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Malawi has been hard hit by the COVID-19 pandemic, putting its health system under strain. The number of health-care workers is limited, and some staff have been reassigned to treating COVID-19 patients, leaving clinics that offer sexual and reproductive health (SRH) services understaffed. Travel restrictions are hindering women from accessing clinics, and in areas where […]
The global coronavirus outbreak is a major threat to the health of women and girls globally and is anticipated to disproportionately affect low-resource settings where barriers to sexual and reproductive health (SRH) care already existed. Today, the government of Canada affirmed that the failure to meet women’s and girls’ urgent SRH needs, including abortion, is […]
Health workers across India whose pre-pandemic work revolved around providing reproductive health are still working to keep those services available whenever possible. Many are also stepping up to provide COVID-related services as well—even when it means putting their personal lives on hold.
As committed human rights advocates and caring neighbors, we join in the nation’s collective outrage and pain following the killing of George Floyd and the brutal treatment of so many Black people and people of color. We stand with Black communities around the country in frustration, in anger, in pain and in protest. Hundreds […]
En español abajo The Trump Administration’s attempt to roll back reproductive rights and deny essential health care—detailed in a letter from USAID to the UN—is yet one more despicable action in a frightening anti-rights trend. We strongly condemn the letter, which asks that all references to sexual and reproductive health be removed from the UN’s […]
Bolivia has been under a strict nationwide lockdown, creating challenges for women who need to access contraception or abortion services during the COVID-19 pandemic. One problem has been with the contraceptive supply chain: Workers who usually transpo …
Well before the coronavirus crisis hit Kenya, the Ipas Africa Alliance was using the online platform WhatsApp to stay in touch with health professionals who are trained to provide abortion care throughout the country. Now, that communication is more valuable than ever.
Ipas evaluation expert Sally Dijkerman talks about our impact in 2019 Ipas’s 2019 Impact Report is now available, with stories and voices that highlight the vital importance of safe abortion and contraception. Sally Dijkerman, Ipas senior research and evaluation advisor, has helped collect and analyze Ipas’s annual results for 6 years, watching our impact grow and evolve. Here […]
© Farzana Hossen In refugee camps in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, where there is an acute need for reproductive health care, Ipas has trained midwives and other health professionals on how to provide safe abortion and treatment for complications of unsafe …
In a letter submitted to the U.S. State Department, Ipas urges the Commission on Unalienable Rights to uphold international human rights commitments and not misuse the right to freedom of religion to violate the right to safe abortion care and the rights of women, girls, and LGBTQ people. The Commission on Unalienable Rights was formed by […]
Along with other members of the Pakistan Alliance for Postabortion Care, a national alliance of more than 40 organizations, Ipas Pakistan has called for federal, provincial and private facilities providing sexual and reproductive health care to remain open and continue providing outpatient services and counseling during the pandemic.
En español abajo President Trump’s plan to halt U.S. funding for the World Health Organization (WHO) is a dangerous move that will hinder efforts to coordinate the global public health response to the COVID-19 pandemic—and the efforts to strengthen health systems and promote all people’s health, as we collectively build back after this crisis. As […]
In Nepal, it’s been illegal to discriminate based on caste since 1962. But a person’s caste still determines their quality of life—from if they have access to education and health care, to what kind of job they can get, to where they can travel. The Musahar community—part of Nepal’s lowest caste, the Sudra—are among the […]
In Nepal, “basic reproductive health information is usually not shared or even spoken about in our communities,” says Radhika Nayaju, program officer for Ipas Nepal. And visually impaired people face additional barriers to accessing information. So Ipas Nepal has been working with the Nepal Health Education, Information and Communication Centre, the Ministry of Health and Population, and […]
Grace Tambatamba-Chiyaba, Ipas Zambia director, knows that anybody can be a leader. Tambatamba-Chiyaba is an enthusiastic mentor for both the women on her staff and women in her community. “The greatest opportunity I’ve had is to work with young women—and not so young women—on finding themselves,” she says. In Ipas Zambia’s office, Tambatamba-Chiyaba runs The […]
In India, 10 women die each day as a result of unsafe abortion. While abortion has been legal in the country since the 1971 passage of the Medical Termination of Pregnancy (MTP) Act, much has changed since then in terms of societal shifts and the advancement of abortion technology. For 10 years, Ipas Development Foundation (IDF) and other stakeholders have been working with the […]
When Mozambique’s abortion law was liberalized in 2014, it was hailed as a major step forward for expanding access to safe abortion care. The reform allowed legal abortions on request during the first 12 weeks of pregnancy. But the country’s penal code—dating back to the 1800s—remained an obstacle to women’s ability to determine their sexuality […]
By Anu Kumar, Ipas president and CEO, and Tanvi Monga, Ipas senior technical manager for community engagement The news is inescapable. Climate change is not coming soon, it is here. Each day brings more evidence: massive wildfires, rising sea levels, toxic smog, scientists sounding the alarm that “the precious Amazon is teetering on the edge […]
An abortion provider in Mexico on why everyone deserves access to comprehensive services Dr. Georgina Díaz Orozco is a doctor and Ipas-trained abortion provider in Guadalajara, Mexico. She is also one of the few providers in the state of Jalisco to offer abortion care after the first trimester—due to stigma, most doctors will not perform […]
Ipas South Africa’s director puts women and girls first When a young woman started working as a cleaner at Ipas South Africa’s office in January, her responsibilities included cleaning the office, tidying up workspaces and watering the plants. But she was eager to learn more and expressed interest in helping with administrative tasks. Caroline Mbi-Njifor, […]