region Africa, Americas & the Caribbean, East and South East Asia and Oceania, South Asia, Arab World
The Cook Islands has removed a law that criminalizes homosexuality, in a huge victory for the local LGBTI+ community. Our local Member Association, the Cook Islands Family Welfare Association (CIFWA), has been integral to the advocacy around this law …
The International Planned Parenthood Federation Africa Region in collaboration with the French Development agency (AFD), and in the French Embassy in Nairobi, Kenya, officially launched Feminist Opportunities Now (FON) on 7 February 2023. Feminist …
Of course, and as international leaders on the decriminalization of abortion, such as Uruguay, France, Portugal, Spain and Mexico City, Mexico, are projecting, what will surely be a long road towards a full and comprehensive implementation of the …
Australia is on track to be the first country in the world to eliminate cervical cancer by as early as 2028 to 2035. This can be achieved through a combination of HPV vaccination, screening and treatment of pre-cancers and invasive cancers. I have been …
Since the start of the Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, IPPF has supported partners in Ukraine and surrounding countries to provide access to essential sexual and reproductive health and rights information and services for those affected. Dr. …
We don’t live single issue lives. We don’t have the privilege of being able to ignore our intersections, which as the Lancet (2022) points out, include caste, ethnicity, indigeneity, migratory status, race, religion, skin colour and identity, among others. …
On the island of Rarotonga, the main island of the Cook Islands in the South Pacific, a little white van makes its rounds on the palm-tree lined circular road. The van, run by the Cook Islands Family Welfare Association (CIFWA), stops off at condom …
“Our priority is to create an enabling environment for sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) in Mauritania by the adoption of a Law Against Violence Against Women and Girls and the enactment of a Law Against FGM," said Yacoub Ebnou, WISH …
With support from the FY2022 Supplementary Budget received from the Government of Japan, the International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF) Member Associations in four countries, namely Afghanistan, Ukraine, Ethiopia and Pakistan, will protect the …
The result of Brazil’s election last October was a cause for celebration for many across the country. After four long years of far-right rule under Jair Bolsonaro, change was coming via a progressive administration committed to equality and freedom, under …
At the 152nd Session of the WHO Executive Board (January 30 – February 7, 2023), the Executive Board will discuss the Report on Involvement of non-State actors in WHO’s governing bodies (EB152/38). We welcome the opportunity to once again debate the WHO …
My name is Chanel Contos and in February 2021 I started a campaign called Teach Us Consent to advocate for mandatory consent-based sex education in my hometown of Sydney, Australia. Originally, I intended to get only my old school and a few nearby schools …
Cervical cancer is a common disease caused by the Human papillomavirus (HPV) that is highly preventable through vaccination, screening for abnormal cells and treatment of precancerous lesions. But there are a host of reasons why women may not get screened …
Contributing towards the elimination of cervical cancer is a core part of IPPF’s mandate. Through our 120 member associations around the world, we provide comprehensive cervical cancer prevention information and services to save lives, strengthen health …
Today every 1 in 5 of the world’s population is living in a humanitarian crisis with a compromised healthcare system that fails to deliver basic health services. In Afghanistan, the situation only gets worse. According to Human Rights Watch, “Distance …
For many in development, the last two years have been frantic, with organisations working around the clock to ensure people can access the care and support they need despite an ever-changing and increasingly challenging global climate. For sexual and …
It has been just over two years since the imposition of a near-total ban on abortion across Poland. The ban removed almost all conditions in which a woman can access abortion care, leaving millions of women in the dark when it comes to deciding what …
Two years ago, Poland brought into force one of the most restrictive abortion laws in Europe, banning it in almost all circumstances. Protests against this cruel, regressive ban erupted across Poland, and peaceful protesters were met with excessive force, …
This isn’t an unreasonable request. In fact, it’s the minimum – as set out in the guidance on how we should be responding to any emergency, and in fact to any form of SGBV, anywhere, at any time. But in conflict settings around the world, we have seen …
