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Home 9 Search Results NEXT: Resources for advocates and educators From invisible to indispensable: Recommendations Our findings clearly and consistently point to recommendations that are relevant for a broad array of audiences–including youth educ …
Home 9 Search Results NEXT: See our Recommendations From invisible to indispensable: Our findings in detail 1.Unsatisfied with school-based CSE, youth seek information elsewhere–with mixed results. 2.Discrimination experiences are similar around t …
This April, the Ministry of Health in collaboration with Ipas Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), officially launched a study on the “impact of the domestication of the Maputo Protocol in the Democratic Republic of Congo”. The study evaluates implement …
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As a devastating armed conflict forced thousands of displaced people to gather in camps outside Goma in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), the Ipas DRC team knew sexual and reproductive health services that included abortion were desperately needed. In the spirit of their tagline, “Makoki ya Mwasi,” a Lingala term that loosely translates as “the rights of women,” Ipas DRC refused to let a lack of funding deter them. They only had enough resources for 10 days of services, but worked around the clock to launch a mobile clinic and make every second count for the women and girls who needed them.
Ipas Afrique Francophone and le Centre ODAS are proud to play a significant role alongside all the stakeholders of the safe abortion movement in Benin for the Beninese government to guarantee women’s rights and access to safe and legal abortion service …
Home 9 Search Results NEXT: View the findings New research shows why bisexual and pansexual youth need comprehensive sexuality education that meets their needs Comprehensive sexuality education (often referred to as CSE) is important to prepare yo …
Research on abortion complications in crisis settings has been limited to date, but a multi-year study by Ipas and partners is filling that gap—with initial findings pointing to the need to prioritize programs improving postabortion, safe abortion and …
The Abortion-related Morbidity and Mortality in Fragile and Conflict-affected Settings (AMoCo) study is a multi-year research project to assess the magnitude and severity of abortion-related complications in hospitals located in fragile or conflict-affected areas of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the Central African Republic (CAR) and Nigeria.
Through projects like a rap battle about gender-based violence, a sexual education game app, a short story contest and a podcast, Ipas Bolivia has been using creative storytelling and inventive methods of engagement to raise awareness of sexual and rep …
Home 9 Search Results What is values clarification? Given the central role that values play in our lives, it is important to understand how values form and how they affect our decision-making and behavior. Values clarification (VC) is both a theo …
For almost two decades, Ipas has conducted workshops around the world to encourage health providers, policymakers, and others to reflect on their values and attitudes toward abortion and consider the consequences when abortion access is not available.
Abortion VCAT Resources Ipas’s workshop facilitator guides and accompanying tools help abortion VCAT facilitators plan and carry out workshops for a variety of audiences and settings—and on a variety of topics related to abortion access. These resource …
In December of 2022, Ipas Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) won a ‘Mwasi Ya Bwanya’ trophy and diploma of merit for being the ‘Best NGO empowering women.’ The award acknowledges the impact of Ipas DRC in promoting sustainable sexual and reproductive h …
Pakistan Home 9 Search Results With a third of Pakistan underwater due to record flooding from the 2022 monsoon season, the United Nations Population Fund estimates that around 1.6 million women of reproductive age, including nearly 130,000 pregna …
Around the world, recognition is growing that climate justice and reproductive justice are inextricably linked—and that effective solutions to the climate crisis require a focus on women’s rights and needs. Yet philanthropic support is lagging: Only 0.01% of global funding goes to projects that tackle both climate and women’s rights.
The Inter-American Court on Human Rights, the highest judicial human rights body in Latin America, is expected to issue a ruling by the end of the year in an historic case involving El Salvador’s total ban on abortion. The case centers around Beatriz, …
With the fall of Roe v. Wade, anti-abortion activists in the United States have now set their sights on outlawing abortion with pills—and for the moment, their legal battle to prevent the use of mifepristone, one of two key abortion medications, has ma …