Latest Blogs
A selection of blogs from across the Federation
Nepal
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.
02 March 2017
Access to education, the right to make choices about your own body – these are things many of us take for granted.
27 February 2017
Access to family planning is limited in Uganda and the contraceptive prevalence rate stands at only 30%.
02 February 2017
Human rights have always been an important issue but never have they commanded the public agenda as they do now.
12 October 2016
To celebrate the Day of the Girl and to mark the publication of
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.
12 September 2016
Preethi Sundaram, IPPF’s Policy and Advocacy Adviser blogs about her impressions from the 2016 Association of Women’s Rights in Development (AW