About Us

We work with partners around the world to advance reproductive justice by expanding access to abortion and contraception.

Ipas Sustainable Abortion Care

Our Work

The global movement for legal, accessible abortion is growing. Our staff and partners in countries as diverse as Bolivia, Malawi and India are working to ensure all people can access high-quality abortion care.

Resources

Our materials are designed to help reproductive health advocates and professionals expand access to high-quality abortion care.

For health professionals

For advocates and decisionmakers

Training
resources

For humanitarian settings

Abortion VCAT resources

For researchers and program implementors

Director, Ipas Mozambique

Jorge Matine

Jorge Matine leads Ipas’s work in Mozambique. He has a wealth of experience in the fields of research and sexual and reproductive health. Prior to joining Ipas, he served as the sexual and reproductive health director at Pathfinder International, Mozambique, with a specific focus on sexual and reproductive health and rights, including safe abortion. He also previously worked with the Centre for Public Integrity (CIP), a watchdog organization in Mozambique working on issues such as transparency and accountability, equity and justice in budgeting for social sectors. Matine has also served as a UN technical advisor for adolescent and youth sexual and reproductive health programs in Mozambique. He has a BS in medicine from the School of Medicine at Eduardo Mondlane University and is a member of the social medical faculty of Ostrava University in Czech Republic.