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Advocating for abortion access is unlike advocacy on any other global health-care issue. This publication shares insights and lessons learned by Ipas staff and our partners around the world through decades of advocacy work to expand abortion access. The content outlines key obstacles and opportunities that advocates encounter, plus strategies for overcoming common challenges.
Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, which is being heard by the Supreme Court today, will likely define the future of reproductive freedom in the United States. This case centers around a Mississippi law that will ban abortion after 15 weeks …
During COVID-19, women and girls around the world have faced a surge in gender-based violence (GBV) linked to lockdowns and stay-at-home orders issued by governments in response to the pandemic.
In the coastal town of Joal in Senegal, the community are dependent on the sea for everything from their food to their livelihoods. But a reduction in rainfall, plus an influx of sea water and algae, caused by rising sea levels and erosion, means that many species of fish that used to flourish in the mangroves no longer do so.
As leaders, negotiators, activists and journalists gather for the next two weeks in Glasgow for the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26), governments around the world must take action to accelerate global efforts to adapt and build resilien …
We applaud the Biden-Harris Administration and the White House Gender Policy Council (GPC) for releasing the first-ever National Strategy on Gender Equity and Equality. The strategy provides a roadmap for closing gaps in gender justice and addresses in …
Download File in English en français em portugues Search Results Abogar por el acceso al aborto es diferente a la abogacÃa en cualquier otro tema de atención médica global. Esta publicación comparte conocimientos y lecciones aprendidas por el personal …
Youth Sprint, a network of youth-led organizations supported by Ipas DRC in four provinces of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), is engaging in 10 days of social media activism to amplify the need for safe abortion as allowed by the country’s laws …
Let’s talk about what that really means By Anu Kumar, Ipas President and CEO Today is International Safe Abortion Day. Around the world, people are taking action to expand access to abortion—and raising awareness that abortion is essential health care. …
A thought-provoking conversation between Ipas President and CEO Anu Kumar and award-winning author, advocate, professor and social commentator Michele Goodwin.
L’effort audacieux pour coordonner et catalyser le mouvement en faveur de l’avortement sécurisé en Afrique francophone débute In English Rejoignant les actions du monde entier pour la Journée internationale pour l’avortement, le 28 septembre, cette sem …
A bold new effort to coordinate and catalyze the safe abortion movement across Francophone Africa is under way.
Protect everyone’s right to reproductive freedom For over 50 years, Ipas has supported communities around the world to ensure access to abortion and contraception for all. You can help us. Learn more about giving to Ipas We work for a more just world—a …
The Center for Health, Human Rights and Development (CEHURD), in partnership with Ipas Africa Alliance, held a regional exchange learning webinar on 25 August 2021, hosted by the Africa Coalition for Safe Abortion (ACSA). ACSA is a broad-based coalition of regional health and human rights civil society organizations that are committed to advocate for access to safe and legal abortion services in line with the Maputo Protocol. This one-page fact sheet outlines the discussion and actions taken during the learning exchange.
Sexual and reproductive health care is often neglected or difficult to access during a crisis, and this can in turn drive more people to seek unsafe abortions that risk their health and lives. For these reasons, Ipas Nigeria conducted a study to understand the impact of Nigeria’s COVID-19 lockdowns on access to safe abortion. Overall, study findings show that the lockdowns exacerbated the pandemic’s impact on women’s access to safe abortion services.
Ruling comes after years of advocacy by activists and organizations, including Ipas In a historic ruling that stands to expand reproductive rights across Mexico, the nation’s supreme court declared on Sept. 7 that laws criminalizing abortion are …
Among the hundreds of anti-abortion legal restrictions enacted in the United States in recent years—nearly 100 in 2021 alone—Texas Senate Bill 8 is the most draconian of all. It effectively bans abortion in the state, thereby reducing Roe v Wade into a …
Refugees and displaced people face uniquely challenging barriers to abortion access, including the collapse of health systems, statelessness, and a lack of prioritization of sexual and reproductive health services by humanitarian agencies. In this commentary published in Frontiers in Global Women’s Health, the authors summarize the evidence around abortion access in humanitarian contexts, and highlight the opportunities for interventions that could increase knowledge and support around self-managed abortion.
Este guia de facilitação é um complemento para RaÃzes da mudança: um guia de advocaci_a passo a passo para expandir o acesso a o aborto seguro, publicado pelo Ipas em 2018.
This research is being conducted by Ipas in partnership with Médecins Sans Frontières, the Guttmacher Institute and Epicentre, and is funded by Elrha/R2HC.