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International Safe Abortion Day

Please join ICFP and IPPF for the below webinar on 28 September, International Safe Abortion Day. To register, please use this link. Interpretation into French and Spanish will be available. The recent overturning by the US Supreme Court of its 1973 landmark decision in the case of Roe v Wade brings a devastating rollback on […]

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Join our – IPPF Global Rebrand Committee

Help redesign the future of IPPF! IPPF has gone through momentous changes in recent years. Many of these would not have been possible without you, our members, on the frontline fighting for and delivering change for the realization of sexual and reproductive rights. As IPPF embarks on an ambitious and forward-thinking Strategic Framework and initiates […]

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Grab the Mic!

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.

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IPPF 70th Anniversary Video’s!

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). […]

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Updated: Stream 1 Formula

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 […]

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Monkeypox Update

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, […]

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PPAG Partners National Youth Authority to Commemorate International Youth Day ‘22

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 […]

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Leaving no youth behind: WISH2ACTION’s youth weekend clinics in Tanzania

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 […]

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Ugandan LGBTIQ+ Organisation Banned by Government

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 […]

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World Humanitarian Day

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 […]

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