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Everyone deserves the freedom to decide whether and when to become pregnant. When people don’t have access to contraception and accurate information on family planning, they have less control over their lives and futures. But of the 923 million people in low- and middle-income countries who want to avoid pregnancy, 218 million lack access to modern contraceptive methods due to barriers like cost, limited services, misinformation, provider bias, and gender inequality.
Home 9 Search Results “Women with disabilities are often excluded in information on sexual and reproductive health, including safe abortion and contraception.” Patience Ogolo Dickson, founder of Advocacy for Women with Disability Initiative, Niger …
Home 9 Search Results Yotse title Yotse, 15, is in her fourth year of high school. She studies while taking care of her one-month-old son. Phototography by Manuel Seoane for Ipas “My mom kicked me out of the house when she found out I was pregnant …
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 …
Home 9 Search Results Chinsinsi title Chinsinsi is the mother of a two-year-old and is back to school with the help of her family and social workers. Nkhotakota, Malawi. Fishing boats return from overnight hauls, children gather near the docks, an …
Home 9 Search Results These girls’ stories are resilience in action Child marriage, teenage pregnancy and school dropout costs the world at least $15 trillion in lost lifetime earnings, but for each individual girl, the cost is immeasurable. Globa …
Home 9 Search Results Rebuilding her life after a forced marriage At age 14, Nur Aini was in school, working toward her dream of becoming a teacher. Then she got pregnant. Her pregnancy out of wedlock disappointed her parents, and Aini considered …
Resource downloads: Learning brief Learning from piloting pharmacy interventions for post pregnancy family planning in Pakistan This PMAC learning brief focuses on the pharmacy training and support component of our ongoing pilot study in two peri-urban …
Home 9 Search Results A holistic approach to tackling child marriage, teenage pregnancy and school dropout Girls deserve the right to choose their own path in life. But this right is often denied due to many interrelated factors, including child m …
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 …
Study Demand for Contraception after Self -Managed Medical Abortion: The Case of Nakuru County, Kenya Published in International Journal of Business and Social Science Conducted using data from 401 women receiving abortion with pills at 21 Ipas-support …
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 …
When a 19-year-old in Ethiopia found herself pregnant, she made a chilling calculation. “I was sure [taking abortion pills] would either end the pregnancy or kill me,” she shared. “I preferred dying than my family hearing and getting angry with me.” He …
Search Results September 25, 2025 New study in Kenya shows how pharmacies can boost postabortion contraception September 19, 2025 Ipas research shows hidden barriers to abortion access for adolescents in Africa August 21, 2025 New study shows: Respectf …
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.
Study Mapping the journey—enhancing abortion care in Uganda’s health systems Published in Frontiers in Reproductive Health (2025) Led by researchers from Ipas, Uganda’s Ministry of Health, and the ACTUATE project at DKT International, this study looks …
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.