Member Associations

The Afghan Family Guidance Association (AFGA) was established in 1968 and today delivers a comprehensive range of sexual and reproductive health services and programmes. The country has some of the poorest sexual and reproductive health (SRH) statistics in the world, including: 1 in 8 lifetime risk of maternal death 13% of women aged 15-19 give birth annually  28% of children die before they reach their 5th birthday In the light of such fierce challenges, AFGA’s work is vital. Activity was suspended between 1992 and 2002 owing to war and conflict, but now the organization has permanent clinics and mobile facilities. AFGA’s Family Welfare Centres (located in Kabul, Herat and Jalalabad) provide information on contraceptives, and free contraception; counselling on family planning, adolescent health and HIV and AIDS prevention and treatment; antenatal and post-natal care (where no government-run facilities are readily accessible); screening and treatment of  sexually transmitted infections (STIs); basic infertility treatment; and referral of complicated cases to hospital departments. Contacts Website: www.afga.org.af Facebook https://www.facebook.com/afganfamilyguidance

The Antigua Planned Parenthood Association is part of the Caribbean Family Planning Affiliation (CFPA).  The Antigua Planned Parenthood Association is the only non-government organization providing a comprehensive range of sexual and reproductive health services. Our goals and objectives are to provide the Antiguan/Barbudan population with safe, affordable, and reliable healthcare including family planning based on informed consent. We deliver an average of 15,960 services each year through our static clinic and 13 pharmacies, we also have 11 physicians. The Caribbean Family Planning Affiliation (CFPA) is the only regional non-governmental organization (NGO) devoted to family planning and sexual and reproductive health in the Caribbean. CPFA serves 12 island Member Associations and 5 Associate Member Associations in the Caribbean, Central and South America. It supports these Associations with technical assistance and materials, and represents their collective interests at IPPF meetings and in the Caribbean region among governments and NGOs. CFPA Member Associations are located in Anguilla, Antigua, Aruba, Bahamas, Bermuda, Curacao, Dominica, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Martinique, St. Lucia and St. Vincent. CFPA Associate Member Associations are located in Belize, Barbados, Guyana, Jamaica, Suriname, and Trinidad and Tobago. The CFPA does not offer any clinical services or distribute family planning methods to clients, but rather focuses its work on governance and institution-building among its Member Associations. The CFPA oversees, manages and analyses core grants to 7 Caribbean Member Associations. The CFPA also submits project proposals for donor funding on behalf of the Associations. 

The BFPA also known as the Barbados Family Planning Association is a benevolent organization created to protect, serve, and empower every Barbadian with their Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights embedded in a human and Sexual rights approach. The Association carries out its mission in the following ways clinical and medical service; education; national, community and individual intervention programs; strategic advocacy; intense research; provision of data; and most importantly protecting the most vulnerable and marginalised groups in society. It was established by an act of Parliament in 1954 and governed by an elected group of volunteers. The Association is an independent entity and governed by a constitution. The BFPA for transparency and accountability is governed by a Board of Ten (10) Elected Directors (President, Vice President, Secretary, Treasurer, Public Relation Officer and Five Floor members which consist of two youth members). For further accountability and transparency, several government agencies have ex-officio representatives on the Board these are the Ministry of Health and Wellness, the Ministry of Youth Affairs, the Ministry of Education and Innovation, and the private sector. The diversity is further reflected through our Board and member with additional ex-officio e.g., LGBTQI Persons, Women’s groups, youth, and other partners. The Association is operationally managed by an Executive Director who is supported by highly technical, skilled, and qualified staff. Through a well-managed and sustainable revitalization process, the BFPA membership and board reflects the diversity that is in Barbados, with the following characteristics:  age, ethnicity, religious preference, disability, sexuality, and socio-economic diversity. The BFPA has one location which is a comprehensive clinical facility and community social service hub. With the reorganisation of the work of the BFPA under the societal impact and sustainability pillars of Medical and Clinical Services, Commodity Distribution, Sexual Rights Advocacy and Intervention Programming, Counselling and Mental Health Support, and lastly the protection of the freedom of all to have Sexual Pleasure in a safe, respectful, and private manner.  

