Choices on sex and pregnancy

Projects for girls and young women that offer great potential for making a difference on a large scale.

These projects can guide policy- and decision-makers, educators, service providers and community leaders in re-thinking strategies for girls and young women.

Nicaragua

“I haven’t had sex, but I now know how to
protect myself if I ever do."
15-year old female student

Asociación Pro-Bienestar de la Familia
Nicaragüense (Profamilia), IPPF’s Member
Association in Nicaragua, successfully advocated for the integration and implementation of comprehensive, gender-sensitive and rights-based sexuality education in primary and secondary school national curricula.

Profamilia’s efforts have had a wider effect, as young people’s lives are changing as a result of the new curriculum.

This case study is one of a series of qualitative reviews called 'IPPF Changing lives' which capture the stories of IPPF’s beneficiaries and clients from around the world.

A rapid PEER (participatory ethnographic evaluation and research) approach was used to train project beneficiaries to interview people in their
social network.

These voices provide us with powerful testimonies on lives changed - in some cases, lives saved - and illustrate how IPPF is making a difference.

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