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Nepal
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Breaking Barriers: Inside Nepal’s First LGBTQIA+ Hormonal and Laser Therapy Clinic
“In my mind, I only ‘came out’ once – from my mother’s womb,” says Swastika, a transgender activist and clinic coordinator of Nepal’s first Hormonal and Laser Therapy Clinic for LGBTQIA+ people. The clinic was established in 2022 in collaboration with IPPF’s member association, the Family Planning Association of Nepal (FPAN) and the Blue Diamond Society (BDS), Nepal’s pioneering LGBTQIA+ organization.
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Nepal
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Breaking Barriers: Inside Nepal’s First LGBTQIA+ Hormonal and Laser Therapy Clinic
“In my mind, I only ‘came out’ once – from my mother’s womb,” says Swastika, a transgender activist and clinic coordinator of Nepal’s first Hormonal and Laser Therapy Clinic for LGBTQIA+ people.
Kiribati
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Doubling Down on Anti-Racism Efforts in Sexual and Reproductive Health: A Call to Action
As we join together to commemorate the International Day Against Racial Discrimination, it becomes increasingly apparent that we must address the lingering coloni
Maldives
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Nurse Shifaana: The Progress of sexual and reproductive rights in the Maldives
Rapid population growth rate led the Government of Maldives to implement its first program with a focus on family planning and contraception in 1988.
Sudan
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Demand for sexual and gender-based violence support quadruples amid Sudan’s ongoing conflict
Since the start of the brutal armed conflict between the Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in mid-April 2023, conflict-related rape and sexual violence agains
Maldives
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Aik Easa: Marriage and Sexuality of Maldivian Youths
Aik Ahmed Easa, 26, has been involved with IPPF’s Member Association in the Maldives - the
Vanuatu
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2023 in sexual and reproductive health and rights
2023 gave us a lot to talk about in terms of sexual and reproductive health, rights and justice.
Lesotho
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Step on the Red Carpet: Lesotho’s Youth Receiving Premium SRHR Services through IPPF’s Member Association
Lesotho, a country situated in Southern Africa and landlocked by the Republic of South Africa, has an estimated total population of 2.1 million people.
11 May 2017
“In our home countries we’re supposed to have some sex education, but the teachers often tear those pages out of the biology books. The subject of sex is taboo.”
11 May 2017
“In our home countries we’re supposed to have some sex education, but the teachers often tear those pages out of the biology books. The subject of sex is taboo.”
05 April 2017
Cyclone Winston that devastated Fiji was the strongest to ever hit the South Pacific.
05 April 2017
Cyclone Winston that devastated Fiji was the strongest to ever hit the South Pacific.
23 November 2016
Mention Nyala in South Darfur and red flags go up, alerts of a lawless place, a place of insecurity – a volatile place.
23 November 2016
Mention Nyala in South Darfur and red flags go up, alerts of a lawless place, a place of insecurity – a volatile place.
12 October 2016
To celebrate the Day of the Girl and to mark the publication of
12 October 2016
To celebrate the Day of the Girl and to mark the publication of
11 October 2016
by Hayley Gleeson, Project Coordinator for ACT!2015 and Ruben Pages, Youth Programmes Coordinator at UNAIDS.
11 October 2016
by Hayley Gleeson, Project Coordinator for ACT!2015 and Ruben Pages, Youth Programmes Coordinator at UNAIDS.
24 September 2016
SIZE defines many things about Nigeria. Being Africa’s most populous country ensures that plenty of the issues it faces are big.
24 September 2016
SIZE defines many things about Nigeria. Being Africa’s most populous country ensures that plenty of the issues it faces are big.
11 May 2017
“In our home countries we’re supposed to have some sex education, but the teachers often tear those pages out of the biology books. The subject of sex is taboo.”
11 May 2017
“In our home countries we’re supposed to have some sex education, but the teachers often tear those pages out of the biology books. The subject of sex is taboo.”
05 April 2017
Cyclone Winston that devastated Fiji was the strongest to ever hit the South Pacific.
05 April 2017
Cyclone Winston that devastated Fiji was the strongest to ever hit the South Pacific.
23 November 2016
Mention Nyala in South Darfur and red flags go up, alerts of a lawless place, a place of insecurity – a volatile place.
23 November 2016
Mention Nyala in South Darfur and red flags go up, alerts of a lawless place, a place of insecurity – a volatile place.
12 October 2016
To celebrate the Day of the Girl and to mark the publication of
12 October 2016
To celebrate the Day of the Girl and to mark the publication of
11 October 2016
by Hayley Gleeson, Project Coordinator for ACT!2015 and Ruben Pages, Youth Programmes Coordinator at UNAIDS.
11 October 2016
by Hayley Gleeson, Project Coordinator for ACT!2015 and Ruben Pages, Youth Programmes Coordinator at UNAIDS.
24 September 2016
SIZE defines many things about Nigeria. Being Africa’s most populous country ensures that plenty of the issues it faces are big.
24 September 2016
SIZE defines many things about Nigeria. Being Africa’s most populous country ensures that plenty of the issues it faces are big.
