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Resources

Latest resources from across the federation and our partners

Spotlight

A selection of resources from across the Federation

HIV
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HIV Theory of Change

Our HIV Theory of Change is to clarify the goals and vision of IPPF’s HIV programme and to articulate the different pathways and strategies IPPF uses to contribute towards its HIV goals and vision.
technical brief humanitarian
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| 10 January 2022

Technical Brief on Comprehensive Sexuality Education for Adolescents in Protracted Humanitarian Settings

In line with the IPPF Humanitarian Strategy 2018–2022, we present promising practices to guide IPPF Member Associations and partners in the provision of CSE, specifically when operating in protracted humanitarian crisis environments and call the humanitarian community to action to recognize and adolescent sexual and reproductive health (ASRH) needs and rights in emergency response programming. This technical brief is available below in English, Arabic, French, and Spanish.

technical brief humanitarian
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| 29 March 2024

Technical Brief on Comprehensive Sexuality Education for Adolescents in Protracted Humanitarian Settings

In line with the IPPF Humanitarian Strategy 2018–2022, we present promising practices to guide IPPF Member Associations and partners in the provision of CSE, specifically when operating in protracted humanitarian crisis environments and call the humanitarian community to action to recognize and adolescent sexual and reproductive health (ASRH) needs and rights in emergency response programming. This technical brief is available below in English, Arabic, French, and Spanish.

Two young people smiling
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| 21 September 2020

It's All One Curriculum

Researchers have identified gender inequality as a key factor driving the AIDS pandemic. Policymakers have called for sexuality and HIV education that emphasizes gender equality and human rights. Educators want to teach young people the critical thinking skills needed to build compassionate and just societies. It's All One Curriculum responds to these calls.

Two young people smiling
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| 21 September 2020

It's All One Curriculum

Researchers have identified gender inequality as a key factor driving the AIDS pandemic. Policymakers have called for sexuality and HIV education that emphasizes gender equality and human rights. Educators want to teach young people the critical thinking skills needed to build compassionate and just societies. It's All One Curriculum responds to these calls.

opening of the film
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| 12 August 2020

Tanzania: A youth center on a mission to destigmatize sexual health

Cultural stigmas leave many young people in Tanzania in the dark about their sexual and reproductive health and rights. Our Member Association - Chama cha Uzazi na Malezi Bora Tanzania (UMATI) - has come up with a solution at their youth center in Dar es Salaam: peer-to-peer educators.  Every week over 100 youth sign up for services and training at the center. In 2017 the Global Gag Rule pulled funding from UMATI, however, the Belgian Government stepped in with emergency funding which allowed the center to remain open through the She Decides project.

opening of the film
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| 12 August 2020

Tanzania: A youth center on a mission to destigmatize sexual health

Cultural stigmas leave many young people in Tanzania in the dark about their sexual and reproductive health and rights. Our Member Association - Chama cha Uzazi na Malezi Bora Tanzania (UMATI) - has come up with a solution at their youth center in Dar es Salaam: peer-to-peer educators.  Every week over 100 youth sign up for services and training at the center. In 2017 the Global Gag Rule pulled funding from UMATI, however, the Belgian Government stepped in with emergency funding which allowed the center to remain open through the She Decides project.

Refugee family
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| 18 June 2020

Forced to flee from home... What would you do?

