Across global development and health fields, "empowerment" is a critical yet often inconsistently defined concept—especially when it comes to women's and girls' autonomy and agency. This two-part webinar series, hosted by the William H. Gates Sr. Institute, brings...
This August, the William H. Gates Sr. Institute’s Family Planning News Network (FPNN) will lead a collaborative reporting trip across Colombia in support of the International Conference on Family Planning (ICFP) 2025. Hosted by WHGI and coordinated with Colombia-based partners Profamilia, Fundación Valle del Lili, and i2 Marketing, this 10-day field reporting journey will spotlight community-led solutions in sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR), youth leadership, Indigenous and Afro-Colombian health equity, and migration.
The William H. Gates Sr. Institute for Population and Reproductive Health is now accepting applications for the Youth-Powered Global Health Leadership and Advocacy Accelerator (GHLAA)—a dynamic two-week hybrid training set for October 2025, just before the International Conference on Family Planning (ICFP) 2025.
As U.S. foreign aid cuts disrupt sexual and reproductive health programs worldwide, global advocates—including leaders from Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, the William H. Gates Sr. Institute, and ICFP 2025 co-hosts—are rallying to build a more resilient, equitable future.
Join the Hopkins Population Center, State Innovation Exchange, Population Reference Bureau, and William H. Gates Sr. Institute for Population and Reproductive Health for a symposium exploring the public health impacts of abortion bans through new research and clinical insights.
The WHGI is thrilled to announce a new groundbreaking project: we were recently awarded a grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to measure Alzheimer's Disease and Alzheimer's Disease Related Dementias (AD/ADRD) in Cote d’Ivoire, in partnership with Ecole...
The Gates Institute is proud to celebrate Carolyn Combs, Financial Director, as the 2025 recipient of the PFRH Staff Citizenship Award—an honor recognizing outstanding commitment, integrity, and service within the Department of Population, Family and Reproductive...
What happens when global funding for family planning is threatened? For Innocent Grant, a family planning advocate from Tanzania, it means returning to the power of evidence, community-rooted solutions, and global collaboration. In this episode of the Bloomberg School...
