Member Associations

Reproductive Health Uganda (RHU) is an indigenous, voluntary, not-for-profit organisation. The association has long-standing experience and expertise providing integrated comprehensive SRHR information and services which include sexuality education, family planning (FP), HIV prevention, care and treatment, breast and cervical cancer screening, sexually transmitted infections (STIs) management, immunisation, etc.   RHU is proud to be associated with pioneering family planning in Uganda. For more than 60 years RHU has been involved in SRHR service provision and advocacy programmes that have defined the SRHR landscape in the country.   Annually RHU provides more than seven (7) million life-saving, affordable, accessible and quality SRHR information and services to the most vulnerable and underserved communities including young people, refugees, and those in hard to reach areas totalling more than 1.2 million people. RHU implements several programmes in humanitarian settings in up to ten (10) refugee settlements.   This is possible through the 19 RHU owned clinics with youth centres, located in the different regions of the country on top of having a franchise clinics totally 60. And a large service delivery network of about 25 outreach teams and over 6,000 community resource persons, conducting over 1,000 outreaches annually.   Our Vision: A Uganda where everyone’s SRHR are fulfilled and protected without discrimination   Our Mission: To champion, provide and enable universal access to rights based SRHR information and services to vulnerable and underserved communities especially young people   Our Values: Voluntarism; Rights Based, Integrity, Choice and Result Oriented  RHU is held in high repute among partners. RHIU has previously chaired of the Uganda Family Planning Consortium - a platform that brings together more than 15 major family planning partners. We are the current deputy chair of the Coalition to End Maternal Mortality Due to Unsafe Abortion, we sit on many working groups in the ministries of health, gender and education. We lead a number of platforms that bring together different SRHR partners implementing specific advocacy interventions.    

Established in 2004 by Her Majesty the Queen of Bhutan, Respect, Educate, Nurture, Empower Women (RENEW) became an Associate Member Association of IPPF in November 2009. It aims to be the leading organization in shaping the future role of women in Bhutanese Society, helping to reduce vulnerabilities while nurturing and empowering them. Their work is focused on reaching poor, disadvantaged and adolescent girls and women. RENEW has a widespread community-based support (CBS) system (established in 20 districts), and a community outreach programme run from the RENEW centre. Work focuses on sensitization with regard to HIV and AIDS, education in family planning approaches and contraceptive methods, and enhancing the safety of pregnancy and childbirth. A clear problem in Bhutan is the unequal position of women. One of the expressions of gender inequality is high levels of gender-based violence (GBV) which is seen as a natural part of married life, and not as an issue. RENEW has a vigorous education programme designed to reverse such attitudes. Bhutan is a unique country: all development is based on promoting Gross National Happiness (GNH), and comprehensive sexual and reproductive health (SRH) services, acceptance of every individual’s sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR), and the practical realization of those rights are regarded as critical components in increasing GNH. Given this political context, RENEW has ambitious targets. Although it has only been established for 10 years, it is making remarkable strides towards the achievement of better SRH and SRHR outcomes for the nation and its people.