Forced to flee from home... What would you do?People are being forced from their homes more than ever. Whether they are fleeing conflict or lose their homes to natural disasters, there are an estimated 70.8 million refugees worldwide. Women & girls are often most at risk – the threat of sexual and gender-based violence increases as does the risk of trafficking, and basic healthcare can get overlooked.  We want to know: what would you do under these circumstances? Life has always been largely peaceful in your country until one day civil war suddenly breaks out and you and your family are forced to flee home.Once you cross the border and are settled into a refugee camp, your husband refuses to use contraception and your injectable is only effective for 12 weeks.You are worried you’ll get pregnant again, something you do not want to happen whilst you are in the refugee camp with limited access to healthcare, and whilst your family is already struggling to survive.You decide to:Your name is Fatima, and you are a 29-year-old high school teacher. You are married with two young children – a daughter aged four, and a son, two. After a few months in the camp you realise you are pregnant. Abortion is legal in your host country, but as a refugee you are unsure of your rights and the closest hospital is over 60km away.You hear about abortion pills from other women in the camp that are available through local mobile clinics.You decide to:You seek advice on the methods of contraception available to you from the local outreach worker. You decide on a long-acting contraceptive method called Jadelle, an implant.As you are worried that your husband will find out, the outreach worker advises you to bring him along to a group session on contraception.You decide to:You are able to receive medical abortion pills through a nurse practitioner at the local clinic, who explains you the safe way to take the pills at home. She also provides you with contraception counselling and options for the future. At the local district hospital, medical practitioners are under the misbelief it is not possible to provide surgical abortions to refugees, whilst others refuse to provide abortions on moral grounds, therefore forcing you through an unintended pregnancy. You and your husband attend the family planning session with other couples from the camp. Your husband is convinced of the importance of contraception and you both agree that the Jadelle and condoms are the best options for you to avoid an unintended pregnancy.You now have up to five years of protection against unintended pregnancy. However, you are still worried about the risk of STI and HIV transmission but are unable to talk about contraception to your husband.

Refugee family
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| 18 June 2020

Forced to flee from home... What would you do?

Forced to flee from home... What would you do?People are being forced from their homes more than ever. Whether they are fleeing conflict or lose their homes to natural disasters, there are an estimated 70.8 million refugees worldwide. Women & girls are often most at risk – the threat of sexual and gender-based violence increases as does the risk of trafficking, and basic healthcare can get overlooked.  We want to know: what would you do under these circumstances? Life has always been largely peaceful in your country until one day civil war suddenly breaks out and you and your family are forced to flee home.Once you cross the border and are settled into a refugee camp, your husband refuses to use contraception and your injectable is only effective for 12 weeks.You are worried you’ll get pregnant again, something you do not want to happen whilst you are in the refugee camp with limited access to healthcare, and whilst your family is already struggling to survive.You decide to:Your name is Fatima, and you are a 29-year-old high school teacher. You are married with two young children – a daughter aged four, and a son, two. After a few months in the camp you realise you are pregnant. Abortion is legal in your host country, but as a refugee you are unsure of your rights and the closest hospital is over 60km away.You hear about abortion pills from other women in the camp that are available through local mobile clinics.You decide to:You seek advice on the methods of contraception available to you from the local outreach worker. You decide on a long-acting contraceptive method called Jadelle, an implant.As you are worried that your husband will find out, the outreach worker advises you to bring him along to a group session on contraception.You decide to:You are able to receive medical abortion pills through a nurse practitioner at the local clinic, who explains you the safe way to take the pills at home. She also provides you with contraception counselling and options for the future. At the local district hospital, medical practitioners are under the misbelief it is not possible to provide surgical abortions to refugees, whilst others refuse to provide abortions on moral grounds, therefore forcing you through an unintended pregnancy. You and your husband attend the family planning session with other couples from the camp. Your husband is convinced of the importance of contraception and you both agree that the Jadelle and condoms are the best options for you to avoid an unintended pregnancy.You now have up to five years of protection against unintended pregnancy. However, you are still worried about the risk of STI and HIV transmission but are unable to talk about contraception to your husband.

let's talk about sex and disability
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| 20 September 2019

Watch: Let's Talk About... Sex & Disability

"Disabled people are sexy" "If you’re blind, how do you have sex? And I’m thinking, what kind of sex are you having?" Our new series tackles five major topics: Sex & Disability, Sex & Pleasure, Sex & Consent, Sex Education and Sex & Social Media. In this episode, Joy and Rachelle talk about their own experiences of living with a disability and some of the stigma and stereotypes they face when it comes to sex. They also have a few handy tips (hint more people should have sex with people living with a disability) on how to incorporate your disability into your sex life!

