Research from around the world shows that the ability to decide when and whether to have another child helps mothers take better care of themselves and the children they already have.
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Building the evidence
Climate change is exerting multifaceted pressures on comprehensive sexual and reproductive health care for women and girls, according to Ipas research in countries around the world. As global temperatures soar and extreme weather events intensify, access to essential services—including family planning, pregnancy care and abortion—becomes increasingly difficult.
Transforming abortion stigma in Nepal: One provider’s story
Dr. Deeb Shrestha Dango, a dedicated OB-GYN and head of health systems and policy for Ipas Nepal, has stood at the forefront of this transformation. Navigating a shifting landscape of abortion rights and stigma, she has fought to expand abortion access in Nepal for over twenty years.
PROTEGO: Operationalizing the Geneva Consensus Declaration
Piloted in Guatemala in 2023 and formally launched in Uganda in February 2024, Protego is a threat to existing international human rights frameworks.
Investing in sexual and reproductive health to accelerate the gender equity agenda
The development of a nation is inextricably linked to its investment in the rights, education and health of young girls and women. Last Friday, the world celebrated International Women’s Rights Day under the theme of “'Invest in women: Accelerate progress.” This theme...
Mission Creep: Expanding Attacks on Gender Threaten the United Nations
This executive summary provides an overview of findings from a forthcoming 2024 report, Mission Creep: Expanding Attacks on Gender Threaten the United Nations. It provides key findings and recommendations as to how feminist activists, government representatives, and UN officials can prepare an intersectional human rights response that is cross-cutting, bold, and prepared to defend the universality of human rights.
Ipas DRC: Supporting the integration of safe abortion services into the health system
On January 26, the Comprehensive Abortion Care Technical Working Group (CAC-TWG), in collaboration with Ipas DRC, held its annual meeting. Ensuring sustainability of the safe abortion ecosystem The CAC-TWG is a branch of an existing commission within the Ministry of...
8 ways Ipas will make a difference in 2024
The year 2023 will go down in history as difficult for humanity. Yet Ipas teams around the world persevered, landing important victories for abortion access and expanding reproductive justice in partnership with activists, health workers, educators, community leaders and more.
Reproductive health is suffering after Nepal’s recent earthquake. Ipas is bringing solutions.
In the wake of a destructive 6.4 magnitude earthquake in western Nepal in November, pregnant women and new mothers are struggling for survival without proper shelter and health care. Knowing that essential reproductive health care is often impossible to access in crisis settings, Ipas Nepal is rolling out a multifaceted response.
16 organizations awarded Ipas Collaborative Fund grants for 2024
Ipas is proud to continue supporting community-based efforts to advance reproductive justice with the unveiling of 16 new recipients of the Ipas Collaborative Fund for 2024.
Safe abortion care: Youth leaders hold decision-makers and community leaders accountable in the Democratic Republic of Congo
The Democratic Republic of Congo government's commitment to the Maputo Protocol has enabled the country to expand access to information and safe abortion care in the country, thanks to the development of progressive comprehensive abortion care standards and...
In the Democratic Republic of Congo, policymakers commit to including abortion in universal health coverage
The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is taking a stand against high maternal mortality rates by including free maternity and newborn care in a recent universal health coverage initiative. And as a result of advocacy by Ipas DRC and local partners, comprehensive...
Ipas Democratic Republic of Congo: At the forefront of the fight against gender-based violence
No matter the cause, humanitarian crises often mean an increase in sexual and reproductive health needs—yet access to safe abortion remains one of the most forgotten of those needs. Ipas Democratic Republic of Congo is making sure that access to abortion is included in humanitarian aid response to the devastating armed conflict in North Kivu.
Dr. Eunice Brookman-Amissah receives Right Livelihood award today
A ‘legend and reference point’ for reproductive rights in Africa, Brookman-Amissah’s 30 years of trailblazing work improved abortion access across the continent
UN experts say U.S. abortion bans violate human rights
The United States is violating human rights by denying legal access to abortion—and should take immediate action to end the criminalization of abortion at the federal, state and local levels. This is the newly released conclusion of the United Nations Human Rights Committee in response to testimony from Ipas and partners in October.
Remembering a lifelong champion for women’s health and rights
Professor Mahmoud Fathalla, former FIGO president, boldly spoke the truth
Facing climate change, Ipas Malawi ensures people get the reproductive health care they need
Climate change is hitting Malawi hard. In recent years, torrential rains, destructive winds and mudslides brought on by a series of cyclones have had a devastating impact on the country’s people and its agriculture-based economy.
The Political Network for Values: Global Far- Right at the United Nations
On November 17, 2023, the United Nation’s New York City headquarters will host a gathering of the Political Network for Values (PNfV), a major organizing nexus for the global far-right. Founded almost a decade ago, the benignly named PNfV has largely flown under the radar. In this time, the group has blossomed into a key networking hub and training ground for far-right activists and political leaders seeking to diminish or extinguish minorities rights and depreciate multilateral human rights systems—including the United Nations itself.
How the Dobbs ruling put the United States in violation of the International Covenant of Civil and Political Rights
On October 17-18, 2023, the United Nations Human Rights Committee reviews U.S. compliance with the ICCPR, including the impact of Dobbs on its human rights obligations. Global Justice Center, State Innovation Exchange, Amnesty International, Ipas, Human Rights Watch, RH Impact, and Obstetricians for Reproductive Justice submitted this report to the Committee that details the human rights violations caused by Dobbs in the U.S.
#Sept28: Today and every day, abortion affects every body
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 actions.