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Cambodian workers at health day organised by Reproductive Health Association of Cambodia - credits: IPPF/Omar Havana/Cambodia

About IPPF

We deliver sexual and reproductive health services that let people make their own choices. We are local, through our members and volunteers, and global, through our network. We meet need, wherever it is, whoever requires it, for as long as they want it.
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#NiUnaMenos campaign in Latin America

Blog

Why 16 days of activism against gender-based violence matters

25 November–10 December marks 16 days of activism against GBV. For decades IPPF and its members have been working to break the shocking cycle of violence towards women and girls – you can play your part too.
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30 November 2018

Quiz: "Can I get HIV from kissing?"

1 December is World AIDS Day. Over the past few decades, HIV and AIDS have been discussed a lot, but what do you really know about them? Find out in our quiz...
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26 November 2018

Watch: Bridging the Gap

It is estimated that two-thirds of women do not have access to sexual and reproductive healthcare services in Ethiopia, the second most populous country in Africa. Our member association, Family Guidance Association of Ethiopia (FGAE), is bridging this gap between the need for healthcare and women by bringing services into the heart of the workplace.
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30 October 2018

Watch: Ending child marriage in Malawi

Malawi has one of the highest rates of child marriage in the world. It's estimated that 47% of women and girls are married before the age of 18. Watch our short film on how our member association, Family Planning Association Malawi (FPAM) is helping to put an end to child marriage.
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WISH Family Planning

News

New flagship health programme to transform the lives of millions of women and girls

The lives of millions of women and girls across Africa and South Asia will be transformed by new sexual and reproductive healthcare programmes led by IPPF and Marie Stopes International.
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Her in charge - Medical abortion and women’s lives - A call for action

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28 September 2018

Her in charge - Medical abortion and women’s lives - A call for action

IPPF's Her in Charge report presses governments, health, academic and NGO sectors to take immediate steps to stop women from dying and suffering disabilities due to an unsafe abortion, by radically scaling up medical abortion efforts.
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Hasina, a sex worker and peer educator sits outside a brothel, India

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"Selling my body doesn’t make me a bad person"

Hasina turned to sex work when her husband died and left her and her three-year-old daughter without an income. She admits it initially made her feel powerless until she began working as a peer educator with Family Planning Association of India. She now feels that she has some control over her own body.
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