The Salvadoran Supreme Court has avoided making a decision on the petition of Beatriz, the Salvadoran woman who has attracted global attention in her effort to terminate the pregnancy that threatens her life. Abortion is outlawed under all conditions in El Salvador -- and ...
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Ipas commends the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) for its April 29 statement urging the government of El Salvador to provide lifesaving medical treatment to a 22-year-old woman facing a high risk of pregnancy-related death.
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The Resolution of the 46th Session of the United Nations Commission on Population and Development recognized the importance of meeting the needs of women and young people through migration policies and programs that respect and protect human rights.
In recent years, ...
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Ipas fully supports the Peace Corps Equity Act that would ensure women serving in the Peace Corps have the same coverage for abortion services as other federal employees.
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Already a force for change among the youth and feminist movements in Zambia, Chanda Katongo has served as a youth advisor to the Ipas program in Zambia and works on gender programs and advocacy with Youth Vision Zambia. Here she discusses why she has dedicated her career to ...
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Last month, Sierra Leone's First Lady Sia Nyama Koroma publicly threw her support behind efforts to prevent deaths and injuries from unsafe abortion in her country--the nation with the fourth highest maternal mortality ratio in the world.
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