Stories from around the Network

August 18, 2020

In humanitarian crises, abortion care can be provided quickly and effectively

Humanitarian health workers see with their own eyes every day that people living in crisis settings have acute needs for sexual and reproductive health care—including safe abortion.

A midwife presents at a SRHR workshop to students at Secondary School in Kampala, Uganda.

August 12, 2020

New advocacy toolkit for sexuality education that includes abortion

Comprehensive sexuality education—that includes information about abortion—is essential for young people to be able to make safe, fully informed decisions about their health.

August 11, 2020

We need ‘a clearer view’ of the impact of the world’s abortion laws

With an eye on major shifts in the abortion landscape, Ipas senior legal advisor Patty Skuster is calling for a more rigorous look at how abortion laws around the world affect public health outcomes.

August 6, 2020

As sexual violence continues to rise in Nigeria, Ipas and partners advocate for state-level protections

Ipas Mozambique staff engage community in SRHR during COVID-19

August 4, 2020

In Mozambique, preventing COVID-19 and ensuring abortion care continues

Ipas Mozambique has a multifaceted approach to ensuring women and girls can still access needed reproductive health care—with minimal risk of COVID-19 infection—during the pandemic.

August 4, 2020

Ipas videos on abortion with pills attract almost a million views

In 2018, Ipas Central America and Mexico (Ipas CAM) created an informational video in Spanish on how women can safely self-manage an abortion using misoprostol, a safe and effective drug readily available in most pharmacies in Mexico without a prescription. Staff started using the video to train Mexican pharmacy workers so they could advise and support women seeking abortion pills.

Self-managed abortion with pills

July 29, 2020

History in the making: A call to repeal the Helms Amendment

The Abortion is Health Care Everywhere Act, first introduced in the U.S. Congress on July 29, 2020 by Democratic Representative Jan Schakowsky of Illinois, would repeal the Helms Amendment—a racist policy that for nearly 50 years has denied access to abortion services to Black and brown women living in low- and middle-income countries.

July 10, 2020

Telehealth initiative answers ‘the need of the hour’ in Pakistan

July 9, 2020

In Latin America, building the world we want after the pandemic

July 9, 2020

Trump administration withdrawal from the World Health Organization is an egregious assault on reproductive health and rights

July 6, 2020

Helping health workers prevent infection

June 11, 2020

COVID-19 restrictions compromised abortion access for 1.85 million women in India

June 11, 2020

Putting women at the center of the COVID-19 response in Malawi

June 10, 2020

Canada announces support to Ipas to protect access to safe abortion and contraception during COVID-19 pandemic

June 6, 2020

‘Standing tall’ in the midst of a pandemic

Health workers across India whose pre-pandemic work revolved around providing reproductive health are still working to keep those services available whenever possible. Many are also stepping up to provide COVID-related services as well—even when it means putting their personal lives on hold.

June 1, 2020

We Stand for Justice

May 20, 2020

Ipas statement on the critical need for abortion in humanitarian settings, in response to the U.S. administration’s harmful attempts to deny health and rights

May 19, 2020

Partnering with Bolivia’s police to protect reproductive rights

May 6, 2020

Protecting abortion access in Kenya during COVID-19

Well before the coronavirus crisis hit Kenya, the Ipas Africa Alliance was using the online platform WhatsApp to stay in touch with health professionals who are trained to provide abortion care throughout the country. Now, that communication is more valuable than ever.

COVID-19

May 6, 2020

Reaching women who need contraception: A ‘real strength’ of Ipas programs