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A selection of blogs from across the Federation
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Multilateral diplomacy only as powerful as the voices who push for peace
On this International Day for Multilateralism and Diplomacy for Peace, let's recommit ourselves to championing the rights and dignity of women and girls in conflict zones.
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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.
Armenia
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Forced from their homeland, and after months of blockade, women and girls from Nagorno-Karabakh find help in Armenia
As the world watches the daily horrors unfold in Gaza, and the civil war continues unabated in Sudan, another tragedy has been quietly taking place in Euro
24 April 2017
One topic which is often left out of education programmes altogether, due to this discomfiture and social stigma, is abortion. Information about abortion was often found to be inaccurate and/or judgemental in several African countries.
24 April 2017
One topic which is often left out of education programmes altogether, due to this discomfiture and social stigma, is abortion. Information about abortion was often found to be inaccurate and/or judgemental in several African countries.
01 December 2016
This year to mark World AIDS Day I travelled to Swaziland in southern Africa.
01 December 2016
This year to mark World AIDS Day I travelled to Swaziland in southern Africa.
15 October 2016
.p { text-align: justify; align: left; } Uganda has one of the highest
15 October 2016
.p { text-align: justify; align: left; } Uganda has one of the highest
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
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.
09 June 2016
Early marriage is increasing as families are desperate to secure safety for their daughters. But without sexuality education the consequences can be tough.
09 June 2016
Early marriage is increasing as families are desperate to secure safety for their daughters. But without sexuality education the consequences can be tough.
24 April 2017
One topic which is often left out of education programmes altogether, due to this discomfiture and social stigma, is abortion. Information about abortion was often found to be inaccurate and/or judgemental in several African countries.
24 April 2017
One topic which is often left out of education programmes altogether, due to this discomfiture and social stigma, is abortion. Information about abortion was often found to be inaccurate and/or judgemental in several African countries.
01 December 2016
This year to mark World AIDS Day I travelled to Swaziland in southern Africa.
01 December 2016
This year to mark World AIDS Day I travelled to Swaziland in southern Africa.
15 October 2016
.p { text-align: justify; align: left; } Uganda has one of the highest
15 October 2016
.p { text-align: justify; align: left; } Uganda has one of the highest
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
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.
09 June 2016
Early marriage is increasing as families are desperate to secure safety for their daughters. But without sexuality education the consequences can be tough.
09 June 2016
Early marriage is increasing as families are desperate to secure safety for their daughters. But without sexuality education the consequences can be tough.
