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Home 9 Search Results Bolivia title Subtitle Bolivian context. Possibly numbers pulled from SOW that need to be checked and/or updated. In Bolivia, 3,652 marriages and free unions of adolescents aged 15 to 18 years were registered, between 2015 t …
Home 9 Search Results Estelle title Estelle, age 25, lives in rural Malawi with her seven-year-old son and runs a pastry business. “When I got pregnant at 17, I longed to finish my secondary school education, but my parents forced me to marry the …
Chinsinsi represents millions of girls in Malawi, where the teenage pregnancy rate is 29%—one of the highest in the Southern Africa sub-region
The girls featured in these stories are children struggling to raise children of their own. Each one of them is a portrait of resilience.
At age 14, Nur Aini was in school, working toward her dream of becoming a teacher. Then she got pregnant.
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.
Girls deserve the right to choose their own path in life. That’s why we tackle the interrelated factors of child marriage, teenage pregnancy, and school dropout.
In Sept. 2025, the Bolivian government approved a ban on all marriages under the age of 18. This success builds on years of advocacy by Ipas and partners to end child marriage, which is disturbingly common in Bolivia.
Supporters of abortion rights around the world—including Ipas staff and partners—are marking International Safe Abortion Day today with diverse in-person and online activities. We know that every action—no matter how small—helps move us toward our goal …
Conducted using data from 401 women receiving abortion with pills at 21 Ipas-supported pharmacies in Nakuru County, Kenya, this study examines what drives contraceptive use after self-managed abortion with pills and shows what missed opportunities persist.
For over 50 years, we’ve resisted and persisted, working hard alongside our partners to achieve historic law and policy changes that have expanded reproductive rights and abortion access for millions around the world—from the Democratic Republic of Con …
In a village in East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia, 27-year-old Mama Odiana Nuban was surprised to learn she was pregnant again just five months after having her first baby. The pregnancy was unplanned because she had to wait for her husband’s approval to u …
This Ipas study shares the real stories of 313 adolescents in Africa navigating abortion care amid fear, stigma, and limited support.
Search Results December 9, 2025 Abortion in humanitarian settings: What new data from Uganda and Kenya reveal September 25, 2025 New study in Kenya shows how pharmacies can boost postabortion contraception September 19, 2025 Ipas research shows hidden …
Despite logistical, political and humanitarian obstacles, Ipas DRC has continued showing up for women and girls. We have doubled our efforts to continue providing essential sexual and reproductive health services where they are most needed.
Led by researchers from Ipas, Uganda’s Ministry of Health, and the ACTUATE project at DKT International, this study looks at how people across nine Ugandan districts experience abortion and postabortion care in public health facilities.
In rural Nepal, women’s lives have often been restricted by silence and unspoken rules. From menstruation taboos to misinformation on family planning and abortion, many young women are taught to accept harmful practices as normal. For years, Himali Khatri did too. “I am almost 40 years old, and until now, I have never received such knowledge about reproductive health,” she says.
A qualitative study by Ipas Bangladesh reveals how extreme weather events (EWEs) caused by climate change worsen sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) outcomes for women and girls in coastal Bangladesh.
With unsafe abortion remaining a leading cause of maternal death in Nigeria, it is critical that women with disabilities have access to comprehensive reproductive health services—including contraception and safe abortion—free from fear, stigma, and sha …