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YAOUNDÉ — Cameroon says lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex people are increasingly becoming victims of violence and brutality. The central African state’s government made the comment this week after Human Rights Watch reported degrading treatment of LGBTI people and called on Cameroon to hold perpetrators accountable. About 15 people are shouting and beating a person […]

The Global Social Enterprise Internship took place from 13th – 24thSeptember. The comprehensive capacity building workshop aimed to inculcate, coach and improve entrepreneurial knowledge and thinking. Internship delegates share their experience of the two-week, virtual workshop

Dear Colleagues As we approach the end of the year, we take this opportunity to thank you for all your efforts throughout 2021. The success of IPPF is built on the achievements of MAs, thanks to the efforts of each and every one of you.  Because of that commitment, in this difficult year, we have […]

The last time Paul Thorn saw his parents, decades ago, they threw away the crockery he ate off out of fear of infection. When he was diagnosed with HIV, in 1988, he had to stop training as a nurse. “I lived my entire 20s in fear,” he says. Now, Mr Thorn, based in the UK, […]

Tazirwa Chipeta, Programs Director at the Family Planning Association of Malawi, is one of four women selected as a final candidate for the IPPF Women’s Leadership Initiative. The initiative is an International Masters in Practicing Programme (IMPM) which runs over one year. Monica Mwai, a communications intern at the ARO office – interviewed Tazirwa about […]

1 December 2021, World AIDS Day. Stanley Ngara, from Kenya, is commonly known as the ‘King of Condom’. Stanley spends his days educating people about safe sex practices and distributing condoms. He distributes condoms -for free- to different groups of people among them youth, sex workers, boda boda riders, university students, market traders and even drug […]

3 December 2021: International Day of Persons with Disability (PWDs).  Persons with Disability (PWDs) have equal rights to sexual and reproductive health (SRH), however women and girls with disabilities face significantly more challenges in realizing these rights. The intersection between disability, age, restrictive gender norms and lack of supportive legal environments further compounds barriers for […]

Understanding the challenges that people living with a disability face when accessing sexual and reproductive healthcare (SRH), and ensuring their rights are upheld, sits at the heart of Fianakaviana Sambatras’ (FISA) mission to reach vulnerable groups. Often on the fringes of Madagascan society, and classified as a vulnerable group, people living with a disability are […]