Dr. Eunice Brookman-Amissah, a Ghanaian physician and advocate for safe abortion who helped lead Ipas’s work across Africa, is a recipient of this year’s Right Livelihood Award.The award has honored courageous people solving global problems for over 40 years, and...
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Clinical updates in reproductive health
Clinical Updates in Reproductive Health (CURHs) are designed to provide Ipas staff, trainers, partners and other health-care providers with access to up-to-date, evidence-based recommendations. In general, the recommendations are the same as those in the World Health Organization's 2012 Safe Abortion: Technical and Policy Guidance for Health Systems, Second edition. In rare cases, the recommendations have been modified due to the settings where we work. In addition, if there is more current evidence to inform the recommendations, they will be updated here. Please note: Clinical Updates in Reproductive Health provides Ipas’s most up-to-date clinical guidance. Recommendations in this publication supersede any clinical guidance in Ipas curricula that differs from the guidance provided here.
Barriers to accessing legal abortion in Bahia in the period of the COVID-19 pandemic: 2020 and 2021
Executive Summary in English:Full report in Portuguese:Termination of pregnancy in cases of rape and woman’s risk of death has been allowed since 1940 in Brazil. However, only 49 years later the first legal abortion service was implemented in the city of São Paulo....
DRAFT ECOSYSTEM
At Ipas, we’re working with partners to build sustainable abortion ecosystems, recognizing that there are multiple factors that influence an individual’s ability to access abortion. In a sustainable abortion ecosystem, resilient local stakeholders and systems are...
Meet Sofia: AI medical expert on abortion available 24/7
People in Latin America can more easily access confidential, accurate and stigma-free information on self-management of abortion with pills thanks to an innovative AI chatbot developed by Ipas Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC).
Mexico’s Supreme Court declares unconstitutional the regulation of abortion in the federal criminal code
Another historic victory for the Green Wave movement. Mexico’s Supreme Court ruled on Wednesday that the Federal Penal Code’s abortion regulations are unconstitutional, including the criminalization of individuals who have abortions and the health-care providers who perform them.
Disability inclusion for sexual and reproductive health in Nigeria
Ipas Nigeria Health Foundation champions disability-led solutions for disability-centered careIpas Nigeria Health Foundation is launching a pilot program in Edo and the Federal Capital Territory in Nigeria to cover the gaps in access to sexual and reproductive health...
Celebrating Women’s Day and women’s month in South Africa
Ipas Africa Southern Region (ASR) joins South Africa in commemorating 2023 Women’s Day running under the theme “Accelerating socio-economic opportunities for women empowerment”. Women’s Day is the ninth day of August, marking a watershed moment in the history of the...
Milestone anniversary for the Maputo Protocol
Ipas DRC celebrates 20 years of impact and progress for women The Maputo Protocol is a groundbreaking legal instrument developed, signed and adopted by African states to protect and promote the rights of African women, making it one of a kind. In the 20 years since...
Ipas celebrates the life of Katie Early, long-time Ipas leader and champion for reproductive justice
Ipas is honoring the memory of Katie Early, Ipas’s longest-serving employee, whose extraordinary leadership and vision helped shape Ipas programs, fundraising, and workplace culture—as well as Ipas’s visibility on the global stage as a bold advocate for abortion access.
Protocols for medical abortion [dosage card]
This dosage card serves as a quick reference guide for health-care providers who are administering medical abortion.
Digital innovations for reproductive health access
With the increasing pace of artificial intelligence (AI) and a global pandemic that pushed digital solutions, Ipas is harnessing cutting-edge advancements in digital technology to share accurate information about and expand access to sexual and reproductive health and rights, including abortion.
Working with public schools to prevent childhood sexual violence in Bolivia
Ipas Bolivia has been partnering with public schools to train teachers and provide resources that teach children how they can prevent sexual violence, how to support friends that have experienced it, and what to do if it happens to them.
Pulling Back the Cover: The Roots, Relationships and Rise of Family Watch International
This report aims to shed light on FWI, a group that peddles disinformation and homophobia that is impacting health, education, and human rights policy from Arizona to East Africa and in multilateral spaces like the United Nations.
Knowledge, attitudes, practices, and behaviors among providers of abortion-related care
This evidence brief from the AMoCo study presents selected results of a knowledge, attitudes, practices, and behaviors (KAPB) survey given to health professionals in Jahun, Nigeria providing abortion-related care.
Abortion Values Clarification for Action and Transformation (VCAT)
Abortion values clarification for action and transformation (VCAT) is a curriculum designed to support groups in examining the individual and collective values, attitudes and beliefs related to abortion. A VCAT workshop helps make values and actions related to abortion access more conscious. It transforms conversations about abortion fueled by stigma and polarized arguments toward those driven by curiosity, empathy and mutual growth.
Aclaración de valores para transformación y acción (AVTA) respecto al aborto: Guía de facilitación para públicos mundiales. Segunda edición
‘Young people know exactly what they want and need’
New research from Ipas and Political Research Associates finds that bisexual and pansexual young people feel vastly underserved by comprehensive sexuality education (CSE) programs—but they also have many recommendations for how to improve the situation.
The global impact of Roe’s repeal
The U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade one year ago. Since then, millions of Americans have lost access to abortion. Ipas’s global network has also seen a ripple effect around the world, with impacts in many of the countries where we work.
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Knowledge, attitudes, practices, and behaviors among providers of abortion-related care in a referral maternity hospital in Bangui, Central African Republic
This evidence brief from the AMoCo study presents selected results of a knowledge, attitudes, practices, and behaviors (KAPB) survey given to health professionals providing abortion-related care. Providers are critical to providing timely and high-quality comprehensive abortion care (CAC) that can decrease abortion-related complications. This survey aims not only to assess the KAPB of CAC providers in hospital settings but to identify provider-related barriers to adequate CAC and points for improvement in the provision and accessibility of CAC services.