis from Burkina Faso and Niger

Presenter: Kate Barker

12:00 pm – 1:30 pm • Ágora | Main
Poster Session 2

Addressing Reproductive Coercion and Intimate Partner Violence at Scale: Results from an RCT of ARCHES as Adapted and Implemented by the Government of Kenya

Presenters: Jay Silverman, Jasmine Uysal, Jamie Menzel

2:00 pm – 3:30 pm • Ágora | Main Lobby
Poster Session 3

Validation of a New Contraceptive Acceptability Measure in Cameroon and Kenya

Presenter: Elizabeth Larson

2:45 pm – 4:05 pm • Ágora | Room K
Panel

Infertility, Gender Norms, and Influencers: Insights from Qualitative Research in Kenya and Cameroon

Presenters: Courtney McLarnon, Lotus McDougal, Rebecka Lundgren + Partners

4:00 pm – 5:30 pm • Ágora | Main Lobby
Poster Session 4

Navigating Autonomy and Risk: Longitudinal Evidence on Covert Contraceptive Use and Abuse with Mediating Pathways Among Kenyan Women

Presenter: Jasmine Uysal

4:20 pm – 5:40 pm • Ágora | Room G
Panel

The influence of family planning-related social norms on the health and well-being of adolescent girls and young women in Kenya and Nigeria

Elizabeth Larson (Presenter), Rebecka Lundgren (Moderator), Hunter Davis (Speaker)

4:20 pm – 5:40 pm • Ágora | Room J
Panel

Advancing Inclusive Research Practices for Transgender and Gender-Diverse Populations in FP/SRH Studies

Presenter: Courtney McLarnon

4:20 pm – 5:40 pm • Ágora | Room P
Flash Session

External consistency of HMIS data: Findings from family planning programs in Ethiopia and Nigeria

Presenter: Erin Pearson

7:00 pm – 9:00 pm • Ágora | Room HI
Evening Event

Beyond the Numbers: Building a Culture of Data for Family Planning

Presenters: Katherine Hay (Co-Executive Director GEH), Aparajita Ramakrishnan (Gates Foundation), Sema Sgaier (Surgo Health), James Blanchard (University of Manitoba)

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Wednesday, November 5, 2025

7:00 am – 8:25 am • Ágora | Room J
Breakfast Event

Lights, Camera, Action for Change: Media as a Catalyst to Scale FP Programs

Presenters: Rebecka Lundgren, Jasmine Uysal, Hunter Davis, Beth Larson, Courtney McLarnon and partners

10:00 am – 11:30 am • Ágora | Room F
Poster Session 5

Integrating couple’s voices in the gender-transformative adaptation of Husbands Schools for advancing family planning in Niger

Presenter: Courtney McLarnon

10:00 am – 11:30 am • Ágora | Main Lobby
Poster Session 5

Leveraging a Provider-Facing Mobile FP Counseling App in the Public-System to Improve Quality-of-Care and Faithful Implementation of a Reproductive Autonomy Intervention in Kenya

Presenter: Jasmine Uysal

2:45 pm – 4:05 pm • Ágora | Room G
Oral Presentation

Advancing Measurement for Reproductive Justice: A Multi-Level Framework for Reproductive Violence

Presenter: Erin Pearson

4:20 pm – 5:40 pm • Ágora | Room B
Oral Presentation

What worked – and what didn’t work – in a comprehensive sexuality education program for adolescents in the Sahel region: Findings from a cluster randomized controlled trial

Presenter: Kate Barker

4:20 pm – 5:40 pm • Ágora | Room I
Flash Session

Very Young Adolescents in Bangladesh: A Review of Social and Behavior Change Programs Addressing Adolescent Childbearing

Presenter: Rebecka Lundgren

6:00 pm – 7:00 pm • Hyatt Place | Room: Bursztyn
Evening Event

Friends of Gender Equity & Social Change in Family Planning Gathering

Presenters: Rebecka Lundgren, Hunter Davis, Courtney McLarnon, Jasmine Uysal + partners

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7:00 pm – 9:00 pm • Ágora | Room HI
Evening Event

Beyond Pilots: Male Engagement Models Transforming Family Planning at Scale

Presenters: Katherine Hay, Courtney McLarnon, + partners

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