Faith & Family Planning
Focus Areas
Working towards global reproductive choice; autonomy and empowerment; and gender equality
Faith plays an important role in the lives of people across nations, cultures, and communities.
Faith leaders often influence health-seeking behavior and faith-based organizations provide a notable amount of healthcare information, services, and supplies.
How FP2030 Supports
Faith & Family Planning
1
Support
FP2030 supports the engagement of faith-based organizations (FBOs) to help women achieve their fertility intentions and improve healthy timing and spacing of pregnancies.
2
Safe Space
FP2030 has established a safe platform that enables FBOs and secular family planning actors to communicate and exchange vital information effectively. This platform fosters learning and an understanding culture by encouraging sharing of ideas, experiences, and perspectives.
3
Advocacy for Joint Funding
At FP2030, we understand the importance of funding strategies that encourage collaboration between faith-based and secular organizations when seeking project support. We highly recommend and support joint efforts between these groups to implement family planning initiatives successfully.
4
Integration of Religious Leaders
FP2030 aims to engage religious leaders at the national level. This approach seeks to leverage the substantial influence of these leaders to promote family planning and empower women to achieve their fertility goals.
5
Community Participation
FP2030 recognizes the importance of engaging faith communities and collaborates closely with them to identify and share practical approaches. By fostering cooperation and communication, FP2030 is committed to driving progress in family planning well into the future, beyond 2020.
