Our Priorities

IPPF is a locally owned, globally connected civil society movement.

We work to ensure people are free to make choices about their sexuality and well-being, in a world without discrimination. 

 

Women and children in Nepal - credits: IPPF/Join Spaull/Nepal

Women and girls

Two-thirds of the 1.4 billion living in extreme poverty are women.

Almost 50% of all sexual assaults are against girls 15 years old and younger. Globally, HIV is the leading cause of death among women of reproductive age.

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School pupils in Uganda - credits: IPPF/Tommy Trenchard/Uganda

Youth

Today the world is home to 1.8 billion young people under the age of 25. This is the largest generation of young people, ever, and is a vastly diverse group of individuals.

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credits: IPPF/Tommy Trenchard/Uganda

Poor and vulnerable

Marginalized communities have the greatest need for sexual and reproductive health services and include young people, sex workers, men who have sex with men, people who inject drugs, sexually diverse populations and prisoners.

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dignity kit distribution

Humanitarian

Women’s need for reproductive health care is not suspended in a humanitarian crises. One-quarter of people affected by crises are women and girls aged 15-49. In crisis settings there is a heightened risk of early marriage, sexual violence, unsafe abortions and unattended births. Transmission rates of STIs, including HIV, also increase in emergencies whilst access to normal healthcare services decreases.

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