Ensuring bright futures: Together, we’re making lasting change and building a world where every woman and girl can control her own body and future. In this report, we’re proud to share some of the key impacts of our work in 2025.

To address these gaps, the Thriving Pharmacies: Smart Business for Better Care training package was developed to strengthen the business acumen of community pharmacists and position family planning (FP), including post–MA FP, as both a vital health service and a sustainable business opportunity. The training package integrates entrepreneurship, financial management, and operational planning through practical, applied learning.

Presentation deck: Scaling medication abortion (MA) and post-MA contraception, meeting women where they are.

The report, Future-Proofing: The Professionalization of an Anti-Rights Youth Generation, examines the recruitment, funding, coordination, and mobilization of young people within anti-rights movements.

This PMAC learning brief examines the pharmacy training and support aspects of a pilot study in two peri-urban union councils in Islamabad Capital Territory. It highlights how frontline pharmacy staff are trained to provide informed, client-centered post-pregnancy family planning care. Drawing on data from the first six months of the study, the brief showcases how the intervention aligns with High Impact Practices (HIPs), offering insights into client profiles, training effectiveness, and family planning uptake.

Findings from literature reviews in Côte d’Ivoire, the Democratic Republic of Congo, and Mali
A three-year project by Ipas and partners aims to deepen understanding and evaluate solutions to reduce gender-based violence (GBV) and discrimination in secondary schools in Côte d’Ivoire, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), and Mali.

In a world with increasing threats to people’s sexual and reproductive health and rights, Ipas’s work is more vital than ever. We’re no stranger to today’s challenges, and our 50+ years of experience have prepared us well for this critical moment. 

The PMAC model has demonstrated clear wins for clients (through personalized care) and the health system (by positioning pharmacies as accessible contraceptive outlets). But the third leg of the triangle – the provider – remains less understood: Can pharmacies profit while delivering these services?

This brief highlights how international, more open, gender-inclusive trade can boost women’s role in the economy, can reduce gender equality gaps, and can expand women’s empower, health and education—and how trade, women’s empowerment and sexual and reproductive health and rights are mutually reinforcing.

This study explored women’s experiences accessing services and estimate costs incurred for first-trimester abortion at four public hospitals in KwaZulu-Natal Province, South Africa. Despite the availability of government assistance for children through South Africa’s “child grant,” the affordability of raising a child was a major concern for women. Although theoretically available free of charge in the public sector, women experienced challenges accessing abortion services and incurred costs which may have been burdensome given average local earnings. These potential barriers could be addressed by reducing the number of required visits and improving availability of pregnancy tests and supplies in public facilities.

The PMAC project in Pakistan takes a phased approach to gathering insights, developing and testing solutions, and refining interventions as needed to ensure we are addressing the challenges women face in accessing post medication abortion (MA) family planning (FP). This learning brief outlines key insights from developing, testing and refining prototypes (also referred to as the Medium-Fidelity Phase) aimed at increasing women’s access to post MA FP in Islamabad Capital Territory.

For over 50 years, Ipas has worked to ensure that reproductive health care, including abortion and contraception, are available and accessible to all. In this report, we’re proud to share some of the key impacts of our work in 2024.

Why advocates and policymakers should be concerned, and what can be done

These learning briefs – a project anchor brief, a user-focused brief, and a pharmacist-focused brief – summarize lessons learned by the PMAC project during multiple phases of the project.

The Abortion Knowledge, Attitudes, Practices, and Intentions (KAPI) Survey with optional add-on supplements, developed by Ipas, is a comprehensive resource designed to assess and enhance community understanding, attitudes and support around abortion care.

Our research shows how people and the health system in Samburu County, Kenya, are impacted in numerous ways by the climate crisis—and articulates how healthy people and communities are more resilient to the impacts of climate change.

Referral Hospital in Jigawa State, a fragile setting–Results of the AMoCo study

This study explored women’s experiences accessing services and estimate costs incurred for first-trimester abortion at four public hospitals in KwaZulu-Natal Province, South Africa. Despite the availability of government assistance for children through South Africa’s “child grant,” the affordability of raising a child was a major concern for women. Although theoretically available free of charge in the public sector, women experienced challenges accessing abortion services and incurred costs which may have been burdensome given average local earnings. These potential barriers could be addressed by reducing the number of required visits and improving availability of pregnancy tests and supplies in public facilities.

This report focuses on the damage Project 2025 would have on overseas development assistance and international cooperation.

These two learning products – a project brief and a technical brief – describe the Ipas Development Foundation’s work to increase contraceptive uptake and continuation after self-managed medical abortion.