Participation in conferences and organization of advocacy events

ICMA utilises opportunities provided by conferences and workshops to advocate for and disseminate information on medical abortion. Some of the significant meetings where ICMA has been represented in the last four years include:

• The Second International Conference “Early Terms of Pregnancy: problems, solutions and outlook”, 28-30 May 2009, Moscow, Russia.

• 11th  AWID (Association for Women's Rights in Development) International Forum, November 14-17, 2008, Cape Town, South Africa.

• International Federation of Professional Abortion and Contraception Associates (FIAPAC) Conference, 24-25 October 2008 Berlin, Germany .

• Fourth Asia Pacific Conference on Reproductive and Sexual Health and Rights,organized in India by the India Consortium on Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights, 29-31 October 2007.

• Global Safe Abortion Conference, organized by Marie Stopes International (MSI) and Ipas, 23-24 October, London, UK.

• Training on the Prevention of Unsafe Abortion Songkla province, Thailand, 5-7 September 2007.

• ASTRA Meeting Warsaw, Poland, 14-15 July, 2007. 

• International Federation of Obstetricians & Gynecologists (FIGO)  World Congress, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, November 2006.

• Berzelius Symposium 65, Reproductive Health and Rights: Contraception, Abortion and Society, Stockholm, Sweden, April 2006

• National Roundtable on Medical Abortion, Kaunas, Lithuania, December 2005.

• 3rd Asia Pacific Conference on Reproductive and Sexual Health, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, November 2005.

• National seminar and training on medical abortion, Kiev, Ukraine, October 2005.

• 10th International Women and Health Meeting, New Delhi, India in September 2005.