let's talk about sex and disability
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| 20 September 2019

Watch: Let's Talk About... Sex & Disability

"Disabled people are sexy" "If you’re blind, how do you have sex? And I’m thinking, what kind of sex are you having?" Our new series tackles five major topics: Sex & Disability, Sex & Pleasure, Sex & Consent, Sex Education and Sex & Social Media. In this episode, Joy and Rachelle talk about their own experiences of living with a disability and some of the stigma and stereotypes they face when it comes to sex. They also have a few handy tips (hint more people should have sex with people living with a disability) on how to incorporate your disability into your sex life!

Beauty parlour-related training
Resource

| 08 August 2019

Watch - Beauty Behind Bars: Life after prison for women in India

India is home to 20 female-only prisons, that have the capacity to hold just 5,000 inmates. Women currently make up 4% of India's prison population. Before they reach prison, many women have already experienced sexual and gender-based violence. Many inmates face discrimination and are often ostracized from their community and their families once they are released. Realizing a gap in care for women once released, the Family Planning Association of India (FPAI) have stepped in to ensure women are equipped with not only healthcare whilst in prison but life training skills. Skills that will financially support them and their children with or without the support of their families. Established in 1949, the Family Planning Association of India has provided life skills training ranging from beauty parlour related work to car mechanics to 768 women in six locations.

Beauty parlour-related training
Resource

| 08 August 2019

Watch - Beauty Behind Bars: Life after prison for women in India

India is home to 20 female-only prisons, that have the capacity to hold just 5,000 inmates. Women currently make up 4% of India's prison population. Before they reach prison, many women have already experienced sexual and gender-based violence. Many inmates face discrimination and are often ostracized from their community and their families once they are released. Realizing a gap in care for women once released, the Family Planning Association of India (FPAI) have stepped in to ensure women are equipped with not only healthcare whilst in prison but life training skills. Skills that will financially support them and their children with or without the support of their families. Established in 1949, the Family Planning Association of India has provided life skills training ranging from beauty parlour related work to car mechanics to 768 women in six locations.

technical brief humanitarian
Resource

| 10 January 2022

Technical Brief on Comprehensive Sexuality Education for Adolescents in Protracted Humanitarian Settings

In line with the IPPF Humanitarian Strategy 2018–2022, we present promising practices to guide IPPF Member Associations and partners in the provision of CSE, specifically when operating in protracted humanitarian crisis environments and call the humanitarian community to action to recognize and adolescent sexual and reproductive health (ASRH) needs and rights in emergency response programming. This technical brief is available below in English, Arabic, French, and Spanish.

technical brief humanitarian
Resource

| 29 March 2024

Technical Brief on Comprehensive Sexuality Education for Adolescents in Protracted Humanitarian Settings

In line with the IPPF Humanitarian Strategy 2018–2022, we present promising practices to guide IPPF Member Associations and partners in the provision of CSE, specifically when operating in protracted humanitarian crisis environments and call the humanitarian community to action to recognize and adolescent sexual and reproductive health (ASRH) needs and rights in emergency response programming. This technical brief is available below in English, Arabic, French, and Spanish.

Two young people smiling
Resource

| 21 September 2020

It's All One Curriculum

Researchers have identified gender inequality as a key factor driving the AIDS pandemic. Policymakers have called for sexuality and HIV education that emphasizes gender equality and human rights. Educators want to teach young people the critical thinking skills needed to build compassionate and just societies. It's All One Curriculum responds to these calls.

