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Research findings from Mozambique and Bangladesh Climate change is now affecting every country on every continent, disrupting national economies and individual lives.

Este recurso está destinado a apoyar a promotores que trabajan para lograr acceso universal a servicios de atención integral al aborto, centrada en la persona, así como un entorno propicio para que las personas puedan ejercer su salud y derechos sexuales y reproductivos.

Cette ressource est destinée à soutenir les personnes qui plaident pour la concrétisation de l’accès universel à des soins d’avortement complets et centrés sur la personne, et à la mise en place d’un environnement propice à l’exercice de la santé et des droits sexuels et reproductifs.

This resource is intended to support advocates who are working to achieve universal access to comprehensive, person-centered abortion care and an enabling environment for people to exercise their sexual and reproductive health and rights.

Cette boîte à outils est une ressource pour les organisations qui souhaitent développer une mentalité tenant compte du handicap au sein du personnel et des partenaires qui conçoivent et mettent en oeuvre des programmes d’avortement, et de santé et droits en matière de sexualité et de reproduction (SDSR). Elle a été spécialement conçue pour les animateurs et animatrices d’atelier de clarification des valeurs et transformation des attitudes (CVTA) ayant l’expérience de l’organisation de ce type d’ateliers dans le domaine de l’avortement et de la SDSR.

Ipas, in collaboration with the International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics (FIGO) and MSI Reproductive Choices, hosted an event at the margins of the Global Conference on Health and Climate Change.

A set of abortion care videos designed to better train health care providers to improve their abortion care and help women safely self-manage their abortion using pills. There are 11 videos for health workers and 3 videos for women. These videos were filmed in facilities in Africa and Asia and are consistent with the latest WHO and Ipas clinical guidance.

This eight-page brief outlines selected findings from a research project on the burden of abortion-related complications and their contributing factors in the Maternity of Castors in Bangui, Central African Republic. The study found a greater severity of abortion-related complications in this facility compared to African hospitals in stable settings and reinforces the need to recognize abortion as a serious health issue among fragile or crisis-affected populations.

An orientation and resources for frontline abortion trainers and health workers

Ipas’s 2021 Impact Report shares our results during our 2021 Fiscal Year: July 2020–June 2021.

This publication, created by Ipas and the Center for Reproductive Rights, is designed to help individuals and groups consider the potential impact of abortion regulations and offer tools to help assess legal risk when supporting access to self-managed abortion.

Expandindo o apoio político para acesso e direitos ao aborto: Lições globais para defensores

Watch on Facebook NEW RESEARCH IS IN: Climate change impacts women’s sexual and reproductive health A virtual conversation about recognizing and dismantling the white supremacy and anti-rights opposition movement and its connections with reproductive j …

Advocating for abortion access is unlike advocacy on any other global health-care issue. This publication shares insights and lessons learned by Ipas staff and our partners around the world through decades of advocacy work to expand abortion access. The content outlines key obstacles and opportunities that advocates encounter, plus strategies for overcoming common challenges.

Download File in English en français em portugues NEW RESEARCH IS IN: Climate change impacts women’s sexual and reproductive health Abogar por el acceso al aborto es diferente a la abogacía en cualquier otro tema de atención médica global. Esta publica …

A thought-provoking conversation between Ipas President and CEO Anu Kumar and award-winning author, advocate, professor and social commentator Michele Goodwin.

The Center for Health, Human Rights and Development (CEHURD), in partnership with Ipas Africa Alliance, held a regional exchange learning webinar on 25 August 2021, hosted by the Africa Coalition for Safe Abortion (ACSA). ACSA is a broad-based coalition of regional health and human rights civil society organizations that are committed to advocate for access to safe and legal abortion services in line with the Maputo Protocol. This one-page fact sheet outlines the discussion and actions taken during the learning exchange.

Sexual and reproductive health care is often neglected or difficult to access during a crisis, and this can in turn drive more people to seek unsafe abortions that risk their health and lives. For these reasons, Ipas Nigeria conducted a study to understand the impact of Nigeria’s COVID-19 lockdowns on access to safe abortion. Overall, study findings show that the lockdowns exacerbated the pandemic’s impact on women’s access to safe abortion services.

Refugees and displaced people face uniquely challenging barriers to abortion access, including the collapse of health systems, statelessness, and a lack of prioritization of sexual and reproductive health services by humanitarian agencies. In this commentary published in Frontiers in Global Women’s Health, the authors summarize the evidence around abortion access in humanitarian contexts, and highlight the opportunities for interventions that could increase knowledge and support around self-managed abortion.

Este guia de facilitação é um complemento para Raízes da mudança: um guia de advocaci_a passo a passo para expandir o acesso a o aborto seguro, publicado pelo Ipas em 2018.