Member Associations

Established in Jerusalem in 1964, the Palestinian Family Planning and Protection Association (PFPPA) is locally registered as an independent, non-profit and non-governmental associations with its headquarter office being in Jerusalem. According to PFPPA’s 2016- 2022 Strategic plan, it aims to: Modify policies and decisions to respect Sexual Reproductive Health Rights (SRHR) and gender equity. Provide information for people to make well informed decision and choices regarding their SRHR. Deliver rights based, high quality integrated SRH services.  Enhance the association is high performing, efficient, transparent and accountable. PFPPA has service delivery points, located in the West Bank Areas of Ramallah, Bethlehem, Hebron and Halhoul, in addition to one in the Gaza Strip. Furthermore, and in cooperation with local partners PFPPA is also responsible for 5 safe spaces to provide Gender Based Violence (GBV) related services in the Jerusalem area. PFPPA is known for the provision of comprehensive and diverse services, mainly related to: Sexual and reproductive health services (including that related to GBV), particularly for girls and women. Demand generation and mobile medical team activities reaching the most marginalized groups and areas.  Raising awareness on SRH including comprehensive sexuality education (in and out of schools).  Mobilizing activists and civil society actors to advocate for reforming laws that advance SRH and influence national policy. Conducting applied national studies related to unmet SRH needs.  Training for young leaders, staff, service providers and community leaders from local governmental and non-governmental organizations.  In the past two years alone, PFPPA has been able to reach nearly 190,000 clients with over 850,000 services, over 80% being poor and vulnerable and over 85% being female also noting the vast majority being served within a humanitarian context.

FEDERA Foundation for Women and Family Planning (formerly the Federation) is a non-governmental organization operating since 1991, fighting for reproductive justice. FEDERA's mission is advocating for basic human rights, especially the right of women to decide freely whether and when to have children. In FEDERA’s opinion, the possibility to enjoy this right is for women a condition of self-determination, as well as the condition of equalizing the life opportunities of women and men. They are fulfilling our mission through: Providing assistance to women in access to legal abortion in Polish hospitals and providing information on access to abortion care abroad and medical abortion, Intervening in cases of women being refused access to medical services in the field of reproductive health, Providing expert advice via helplines in individual queries addressed by persons in need of access to SRH services, Initiating and supporting activities focusing on women’s right to conscious motherhood, Monitoring the state of reproductive rights, Preparing reports on women’s health and reproductive rights, Promoting knowledge about reproductive health, Advocating for the access to adequate quality of reproductive and sexual health services, Advocating for the liberalization and decriminalization of access to abortion, Promoting knowledge about international mechanisms of human rights protection, Applying to international human rights institutions with the aim of improving the state of human rights observance in Poland, including the right to health, Media campaigns. Contact: Facebook, Instagram.

PWS is a grassroots, independent social movement committed to create Poland for everyone - where rights of women, LGBT+ persons, persons with disabilities, seniors, people with lower income, people of ethnic minorities are respected and secured, with the priority for the right to abortion and other reproductive rights, as a founding issue of their movement. Contact: Twitter, Instagram.