by Caitlin Horrigan (PPFA) and Marie-Evelyne Petrus Barry (Regional Director for IPPF Africa Regional Office) In January 2021, the global health, human rights, and gender equity communities waited with bated breath for U.S. President Joe Biden to keep his election promises and repeal the harmful Mexico City Policy, also known as the “global gag rule.” The devastating […]
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IPPF on the growing humanitarian crisis in Ukraine:
07/03/2022 An update on IPPF’s partnership with the All-Poland’s Women’s Strike and the urgent need for the safe passage of humanitarian aid into Ukraine. Over the past few days, the world has watched in horror and disbelief at the events unfolding in Ukraine. It is estimated that over 500,000 people have now fled – many […]
Celebrate International Women’s Day with us!
Celebrating Women and Girls’ Bodily Autonomy and Empowerment I hope this finds you very well indeed!!! The invitation to the side-event Celebrating Women and Girls’ Bodily Autonomy and Empowerment that will be held on International Women’s Day (March 8) at 9am EST is below. Congratulations IPPF UN advocacy team with the support of ACRO for putting together this powerful […]
Victory for Colombia! Abortion is decriminalized until 24 weeks!
Latest report tracking European donor expenditures to SRHR worldwide.
he tracking is done annually within the framework of the Countdown 2030 Europe project, where ENRO is the lead partner, and the consortium is made up also by some of our MAs. You find more info on the report in our newsletter: https://us9.campaign-archive.com/?e=__test_email__&u=e2c60adc22ac4958758cc40e8&id=ef9a5305e4 Or here: https://countdown2030europe.org/resources/european-donor-support-srhfp-spotlight-srhr-trends-analysis-2020-21 (please link to this page if you share it).
Constitutional court of Colombia decriminalizes abortion
Bogota/London, Monday 21st February 2022 Today, the Colombian Constitutional Court decriminalized abortion up to 24 weeks in another victory for the Green Wave sweeping through Latin America. The historic decision follows years of campaigning by women’s right’s activists across Colombia and came off the back of two lawsuits that asked the court to declare article 122 of the penal […]
Identifying Advocacy Successes!
SHARING EXPERIENCES AND APPROACHES FOR EFFECTIVE NATIONAL IMPLEMENTATION: MAs requested support to strengthen their teams capacity to do effective advocacy. In response to this, the IPPF Advocacy Team partnered with the AFP/ JHU Bill and Melinda Gates Institute for Population and Reproductive Health for a taster on SMART Advocacy that was convened on Tuesday, 1st […]
SheDecides new tools for movement building and organizing
Check out our new Organizing Playbook! We drive change through collective action; Standing Up and Speaking Out for bodily autonomy and sexual and reproductive health and rights. From grassroots movement building and creating national coalitions to regional network strengthening and implementing global advocacy campaigns; in each case organizing is at the heart of effective action. We’ve developed the new SheDecides Organizing Playbook as a practical guide to organizing collective action for a world where SheDecides. It has […]
The Movement Accelerator Digital (MAP) Platform is live!
https://movementaccelerator.org/ Click here to watch the platform teaser! We are witnessing a rising tide of extremist, populist anti-gender movements globally. Human rights are under threat and the SRHR community has to be more effective than ever to protect them. To build and cement broad public support for SRHR, IPPF has established a global Movement Accelerator Platform. The platform comprises three cross-Federation […]
RESPOND: Responding with Essential SRHR Provision and New Delivery mechanisms
Serving Afghan refugees in Pakistan The Responding with Essential SRHR Provision and New Delivery mechanisms (RESPOND) project aims to restore services, particularly to marginalised populations such as young people, people living in poverty, and people with disabilities, which have been impacted by COVID-19. RESPOND is a two-year program being implemented jointly by IPPF and MSI […]