…across Ipas Network. Our commitment to expanding access to both contraception and abortion care for women and young girls has led us to support a network of 1,289 health facilities…
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South Africa: Milestone as Ipas Africa Southern Region establishes home office
…far back as 1996 when we first worked in South Africa to improve women’s health by increasing access to safe abortion care and protecting individuals’ rights to make their own…
Improving care for survivors of gender-based violence
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International Women’s Day in Tapachula, Chiapas, Mexico. March 8, 2024. Photo by Victoria Razo for Ipas.
Gender-based violence…
Ethiopia
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After liberalizing Ethiopia’s abortion law in 2005, the government implemented programs to train health-care providers, equip facilities and
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Resources for health professionals
In our ongoing work to train health professionals and support health systems in providing abortion care, we have developed many resources, tools and job aids for clinicians and other
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Despicable and unacceptable: The expanded Global Gag Rule
…that threatens the lives and well-being of women and girls around the world. It not only aims to ban abortion, but also seeks to restrict work on diversity, equity, and…
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When reproductive freedom is protected, everyone benefits. That’s why we need you in this fight.
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How this abortion champion is expanding access in Mozambique
…of how I express this care.”
Here, Góia speaks about her work as an abortion champion.
Photography and videography by Bruno Pedro
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Trump’s assault on human rights, bodily autonomy and democracy
…policy not only prevents thousands of people from accessing legal abortion services, but it has a chilling effect on NGOs working in reproductive health. Health-care providers are shunned, clinics close,…
Upholding migrants’ sexual and reproductive rights in Bolivia
…in care that is sensitive to the needs of this population.
“Ipas is the first organization in Bolivia working to improve migrants’ access to sexual and reproductive health care,…
After a national assessment, Mali develops plan for expanding access to abortion and contraception
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Local organizations will be able to use the workplan as guide for working in their communities to advance sexual and reproductive health and rights,” says Balde. “And with religious
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Monitoring gender and human rights
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The rise of a global anti-rights movement is threatening sexual and reproductive health and rights—as well as liberal
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As climate change strikes again in Southern Africa, Ipas prepares to respond to reproductive health needs
…services to be available to those in the camps.
Ipas teams will be working to mobilize further resources and raise awareness of the disproportionate impact that climate disasters have…
Fundraise your way. Protect reproductive rights everywhere.
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Dra. Violeta: Artificial Intelligence to combat sexual violence
…their safety or privacy.
The work of Ipas, including initiatives like Dra. Violeta, aligns closely with its mission to improve access to sexual and reproductive health, including safe abortion,…
Facing climate change, Ipas Malawi ensures people get the reproductive health care they need
…that the time immediately before, during and after extreme weather events is when access to care for contraception, pregnancy and abortion is most compromised. In Malawi, Ipas is working to…
Expanding access to contraception
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Everyone deserves the freedom to decide whether and when to become pregnant. When people don’t have access to
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Central America
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In Central America, Ipas works in one of the most restrictive legal environments for abortion in the world.
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Bolivia
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Abortion is only legal in Bolivia in cases of rape, incest and immediate risk to a woman’s health
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Nigeria
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Maryam Umar (right) leads an peer education discussion on the use of contraceptives and safe abortion.
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