Two young people smiling
Resource

| 21 September 2020

It's All One Curriculum

Researchers have identified gender inequality as a key factor driving the AIDS pandemic. Policymakers have called for sexuality and HIV education that emphasizes gender equality and human rights. Educators want to teach young people the critical thinking skills needed to build compassionate and just societies. It's All One Curriculum responds to these calls.

opening of the film
Resource

| 12 August 2020

Tanzania: A youth center on a mission to destigmatize sexual health

Cultural stigmas leave many young people in Tanzania in the dark about their sexual and reproductive health and rights. Our Member Association - Chama cha Uzazi na Malezi Bora Tanzania (UMATI) - has come up with a solution at their youth center in Dar es Salaam: peer-to-peer educators.  Every week over 100 youth sign up for services and training at the center. In 2017 the Global Gag Rule pulled funding from UMATI, however, the Belgian Government stepped in with emergency funding which allowed the center to remain open through the She Decides project.

opening of the film
Resource

| 12 August 2020

Tanzania: A youth center on a mission to destigmatize sexual health

Cultural stigmas leave many young people in Tanzania in the dark about their sexual and reproductive health and rights. Our Member Association - Chama cha Uzazi na Malezi Bora Tanzania (UMATI) - has come up with a solution at their youth center in Dar es Salaam: peer-to-peer educators.  Every week over 100 youth sign up for services and training at the center. In 2017 the Global Gag Rule pulled funding from UMATI, however, the Belgian Government stepped in with emergency funding which allowed the center to remain open through the She Decides project.

Refugee family
Resource

| 18 June 2020

Forced to flee from home... What would you do?

Forced to flee from home... What would you do?People are being forced from their homes more than ever. Whether they are fleeing conflict or lose their homes to natural disasters, there are an estimated 70.8 million refugees worldwide. Women & girls are often most at risk – the threat of sexual and gender-based violence increases as does the risk of trafficking, and basic healthcare can get overlooked.  We want to know: what would you do under these circumstances? Life has always been largely peaceful in your country until one day civil war suddenly breaks out and you and your family are forced to flee home.Once you cross the border and are settled into a refugee camp, your husband refuses to use contraception and your injectable is only effective for 12 weeks.You are worried you’ll get pregnant again, something you do not want to happen whilst you are in the refugee camp with limited access to healthcare, and whilst your family is already struggling to survive.You decide to:Your name is Fatima, and you are a 29-year-old high school teacher. You are married with two young children – a daughter aged four, and a son, two. After a few months in the camp you realise you are pregnant. Abortion is legal in your host country, but as a refugee you are unsure of your rights and the closest hospital is over 60km away.You hear about abortion pills from other women in the camp that are available through local mobile clinics.You decide to:You seek advice on the methods of contraception available to you from the local outreach worker. You decide on a long-acting contraceptive method called Jadelle, an implant.As you are worried that your husband will find out, the outreach worker advises you to bring him along to a group session on contraception.You decide to:You are able to receive medical abortion pills through a nurse practitioner at the local clinic, who explains you the safe way to take the pills at home. She also provides you with contraception counselling and options for the future. At the local district hospital, medical practitioners are under the misbelief it is not possible to provide surgical abortions to refugees, whilst others refuse to provide abortions on moral grounds, therefore forcing you through an unintended pregnancy. You and your husband attend the family planning session with other couples from the camp. Your husband is convinced of the importance of contraception and you both agree that the Jadelle and condoms are the best options for you to avoid an unintended pregnancy.You now have up to five years of protection against unintended pregnancy. However, you are still worried about the risk of STI and HIV transmission but are unable to talk about contraception to your husband.

Refugee family
Resource

| 18 June 2020

Forced to flee from home... What would you do?

