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About the Faith Subcommittee
Committee's Vision for ICFP2022
The Subcommittee also seeks to leverage ICFP 2022 as an opportunity to share this message outside the family planning community to reach broad populations, including people of faith, to help dispel myths that family planning goes against faith-based values, and instead, is consistent with beliefs that support protecting mothers and children.
Members, Partners & Supporters
Representatives from Christian Connections for International Health, Catholics for Reproductive Health and the Faith To Action Network (F2A) are co-chairing the Subcommittee. A number of representatives from other organizations are serving on the Subcommittee, including:
World Relief
Y Coalition
Get In Touch
If you are interested in knowing more about the ICFP Faith Subcommittee, please get in touch.
Contact:
Mona at mona.bormet@ccih.org
Faith at ICFP2022
Faith Events
View all faith events happening at ICFP2022 here! Download the PDF version of this document to get ready for ICFP2022 below.
Faith Pre-conference
13 November 2022 | 8:00 AM – 4:30 PM
Royal Cliff Grand Hotel, Room Pattaya 10
Pattaya City, Thailand
On Sunday, 13 November 2022, the faith pre-conference will share concrete tools used to engage religious leaders in FP programs and policies, a new document on youth and religious leaders, a program intervention focused on 10-14 year olds, and a budget advocacy training.
The pre-conference primary language is English. Unfortunately, we have been told there are NO translators available to hire for November 13th. We will do our best to group similar language speakers by table.
ICFP Interfaith Networking Event
13 November 2022 | 5:30 PM – 7:30 PM
Royal Cliff Grand Hotel, Royal Opal Theatre
Pattaya City, Thailand
You are invited to join us in-person in Pattaya City, Thailand on Sunday, 13 November 2022 for the ICFP Interfaith Networking Event.
There will be light hors d’oeuvres, refreshments and local Thai entertainment.
We look forward to seeing you there – please help us spread the word!
Faith Community Overview
The Faith Community Is Key to Universal Access
Faith is a fundamental part of life for people across the globe. Research shows that worldwide, more than eight in ten people identify with a religion. More importantly for improving family planning access in underserved areas, over 90 percent of people in countries with an unmet need for family planning consider religion a very important part of who they are. Therefore, it’s absolutely necessary that these communities are able to see that family planning is consistent with their faith values and supports healthy families.
Faith Leaders as Influential Advocates
Religious leaders are well respected and influential with their communities and policymakers, making them ideal advocates for sensitive issues such as family planning and reproductive health.
Faith-based Health Providers Reach Far and Wide
Faith-based health providers are major health care providers around the world. In 2015, The Lancet explored the reach and quality of faith-based health providers, which provide 20 to 70 percent of medical care in Sub-Saharan Africa. According to the Lancet series, evidence indicates that the faith-based providers give care without prejudice to people of all faiths and the populations they serve have a high opinion of the care they receive.
