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IPPF in Geneva: Using the Universal Periodic Review to hold governments to account on their sexual and reproductive health and rights

IPPF staff at the inauguration of IPPF office in Geneva.
The Universal Periodic Review (UPR) is a UN mechanism that allows for the human rights of every country in the world to be reviewed. It is unique in many ways. It is a process that is member state and peer ...
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Kicking off the 2016 AWID Forum; imagining #FeministFutures

Reflections from Preethi Sundaram, Policy and Advocacy Adviser at IPPF who is participating at the AWID forum Today marked day 1 of the 2016 Association of Women's Rights in Development (AWID) Forum. Today’s sessions focused on “current realities”, with the ...
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World Health Assembly hears from Ima: “There’s much more to being a midwife than delivering babies”

Ima with a young patient
Ima, 24, a recently qualified midwife from Indonesia, is a panellist in the Global Dialogue for Citizen-led Accountability for Women’s, Children’s and Adolescents’ Health at the World Health Assembly this week. Here Ima talks about the special challenges of working ...
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Marginalized women need family planning services too!

Woman shows a condom during training
IPPF has pledged to reach 60 million new users of contraception between 2012 and 2020, and is committed to reaching the most underserved populations. By Daniel McCartney, Technical Adviser on HIV/STIs with a focus on key populations at the IPPF ...
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