Forced to flee from home... What would you do?People are being forced from their homes more than ever. Whether they are fleeing conflict or lose their homes to natural disasters, there are an estimated 70.8 million refugees worldwide. Women & girls are often most at risk – the threat of sexual and gender-based violence increases as does the risk of trafficking, and basic healthcare can get overlooked.  We want to know: what would you do under these circumstances? Life has always been largely peaceful in your country until one day civil war suddenly breaks out and you and your family are forced to flee home.Once you cross the border and are settled into a refugee camp, your husband refuses to use contraception and your injectable is only effective for 12 weeks.You are worried you’ll get pregnant again, something you do not want to happen whilst you are in the refugee camp with limited access to healthcare, and whilst your family is already struggling to survive.You decide to:Your name is Fatima, and you are a 29-year-old high school teacher. You are married with two young children – a daughter aged four, and a son, two. After a few months in the camp you realise you are pregnant. Abortion is legal in your host country, but as a refugee you are unsure of your rights and the closest hospital is over 60km away.You hear about abortion pills from other women in the camp that are available through local mobile clinics.You decide to:You seek advice on the methods of contraception available to you from the local outreach worker. You decide on a long-acting contraceptive method called Jadelle, an implant.As you are worried that your husband will find out, the outreach worker advises you to bring him along to a group session on contraception.You decide to:You are able to receive medical abortion pills through a nurse practitioner at the local clinic, who explains you the safe way to take the pills at home. She also provides you with contraception counselling and options for the future. At the local district hospital, medical practitioners are under the misbelief it is not possible to provide surgical abortions to refugees, whilst others refuse to provide abortions on moral grounds, therefore forcing you through an unintended pregnancy. You and your husband attend the family planning session with other couples from the camp. Your husband is convinced of the importance of contraception and you both agree that the Jadelle and condoms are the best options for you to avoid an unintended pregnancy.You now have up to five years of protection against unintended pregnancy. However, you are still worried about the risk of STI and HIV transmission but are unable to talk about contraception to your husband.

let's talk about sex and disability
Resource

| 20 September 2019

Watch: Let's Talk About... Sex & Disability

"Disabled people are sexy" "If you’re blind, how do you have sex? And I’m thinking, what kind of sex are you having?" Our new series tackles five major topics: Sex & Disability, Sex & Pleasure, Sex & Consent, Sex Education and Sex & Social Media. In this episode, Joy and Rachelle talk about their own experiences of living with a disability and some of the stigma and stereotypes they face when it comes to sex. They also have a few handy tips (hint more people should have sex with people living with a disability) on how to incorporate your disability into your sex life!

let's talk about sex and disability
Resource

| 20 September 2019

Watch: Let's Talk About... Sex & Disability

"Disabled people are sexy" "If you’re blind, how do you have sex? And I’m thinking, what kind of sex are you having?" Our new series tackles five major topics: Sex & Disability, Sex & Pleasure, Sex & Consent, Sex Education and Sex & Social Media. In this episode, Joy and Rachelle talk about their own experiences of living with a disability and some of the stigma and stereotypes they face when it comes to sex. They also have a few handy tips (hint more people should have sex with people living with a disability) on how to incorporate your disability into your sex life!

Beauty parlour-related training
Resource

| 08 August 2019

Watch - Beauty Behind Bars: Life after prison for women in India

India is home to 20 female-only prisons, that have the capacity to hold just 5,000 inmates. Women currently make up 4% of India's prison population. Before they reach prison, many women have already experienced sexual and gender-based violence. Many inmates face discrimination and are often ostracized from their community and their families once they are released. Realizing a gap in care for women once released, the Family Planning Association of India (FPAI) have stepped in to ensure women are equipped with not only healthcare whilst in prison but life training skills. Skills that will financially support them and their children with or without the support of their families. Established in 1949, the Family Planning Association of India has provided life skills training ranging from beauty parlour related work to car mechanics to 768 women in six locations.

Beauty parlour-related training
Resource

| 08 August 2019

Watch - Beauty Behind Bars: Life after prison for women in India

India is home to 20 female-only prisons, that have the capacity to hold just 5,000 inmates. Women currently make up 4% of India's prison population. Before they reach prison, many women have already experienced sexual and gender-based violence. Many inmates face discrimination and are often ostracized from their community and their families once they are released. Realizing a gap in care for women once released, the Family Planning Association of India (FPAI) have stepped in to ensure women are equipped with not only healthcare whilst in prison but life training skills. Skills that will financially support them and their children with or without the support of their families. Established in 1949, the Family Planning Association of India has provided life skills training ranging from beauty parlour related work to car mechanics to 768 women in six locations.