ICFP Mentoring Activity

Many of us have been lucky enough to have had a supervisor, coach, or teacher who has been a mentor and made a positive difference in our lives.

Our mentors have worn many hats, acting as advocates, cheerleaders, role models, delegators, policy enforcers and friends.

Are you ready to pass it on and have a hand in shaping the upcoming leaders of family planning?

The ICFP Youth Subcommittee and 120 Under 40: The New Generation of Family Planning Leaders are looking for mentors to guide youth conference delegates leading up to and during the International Conference on Family Planning (ICFP)!

The 2022 ICFP will feature a formal mentoring activity. The purpose of the mentoring activity will be to cultivate long-term relationships between professionals at all levels in the FP and SRHR field. The mentoring activity will launch following the ICFP registration opening (June 1, 2022) to enable mentees and mentors to engage through ICFP. The mentoring program is open to the entire ICFP community regardless of career level.

Once mentees and mentors are matched based on pre-selected criteria, mentees and mentors will be notified of their match and will set up an initial meeting. In their first meeting, mentors and mentees will complete an agreement document that will ask the pair to set clear expectations, goals, and commitments for their mentoring relationship. That agreement will be completed, signed, and submitted. Establishing items at the onset of the program will support a relationship that is productive and beneficial for both parties.

Throughout the duration of the mentoring activity, mentors and mentees will meet regularly virtually and/or in person. Mentors and mentees will also be given the opportunity to meet at the 2022 ICFP at an in-person and virtual mentor/mentee session. Mentors will be recognized at the 2022 ICFP.

Am I qualified to be a mentor?

To be a mentor, participants should:

  • Be registered to attend ICFP (there is no financial support to attend the conference available for mentors)
  • Be comfortable sharing your experiences, network, and knowledge with mentee(s)
  • Feel open learning from your mentee — this is a mutual learning experience
  • Meet the time commitments detailed below before, during, and after the conference

Please see the mentor information sheet for an overview of the expectations of mentors.

How to sign up:

To apply to be a mentor once you have registered for the conference, click the button below:

To apply to be a mentee once you have registered for the conference, click the button below:

For questions about the application process, contact: youth@theicfp.org

Mark Your Calendar for these important ICFP2022 abstract deadlines!

WHO ICFP Scientific Writing, Mentoring and Coaching Workshop Program

2022 Schedule:


Monday, 14 November 2022

14:00-15:30

 

 Pattaya 11 (Coffee/Tea)

Why do I Publish?

Keynote:

· Jane Hirst (University of Oxford)

Panel:

· Rita Kabra (WHO) moderator

· Jane Hirst (University of Oxford)

· Simon Binezero Mambo (Youth Alliance for Reproductive Health)

· Lale Say WHO

 

18:30-19:30 PEACH cybercafe

Mentor-Mentee Welcome Reception

All mentors and mentees


Tuesday, 15 November 2022

7:00-8:00 Pattaya 11 

The Anatomy of a Scientific Paper

Keynote:

· Moazzam Ali (WHO)

Panel:

· Jane Hirst (University of Oxford) moderator

· Moazzam Ali (WHO)

· Simon Graham (UNFPA)

· Unnop Jaisamra (Chulalongkorn University)

· Stella Babalola (JHU)


Wednesday, 16 November 2022

7:00-8:00

 

Pattaya 11 

Getting your Paper Noticed by Journal Editors

Keynote:

· V Chandra-Mouli (WHO)

Panel:

· Rita Kabra (WHO) moderator

· V Chandra-Mouli (WHO)

· Hannah Wilson (Gates Open Research)

· Ruwaida Salem (Global Health Science and Practice)

· Angel Foster (Contraception)


Thursday, 17 November 

7:00-8:00

PEACH room TBC

Pattaya 11 

The Road to Publication

Keynote:

· Hannah Wilson

Panel:

· James Kiarie (WHO) moderator

· Hannah Wilson (Gates Open Research)

· Funmi OlaOlorun (University of Ibadan/Johns Hopkins)

· Veloshnee Grover, Rita Kabra (WHO)

· Linnea Zimmerman