March 2021, Issue 2 Editorial: International Women’s Day “My destiny is to fight for a better world for women” This is how I answered one of my sons when he asked me about my reason for leaving the Moroccan Association for Family Planning to join the International Planned Parenthood Federation in my capacity as IPPF […]
COVID
Preventing GBV
By Seri Wendoh, IPPF’s Global Lead for Gender and Inclusion Gender-based violence is shockingly prevalent – but it is also preventable One in three women globally experience violence across the course of their lives – that’s around 736 million women who suffer physical, mental and/or sexual violence from an intimate partner or non-partner. This figure has remained steady for the […]
Kate & Alvaro’s Report
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 […]
IPPF COVID Guidance
The IPPF COVID-19 Task Force has developed a new guidance sheet for Member Associations on vaccine preparedness. There is a plethora of new vaccines at varying stages of approval. The Covid Taskforce has drafted a document to help Member Associations navigate the available information. As of January 25 2021, a total of nine vaccine candidates […]
Invitation: Covid Forum
CLICK HERE TO REGISTER Date: 28 January 2021, 11:00 Moderator: Dr Nibedita S. Ray-Bennett, Associate Professor in Risk Management, Founding President of Avoidable Deaths Network, University of Leicester Panelists: The Rt Hon. Helen Clark, Co-Chair, The Independent Panel; Nimisha Goswami, IPPF COVID-19 Task Force; Professor Karl Blanchet, Member BRANCH Consortium and PMNCH Knowledge and Evidence […]
Arab World Newsletter
This newsletter is devoted to the ARAB World. It offers a view into the work done by the Member Associations and the regional office. Regional Office News Symposium on youth and combating violence against women: The Arab World Regional Office, represented by the Regional Director, Dr. Fadoua Bakhadda, participated in the symposium organized by the Arab […]
Working Together in the Arab World
A Message from the Regional Director Working together as Member Associations and Regional Office is the motto of the next stage of our development in the region. Togther we will build a unified region capable of defending reproductive health rights and centered around member associations by strengthening their effectiveness and efficiency. Our role, as a Regional […]
News from FPA Sri Lanka
The IPPF Social Enterprise Hub Since 2018, the IPPF Social Enterprise Hub has been hosted and managed by FPA Sri Lanka. The Hub has been supporting a number of MAs and the Secretariat to promote or guide social enterprise initiatives. Social Enterprise is the activity of generating income through a business venture, the surplus of […]
COVID: Round 2 Survey Results
Download the COVID Solidarity Fund Application Guidelines here: ARABIC / ENGLISH / FRENCH / SPANISH As the COVID-19 crisis continued to unfold between March and June, IPPF launched a second round survey to continue analysis of the impact of C-19 on MA operations and SRH service provision in order to inform priorities for an IPPF […]