The Tunisian Association for Reproductive Health (ATSR), created in April 1968, works in the field of Sexual and Reproductive Health (SRH) and promotes rights through a multi-sectoral partnership.  ATSR provides and facilitates access to SRH information and services, particularly for women, young people and the most underserved and vulnerable populations including migrants and refugees, LGBT, PLHIV, and sex workers.   ATSR also provides comprehensive sexuality education programmes for young people in and out of school to develop their capacity to empower themselves and assert their right to dignity, equality and a healthy, satisfying and responsible sexual life. ATSR has five service delivery centres and three mobile units. In 2020, ATSR provided approximately 200,000 SRH services to 40,000 beneficiaries.  

The Syrian Family Planning Association was created at 1974. SFPA's strategic framework for the period 2016-2022 includes: Our vision: Syrian society enjoys sexual and reproductive health and rights based on free choices without any discrimination. Our mission: To lead a locally owned, globally connected civil society movement that provides and enables services and champions sexual and reproductive health and rights for all especially undeserved. Our values: Social inclusion, commitment, diversity, respect, passion, volunteerism, accountability. To achieve the mission and vision the Syrian Family Planning strategic framework have the number of 4 outcomes each one includes 2 priority objectives as following: Outcome 1: The government respects, protects and activates sexual and reproductive rights and equal gender opportunities. Gaining support of decision-makers, opinion leaders and parliamentarians obligation to carry out the necessary amendments in legislation, policies and practices. Empowerment of youth and women's leaders and their engagement as advocates for change.  Outcome 2: 2,300,000 people have free choices regarding their sexual and reproductive health and rights and protected from gender based violence. Enable young people to access comprehensive sexual education. Raising community awareness through engagement of champions, opinion formers and the media to promote health, choice and rights. Outcome 3: 24.5 million quality integrated sexual and reproductive health services delivered, particularly in humanitarian cases. Deliver integrated package of sexual and reproductive health services, especially in humanitarian cases. Enable sexual and reproductive health services among partners, particularly in humanitarian cases. Outcome 4: A high performing, united, committed and accountable association. Enhance operational effectiveness and double income at the national level. Enhance our volunteer and activist supporter base. SFPA branches distributed all over Syria in 13 governorates (Syria have 14 governorate, AlRaqa still out of the government control).  SFPA is running several projects related sexual reproductive health, focusing on maternal and child health, during the crisis SFPA expand  its services delivery points and do integration for gender base violence counselling services in all its health services using psychosocial support, and case manager. The SFPA Services delivery points at the 13th governorates are as following: 43 paediatric static clinics. 29 mobile team paediatricians. 14 mobile teams for malnutrition screening. 38 RH static clinics. 25 medical RH mobile teams. 1 obstetric and delivery hospital. 1 mammogram. 18 women and girls safe spaces /WGSS/. 24 PSS mobile teams supporting WGSS. 12 youth centers. The framework of SFPA activities focus on the following fields: SRH, Sexual reproductive health. GBV, gender base violence. Child health. Malnutrition prevention for pregnant woman and children under 5. Number of SFPA volunteers around 650, number of SFPA employees around 980.         

The Somaliland Family Health Association (SOFHA) is a community-based organization rooted in improving the SRHR lives of the communities we serve. Our aim is to provide more direct SRH services, advance legislation that supports quality SRHR and reach a broad range of community members, especially young people and the poor.  In our 2 clinics we serve around 4000 women and girls each year. We provide comprehensive integrated SRH services including antenatal, postnatal, delivery, family planning and paediatric services. We also reach 1,000s of women, young people and men each year in our community health education programmes.