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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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Akosua Agyepong - Youth Volunteer at Planned Parenthood Association of Ghana (PPAG)

Blog

Youth voices

Scary stories don’t save lives, Comprehensive Sexuality Education does.

It is a shame that many people misunderstand what Comprehensive Sexuality Education is and are totally oblivious to its benefits to us as families, societies, nations and continents. Some individuals and organizations even go the extra mile of petitioning governments to take CSE out of school curricula. To them my final and only word is that scary stories don’t save lives, Comprehensive Sexuality Education does.
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Black protest - Poland

News

Polish Parliament Must Protect Women’s Health and Rights

Poland’s parliament is debating a new draft bill entitled “Stop Abortion.” If adopted, this legislation will further limit the already restricted grounds on which women can lawfully access abortion in Poland. It will place women’s health and lives at risk and violate Poland’s international human rights obligations. We call on Members of Poland’s Parliament to listen to the voices of women across Poland and to reject this regressive legislative proposal and protect women’s health and human rights.
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14 December 2017

Resilience

Mexfam, IPPF member association in Mexico, continued to provide free healthcare during and after the humanitarian crisis caused by record-breaking earthquakes in September 2017, despite many members of staff losing their homes and even family members.
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24 October 2017

Confronting gender stereotypes in Serbia

The Serbian Association for Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRH Serbia) decided to challenge gender stereotypes in Serbian society through the act of theatre-based workshops. Boys and girls participate and literally walk in one another's shoes to help challenge and dismantle 'gender roles'.
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Amal during her outreach work to end FGM in Somaliland

Story

"Dignity, respect and bravery are guiding principles for our work on female genital mutilation (FGM)"

Amal Ahmed, the executive director of our Member Association in Somaliland (SOFHA) recounts her personal experience of being one of the 97-98% of young girls forced to undergo female genital mutilation in Somaliland.
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Elise and Toby

Resource

21 February 2018

Relationships and Sex education is changing in the UK

Current UK guidelines on relationships and sex education (RSE) haven’t changed since 2000; a review is long overdue. In 2019 relationships and sex education will become compulsory in schools in England.
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Leilani

Story

'I have a feeling the future will be better'

Post tropical cyclone Gita, the Humanitarian team were deployed to Tonga where they met Leilani. Leilani identifies as a 'Leiti' (transgender woman) and alongside Tonga Leiti Association and Tonga Health Family Association, she is fighting the stigma and discrimination surrounding the Leiti and LGBTI+ community and ensuring LGBTI+ sexual healthcare needs are met in humanitarian settings.
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