Take a stand for female condoms!

Female condoms are unique tools, with the dual powers of STI (including HIV) and pregnancy prevention. Yet FCs are not as widely accessible and available as they should be. YOU can help change that.

	Organize a community event This how-to guide is designed to assist you in thinking through how to make the most of your event planning and encourage participation in your community.
	Get media coverage Your FC event can provide advocates with an opportunity to highlight the power of a critical pregnancy prevention, HIV and STI prevention option among diverse audiences. One of the most effective ways to reach a broad audience with this information and advance a female condom advocacy agenda is by harnessing the power of the media. Use these tips to help you garner media coverage for your event.
	Get FC talking points These talking points will help you communicate effectively about female condoms. Whether you are speaking with community members, decision-makers, the media, or other advocates, use these points to convey why female condoms are critical to achieving sexual health and reproductive justice for women and men in your community and around the world.
	Engage decision-makers Your event will offer a unique opportunity and platform to lift up female condoms as a high impact prevention tool to the decision-makers in your community. Learn how to engage them on this important issue.

Use social media to build momentum

Take to Twitter, Facebook, and any other social media tools you use to get people excited about female condoms. Take pictures and/or video at events and activities you participate in or organize that are relevant to sexual health and rights. Write posts about how female condoms fit into the issues and event. Share with your social media followers and encourage them to do the same for greater impact.