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Dear Colleagues,  We are happy to send you the most recent update on the International Planned Parenthood Federation’s (IPPF) Americas and the Caribbean Transition. This newsletter is for all Member Associations (MAs) in the region, sent to Executive Directors and Presidents.   Not without challenges, significant progress has been made and now the region has a […]

To celebrate the first anniversary of the Nairobi Summit, IPPF has launched regional versions of the ‘ICPD+25 Nairobi Summit: A roadmap for fulfilling the promise’. IPPF believes in the power of multi-lingual diversity and localisation, so has produced reports in Arabic, Portuguese, French, Spanish and Russian. Explore the database of national commitments and help make […]

This year marks the 20th Anniversary of the Macedonian Member Association HERA. The organisation was first established in response to Macedonia’s HIV epidemic. It has grown in size and scope since then. Today, it is a national civil society leader working on issues of sexual and reproductive health as well as gender equality. “Looking back […]

In October, we released a draft of the proposed Stream 1 formula to the Federation for an open comment period. For the sake of transparency, we are sharing all of the written comments we received. As promised they have all been anonymized. Where appropriate, we have provided our responses to the comments. The memo is […]

Americas and Caribbean Transition Consultation Process  The Americas and Caribbean Transition Strategy Development Process is coming to an end. This process began at the end of September and has been instrumental to understand the current needs of women, girls and youth, and communities left behind. This week the results of the internal reflection, listening tour […]

The International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF) congratulates US President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris on their victory. It is hard to overstate the global damage to sexual and reproductive health and rights by the Trump Administration, and the global effort and collaboration which will be required under the new Democratic administration to undo […]

Dear Colleagues, This has been a year of so much pain, hardship, chaos and loss that it is hard to comprehend. The Covid19 crisis has exposed and amplified problems while putting a spotlight on innumerable forms of inequality. The colossal bill for dealing with the virus and the loss of economic activity will produce a […]

Some of you have reached out for support on messaging on the US Elections. Today, the people of the USA go to the polls to cast their vote for President. Whilst results may be announced on Wednesday or Thursday, a definitive outcome may also take some time.  The stakes are high for our sector, especially […]

On 22 October 2020, the independent consultancy firm, Redstone, based in Colorado, USA, held a Zoom consultation on the new resource allocation formula that is currently being developed. The Zoom call forms part of a series consultations, which has included surveys and interviews conducted with the Member Associations. The new formula will help determine indicative […]

IPPF EN pushed the EU for gender equality and SRHR worldwide To promote gender equality and women’s empowerment in its own external relations, the EU has a framework known as the EU Gender Action Plan (GAP) which is up for renewal in 2020. IPPF EN strongly believes that gender equality and the empowerment of girls […]