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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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.
Climate change hits Indigenous communities hardest
Indigenous communities, often located in fragile, remote ecosystems, bear the immediate brunt of climate change impacts. This worsens existing socio-economic disparities for Indigenous people and threatens their health, income and cultural practices.
Ipas Impact Report 2023
In this report, we are proud to share some of the key impacts of our work in 2023.
Ipas DRC and Canada partner for sustainable access to reproductive health care in the Democratic Republic of Congo
Access to safe and legal abortion and contraception improves the health of women and girls and represents a fundamental human right. The ability to decide if and when to become pregnant is a symbol of reproductive justice and gender equality.In the Democratic Republic...
A call for peace
We are deeply troubled by the staggering suffering and loss of life in Gaza and Israel. We stand with governments, UN agencies, feminist organizations, and social justice allies in calling for an immediate ceasefire and end to violence. We know that the burden of...
The latest from Ipas
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.
Post Medication Abortion Contraception (PMAC) Project Kenya
These learning products—two emerging learning briefs and a final intervention package infographic—describe Ipas’s work to increase access to quality post-medical abortion contraception through pharmacy outlets in Kenya.
Here are 9 ways abortion access builds gender equity
Celebrating International Women’s Day 2024
Eastern and Southern Africa Parliamentary Caucus launches to advance sexual and reproductive health in the region
In a landmark development for the Eastern and Southern African region, parliamentarians from diverse backgrounds and countries have united under the banner of the Eastern and Southern Africa Parliamentary Caucus on Sexual Reproductive Health and Rights (ESAParc).
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...
‘Beyond Borders’ gives U.S. state lawmakers a global human rights perspective on abortion
In the nearly two years since the U.S. Supreme Court struck down the constitutional right to abortion in the United States, the abortion landscape has become fragmented and increasingly polarized. In more than half of the 50 U.S. states, abortion is now completely banned, heavily restricted or under legal threat.
Entashata: A small organization leaving giant footprints in Kenyan communities
Entashata strives to bridge gaps in education, women’s rights, and reproductive health in his community in Loita. The organization’s commitment to education resulted in an annual campaign to enroll boys and girls in schools, boasting over 50 girls supported completing their secondary education.
Local groups in Nigeria lead the way for inclusive abortion care
In Nigeria, getting a safe abortion is already an uphill battle. But for women with disabilities, it can be nearly impossible. With support from the Ipas Collaborative Fund, the locally based SAIF Advocacy Foundation is paving the way to ensure that everyone, regardless of ability, can access the quality abortion care they have a right to.
Ayesha Salma
Ayesha Salma leads Ipas’s work in Pakistan. She has nearly two decades of experience in international development and humanitarian programming in Asia, the Middle East, North Africa and the UK. Before joining Ipas, she held a senior management role at Pakistan Poverty Alleviation Fund (PPAF) and also served as a Country Director for CARE International in Pakistan. She has worked in regional management positions in CARE’s Middle East & North Africa and Asia Regional Management Units. Prior to that, she worked at CARE International in UK. She is also a published author in women’s rights issues. She is passionate about gender and reproductive health justice.
Evaluation report: Ipas Bangladesh Humanitarian Response Program in Rohingya refugee camps
This evaluation report details the 2022 performance evaluation of the “Humanitarian Response Program” implemented in the Rohingya refugee camps in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh by Ipas. The evaluation assessed facility readiness and capacity of the service providers to provide comprehensive menstrual regulation (MR), post abortion care (PAC), contraceptive services and trauma/survival centered care. This evaluation also documents relevant challenges and barriers faced during program implementation and provides recommendations for the program’s sustainability and future
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