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, […]
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Women Leadership in IPPF!
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 […]
Meet Kenya’s Celebrated ‘King of Condoms’, Stanley Ngara
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 […]
WISH2ACTION: Improving Access to Sexual Reproductive Health and Rights for Persons Living with Disabilities
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 […]
Delivering disability-inclusive healthcare in Madagascar
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 […]
We are in it together – Universal Health Coverage in the Europe-Africa partnership
Written by Marie Tempesta, Advocacy Advisor IPPF EN As December started, many of us in Europe were probably all looking forward to celebrating Christmas with our loved ones, hoping this year would allow COVID-free celebrations, hugs and many people around the table. However, the arrival of the Omicron variant have us rethinking our plans. It must […]
A Huge Victory for LGBTIQ+ Equality in Botswana: Court Upholds Ruling Decriminalizing Same-Sex Relationships
Nairobi, 30 November 2021 – The International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF) and the Botswana Family Welfare Association (BOFWA) celebrate and welcome Botswana’s Court of Appeal’s decision to uphold a 2019 ruling that decriminalized same-sex relationships. On Monday 29 November 2021, five judges from the Court of Appeal unanimously ruled that criminalising same-sex relationships was a violation […]
IPPF position paper: Universal health coverage and sexual and reproductive health and rights
IPPF’s vision is of a world where all people are free to make choices about their sexuality and well‑being, without discrimination. This position paper articulates IPPF’s priorities in relation to Universal Health Coverage (UHC) and sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) and aims to provide guidance for IPPF Member Associations (MAs) and the Federation […]
SEXUAL AND REPRODUCTIVE JUSTICE NOW! Webinar 6 December 2021
A call to action two years on from the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) + 25 Nairobi Summit We are delighted to invite you to Sexual and reproductive justice now! on Monday 6th December 2021, at 10:00-11:15 BRT / 13:00-14:15 GMT/ 18:30-19:45 IST. Please register in the flyer pasted below or you can register here: […]
Update It’s All One Curriculum: Take the Survey
It has already been more than ten years since the publication of Its All One Curriculum, a comprehensive toolkit that provides guidelines and activities for a unified approach to sexuality, gender, HIV and human rights, used by many MAs. A lot has happened since 2011, and to reflect new realities, IPPF, the Rutgers Center of […]