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Top Tweets from #ICFPLive
Crowdsourced Coverage
Tweet your quotes, photos, videos and blogs using #ICFPLive to contribute to the coverage.
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iGabriel iVinnydrey @vinnydrey
At #ICFPLive today, advocacy for more choice = availability of more protection. Let us think towards New Preventn Technologies "Microbicide"
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Girls Gotta Run @GirlsGottaRun
Need to mobilize community to advocate for more community health services when intervention increases demand. #FP #ICFPLive #ICFPYouth
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Chelsea Ducharme @chelduch
Leopoldina Manjate, youth activist & young mother from Moz., brought crowd to tears@"Girlhood, Not Motherhood" panel #ICFPLive @FPYouth2013
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Videos to Inspire
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Inspired by Youth and Intergenerational Collaboration on Family Planning
Purnima Mane, Pathfinder International
Purnima Mane, President and CEO of Pathfinder International, is inspired by the progress made in family planning and the involvement of youth.
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A Integrated Approaches to Family Planning are the Way of the Future
Robert Clay, USAID
Robert Clay, Deputy Assistant Administrator, Bureau for Global Health, USAID, highlights the conversations around how to take integrated approaches to family planning work.
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#ICFPYouth Voices
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Crowdblog: Day 3 - ICFP Covers Equity and Access to Family Planning for Youth
// by Interagency Youth Working Group (IYWG)
Day 3 sessions at the ICFP highlighted some of the most serious consequences of inequity and obstructed access to family planning for adolescents. ICFP also showcased promising programs that have been found effective in impacting sexual and reproductive health and rights worldwide.
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CURATED SOCIAL MEDIA COVERAGE
Crowdblog: Thursday Plenary - Building the Future, The Young and the Restless
by FHI 360
Issues that affect youth – education, the prevention of teenage pregnancy, gender equity and employment, to name a few – deserve the attention of policy-makers, researchers, and advocates of all ages. This session highlighted some of the strongest and most promising programs that have been found effective in directly or indirectly impacting youth sexual and reproductive health and rights in different regions of the world.
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girls' globe reporting
Building the Future: Youth Rights
by Marcia Banasko
While it is clear that it is time to place youth rights at the heart of development, progress on youth issues is still lagging in virtually every corner of the world.
Cultural Barriers to Family Planning
by Liz Fortiery
It can be difficult to convince people, both women and men, to use health services that are not familiar to them or that are different from their traditional approaches to medicine – cultural beliefs or folk methods may trump doctor’s orders.
Grassroots Voices and Family Planning: Keeping Women at the Forefront
by Justine Stacey
It is imperative that these voices are elevated and incorporated into action plans and goals, especially regarding something as integral to the progress of women as reproductive health and family planning.
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Blog
Communicating About Sexual Health with Young People: Lessons From Cats and Birds
WomenDeliver.org // by Nina Benedicte Kouassi
When it comes to young people asking their parents questions about sex, they are often told: don’t you know curiosity killed the cat? In other words, they are supposed to just keep quiet and never ask this question anymore.
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Blog
How Couples Communicate about Contraceptives in West African Nations
FPConference2013.org // by Kim Martin
Family planning may not be the most romantic topic of discussion between couples, but contraceptive use is heavily influenced by the nature and quality of their communication. A woman’s perception of her husband’s approval of family planning can affect whether she even brings up the topic in conversation.
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Blog
Beyond the Numbers: Key to FP2020’s Success is Realizing Rights of Women and Girls
All Access Blog // by Suzanne Ehlers and Kim Ocheltree
Adda has given birth to thirteen children at home in her rural village in northern Cameroon. When asked if she has ever heard of family planning, Adda simply replies “no.”
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Video perspective
Family Planning and the Environment
by Jason Bremner, Program Director, PRB
Jason Bremner, Program Director of Population, Health and Environment at PRB talks about how family planning is one of the most cost-effective ways of addressing climate change.
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