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Search Results A locally led, globally connected grantmaking program to foster a collective movement for reproductive justice The Ipas Collaborative Fund, drawing on two decades of Ipas grantmaking and more than half a century of technical assistance a …
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.
Climate change is one of the defining crises of our time, and people’s sexual and reproductive health and rights are affected by this crisis. The effects of climate change amount to a global public health, economic, humanitarian, and gender equality disaster.
An essential component of access to safe and quality comprehensive abortion care (CAC) is a trained and supported health workforce providing stigma-free services that meet clinical and service delivery standards. Yet in Nigeria, despite Ipas training s …
Dr. Bilguissou Balde leads Ipas’s work in Francophone Africa. She is a public health and international development professional with more than 10 years of experience in sexual and reproductive health and rights programming, women’s empowerment, humanitarian emergencies and other issues.
On February 21st, hundreds of women shook their bright green Aborto Libre scarves in the air and hugged one another—celebrating in the streets of Bogota, Colombia—after the Constitutional Court approved the decriminalization of abortion, which lifted a …
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.
How abortion rights advocates cleared the name of Manuela in a landmark case in El Salvador
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.
Yesterday, Congress released and the House passed its omnibus spending bill that funds the federal government through the end of the Fiscal Year. While the bill contains important spending, including emergency assistance to Ukraine, it fails to incl …
Climate change is one of the defining crises of our time, and women and girls disproportionately bear the brunt of suffering from climate events and stress. Yet women and young people are not just “victims” of climate change; their voices must be ampli …
On March 9, 2022, the World Health Organization released its latest guidelines on abortion care. This new resource provides more than 50 evidenced-based recommendations, ranging from clinical practice, health service delivery, and legal and policy inte …
Home 9 Search Results Each year, thousands of Pakistani women suffer from the consequences of unsafe abortion—and some of them die. Abortion is legal in Pakistan to save a woman’s life or to provide “necessary treatment,” but it is highly stigmati …
In Pakistan, a female medical officer who had attended Ipas VCAT trainings was inspired to become a champion for access to abortion care. The Ipas team attended a session this provider had arranged with Lady Health Workers (LHWs) on the importance of p …
Legalizing abortion does not guarantee that those who need this vital service can get it. For many people who want to end a pregnancy, their path is blocked by long travel times, stigma, threat of violence, or expensive fees for surgical methods. Abort …
The rise of a global anti-rights movement is threatening sexual and reproductive health and rights—as well as liberal democracies and the civil liberties and human rights of all. For over 10 years, Ipas has been working to counter anti-rights efforts b …
Anu Kumar, CEO and President of Ipas, released the following statement following the Senate’s vote on the Women’s Health Protection Act, and ahead of President Biden’s State of the Union Address: “Yesterday, the Senate voted for the first time on legis …
In the beautiful Tororo District of Eastern Uganda, where Tororo Rock rises in the distance, you can find the Petta Health Centre III—an Ipas supported-facility where clients come from across the region to receive comprehensive and caring abortion services from an Ipas-trained provider.