…They are also routinely excluded from receiving accurate information about their reproductive health, leaving them unable to make informed, life-saving decisions.
In Gombe State, Ipas Nigeria works with Ipas…
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In Nigeria, Ipas’s innovative partnership with religious leaders aims to reduce gender-based violence
…effort aimed at reducing gender-based violence, ensuring that survivors get the sexual and reproductive care they need, and seeing that more perpetrators are punished for their crimes.
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Historic win as Malawi High Court approves abortion access for survivors of sexual violence
…health system. Ipas and other COPUA members will now work with the government to update guidelines and train health workers to ensure the mandates of this court ruling become a…
Ipas mourns the passing of Dr. Eddie Mhlanga, a fearless advocate for abortion rights
…to sum up Mhlanga’s work and activism, but “fearless” is a good start.
When Thabo Mbeki was president of South Africa in the 1990s and notoriously casting doubt on…
In midst of civil war, Ipas Ethiopia moves to ensure reproductive health care in Tigray region
…of Ipas Ethiopia. “Our goal is to complement the work of humanitarian agencies already working there. We’ll be conducting refresher trainings in abortion and contraceptive care for hundreds of health…
Treatment of incomplete and intrauterine fetal demise for 13 weeks or larger uterine size
…expected competencies for these health workers (WHO, 2022). For further information about health worker roles in abortion care, see Appendix C: World Health Organization recommendations for health worker roles in…
Ugandan medical student speaks out on Helms Amendment
…working in could get more funds, what would that mean?
Abortion is highly restricted in Uganda and there is a significant unmet need for safe abortion care. Women die…
Providing critical sexual and reproductive health care amid escalating violence in DRC
…to other services, including sexual and reproductive health. A shortage of medical workers, some of whom fled to neighboring countries because of the conflict. A shortage of contraceptives due to…
In recent penal code review, Mozambique recognizes legal right to abortion
…says Ipas Mozambique Director Jorge Matine. He says Ipas Mozambique is now working with members of the Sexual and Reproductive Rights Network (DSR) and other advocates on the next step—securing…
Ipas Mozambique works to secure access to reproductive rights in the face of climate change
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Matine has spent most of his career in the sexual and. reproductive health and rights field, working for the government, non-governmental organizations, the United Nations, and civil society organizations.
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Kenyan court condemns abortion-related arrests and prosecutions
…The case, which was filed in Nov. 2020 by the Center for Reproductive Rights and Reproductive Health Network Kenya, involved a 16-year-old from Kilifi County.
The girl had sought…
Youth at the center
In Zambia, young people work to end unsafe abortion
Nana Zulu is Ipas Zambia’s youth advisor and a longtime advocate for sexual and reproductive rights. At age 26, Nana
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Nepal study finds auxiliary nurse midwives can successfully provide medical abortion care
At a time when the World Health Organization (WHO) is urging an expansion of health worker roles in the provision of abortion care, a new study from Ipas finds
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Creating a better world for women in Zambia
…see our colleagues recognized for their hard work and dedication. In March, the national newspaper the Times of Zambia recognized Ipas Zambia Policy Advisor Mary Mulenga’s career working for the…
One year after Bolivia removed legal barriers to abortion, Ipas trains police on women’s new rights
…abortion in Bolivia, Ipas and partners are hard at work ensuring law enforcement officers, health workers and women themselves know the legal grounds for accessing abortion care.
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The ‘go-to’ training curriculum for abortion care: Ipas’s newly revised Woman-Centered, Comprehensive Abortion Care training package
…abortion: Technical and policy guidance for health systems, second edition (2012) and other current clinical and technical guidance and evidence.
“For program managers, trainers or providers working in comprehensive…
Making a ‘lifelong difference’ through mentoring
…lives of those you work with and the lives of those your work serves. If the only thing I do is be useful to those who see me every day,…
In Ghana, a police officer and abortion rights advocate devotes himself to safe abortion access
…combat this, the Ghana Police Hospital—where Otu-Nyarko works, counseling women on their reproductive health options—offers safe abortion services on-site, in a designated room.
Otu-Nyarko became a reproductive rights advocate…
Understanding women’s needs around self-managed abortion in India
…with abortion self-care less difficult and stressful.
Working to support women who choose to self-manage their abortion is necessary and relevant. “In India, if you are not working with…