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The IPPF Board had their first formal meeting of 2021 on 3 and 4 March. As per the Board direction, the papers from the March 2021 meeting are now available to view on the Board Matters page. They feature in the languages required by the Board to perform their duties. This might mean that some […]

The start of 2021 saw an accelerating of the COVID pandemic with countries engaged in a race to vaccinate which, once again, exposes the deep inequalities we live in. With images of a Trump inspired mob storming The Capitol still fresh in the world’s retina, Biden’s inauguration was greeted with a sigh of relief. He […]

The Social Enterprise Hub is providing seed grants for IPPF MAs. A new round of grants from IPPF’s Social Enterprise Hub is NOW OPEN to all MAs, for SRH or non SRH, start-up income-generating ventures (maximum of $20,000) or to grow an existing business model/social enterprise (maximum of $10,000). MAs who have previously received grants […]

IPPF has just released a new position paper about Climate Crisis and SRHR. The climate crisis is one of the key challenges of this time. It adversely affects enjoyment of a wide range of human rights, including the realization of SRHR. At the same time, SRHR have an important role to play in strengthening individuals’ […]

The Jamaica Family Planning Association (JFPA), is the brainchild of May Farquharson and Amy Bailey. Both women established what became the Caribbean and Jamaica’s first contraceptive initiative, The Jamaica Birth Control League, – in Kingston, which later became the Jamaica Family Planning League. By the 1950s, Dr Lenworth Jacobs and his wife Beth noticed the […]

With almost a month on the books for President Biden and Vice President Harris’ administration, Planned Parenthood Global invites you to a webinar on the administration’s early priorities, executive actions, what they mean for sexual and reproductive health and rights around the world, and what’s next.  The conversation will include voices from Planned Parenthood Global […]

Below are a series of links to updates about the work done at the European Network over the winter months. GLOBAL UPDATES• Global Gag Rule Changes• Update on the IPPF Social Enterprise acceleration• European donor countries increase support for SRH and Family Planning worldwide• IPPF EN encouraging Federation to position SRHR in new EU budget cycle • A full pillar […]

Blog post by YSAFE. Covid may have stopped us from meeting in person, but it hasn’t stopped us finding new ways to connect! A team of YSAFErs has been hard at work over the past few months, writing and recording the pilot series of our first ever podcast and we are very happy to share […]

The Youth-Centred Approach (YCA) is about enabling young people to take part in decision-making spaces within the Federation. IPPF European Network has developed a YCA toolkit with the aim of improving the confidence and capacity of young people and adults to implement, upgrade and expand youth participation in our members. The toolkit has six modules […]

IPPF’s Social Enterprise Hub launched the Social Enterprise Academy website last year. This website is a virtual knowledge repository and learning platform to support and empower Member Associations in their ongoing or future social enterprise and business planning process.  This custom-developed and free to use social enterprise platform can be accessed from this link, and the registration takes less than a minute. The below two links provide additional information and can be referred before […]