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Swastika

Nepal

Blog

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.   
Two young people holding an IUD

11 March 2019

Learn more about this popular long-term and non-hormonal contraceptive method.

Two young people holding an IUD

11 March 2019

Learn more about this popular long-term and non-hormonal contraceptive method.

External condom

11 March 2019

Learn more about this popular non-hormonal contraceptive method.

External condom

11 March 2019

Learn more about this popular non-hormonal contraceptive method.

A nurse administering a HIV test

23 January 2018

On 23rd January 2017, President Trump signed an order reinstating the Global Gag Rule (GGR). An order that has denied millions of US dollars in vital funding to organisations who did not sign the order that targets abortion. IPPF visited Burundi to document the impact of the GGR on the ground.

A nurse administering a HIV test

23 January 2018

On 23rd January 2017, President Trump signed an order reinstating the Global Gag Rule (GGR). An order that has denied millions of US dollars in vital funding to organisations who did not sign the order that targets abortion. IPPF visited Burundi to document the impact of the GGR on the ground.

meeting

17 July 2017

The United Nations Headquarters in New York is currently hosting the High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development, a ten-day gat

meeting

17 July 2017

The United Nations Headquarters in New York is currently hosting the High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development, a ten-day gat

Young students get sex education from IPPF Sweden, RFSU

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.” 

Young students get sex education from IPPF Sweden, RFSU

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.” 

Two young people holding an IUD

11 March 2019

Learn more about this popular long-term and non-hormonal contraceptive method.

Two young people holding an IUD

11 March 2019

Learn more about this popular long-term and non-hormonal contraceptive method.

External condom

11 March 2019

Learn more about this popular non-hormonal contraceptive method.

External condom

11 March 2019

Learn more about this popular non-hormonal contraceptive method.

A nurse administering a HIV test

23 January 2018

On 23rd January 2017, President Trump signed an order reinstating the Global Gag Rule (GGR). An order that has denied millions of US dollars in vital funding to organisations who did not sign the order that targets abortion. IPPF visited Burundi to document the impact of the GGR on the ground.

A nurse administering a HIV test

23 January 2018

On 23rd January 2017, President Trump signed an order reinstating the Global Gag Rule (GGR). An order that has denied millions of US dollars in vital funding to organisations who did not sign the order that targets abortion. IPPF visited Burundi to document the impact of the GGR on the ground.

meeting

17 July 2017

The United Nations Headquarters in New York is currently hosting the High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development, a ten-day gat

meeting

17 July 2017

The United Nations Headquarters in New York is currently hosting the High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development, a ten-day gat

Young students get sex education from IPPF Sweden, RFSU

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.” 

Young students get sex education from IPPF Sweden, RFSU

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.”