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Swastika

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.   
Young woman in a clinic of Profamilia Colombia -credits: John Spaull 2006

17 March 2017

Marta Royo, ED of Profamilia Colombia, tells the story of an 13-years-old girl denied abortion after being repeatedly raped by her father, and the need to protect sexual and reproductive health for marginalised communities.

Young woman in a clinic of Profamilia Colombia -credits: John Spaull 2006

17 March 2017

Marta Royo, ED of Profamilia Colombia, tells the story of an 13-years-old girl denied abortion after being repeatedly raped by her father, and the need to protect sexual and reproductive health for marginalised communities.

Girls from Lesotho

02 March 2017

Access to education, the right to make choices about your own body – these are things many of us take for granted.

Girls from Lesotho

02 March 2017

Access to education, the right to make choices about your own body – these are things many of us take for granted.

14 July 2016

Lorraine is centre manager of the Family Health Options Kenya (FHOK) clinic in Kibera, Nairobi – a place best known for being Africa’s biggest urban slum. Here FHOK is fighting poverty and myths to provide sexual health and education.

14 July 2016

Lorraine is centre manager of the Family Health Options Kenya (FHOK) clinic in Kibera, Nairobi – a place best known for being Africa’s biggest urban slum. Here FHOK is fighting poverty and myths to provide sexual health and education.

Young woman in a clinic of Profamilia Colombia -credits: John Spaull 2006

17 March 2017

Marta Royo, ED of Profamilia Colombia, tells the story of an 13-years-old girl denied abortion after being repeatedly raped by her father, and the need to protect sexual and reproductive health for marginalised communities.

Young woman in a clinic of Profamilia Colombia -credits: John Spaull 2006

17 March 2017

Marta Royo, ED of Profamilia Colombia, tells the story of an 13-years-old girl denied abortion after being repeatedly raped by her father, and the need to protect sexual and reproductive health for marginalised communities.

Girls from Lesotho

02 March 2017

Access to education, the right to make choices about your own body – these are things many of us take for granted.

Girls from Lesotho

02 March 2017

Access to education, the right to make choices about your own body – these are things many of us take for granted.

14 July 2016

Lorraine is centre manager of the Family Health Options Kenya (FHOK) clinic in Kibera, Nairobi – a place best known for being Africa’s biggest urban slum. Here FHOK is fighting poverty and myths to provide sexual health and education.

14 July 2016

Lorraine is centre manager of the Family Health Options Kenya (FHOK) clinic in Kibera, Nairobi – a place best known for being Africa’s biggest urban slum. Here FHOK is fighting poverty and myths to provide sexual health and education.