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Are you under 25 years of age and part of IPPF’s youth networks, or do you volunteer in a Member Association? Then you should take part in the IPPF Youth Challenge and stand a chance to win an all-expenses paid trip to the Colombia General Assebmly. See details below for how to enter.

Be part of IPPF’s 70th Anniversary! Submit your 60-second video congratulating IPPF on our 70th Anniversary, explaining why you are a proud member of the IPPF family. We will use your video at the General Assembly and on our social media channels. Submit your videos via email to GeneralAssembly2022@ippf.org OR via WhatsApp (+44 7918 845944). […]

2023-25 Business Planning The process to develop three-year business plans started in June 2022. The tools have been shared and Member Associations are busy working on the plans. The first step in the business planning process is to identify the indicative amount that each grant-receiving MA is eligible to receive. This amount is determined by […]

Since early May 2022, cases of monkeypox have been reported from countries where the disease is not endemic, and continue to be reported in several endemic countries. Most reported cases so far have been identified through sexual health or other health services in primary or secondary health-care facilities and have involved mainly, but not exclusively, […]

The Planned Parenthood Association of Ghana (PPAG) has partnered with Ghana’s National Youth Authority and other Civil Society organisations in commemoration of this year’s International Youth Day with the maiden National Youth Conference, under the theme; “Intergenerational Solidarity: Creating a World for all Ages’’. As part of activities marking the conference day, PPAG run an […]

By Renee Sewe 12 August 2022: International Youth Day is a day designated by the United Nations to recognize the importance of the youth and draw attention to issues affecting the youth. This year it is being observed under the theme ‘Intergenerational solidarity: Creating a World for All Ages. The theme aims to emphasize that action is needed across […]

Nairobi – 18 August 2022 – On 3 August 2022, the Ugandan National Bureau for Non-Governmental Organizations unfairly halted the activities of Sexual Minorities Uganda (SMUG) – a prominent lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTIQ+) rights organization – for failing to meet the bureau’s registration requirements. SMUG has provided sexuality education and advocated for LGBTIQ+ healthcare since […]

Today is World Humanitarian Day, and this year’s campaign shines a light on the thousands of volunteers, professionals, and crisis-affected people who deliver urgent health care, shelter, food, protection, water, and much more. Watch this short, powerful video that highlights IPPF’s humanitarian response to the Tigray crisis in northern Ethiopia. Responding to Cyclone Ana in Malawi Cyclone Ana hit […]

DRAFT General Assembly Public Statement of Anti-Racism In May 2020, IPPF commissioned an internal institutional anti-racism review. The push for the review came not only from within the organisation but from global events that prompted us – a 70-year-old international NGO – to rethink our own path. Challenged internally by staff and a growing anti-racism […]

Indicative Vote Results Between 20 July and 2 August the 108 full member associations of IPPF were invited to an indicative vote for the draft IPPF Strategy 2023-28: Come Together. Six votes were cast after the voting link closed. The last of these votes was added on 15 August. This means the results are as […]