Resources

In countries with predominant Muslim populations, targets for the Millennium Development Goals on improving maternal health are lagging. IPPF is committed to a rights based approach for advancing women's health through cultural sensitivity.  

2012 is IPPF’s 60th year. The Annual Performance Report confirms, once again, IPPF’s vital role in human development. It opens with an overview of the external challenges that threaten sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR). Despite these challenges, IPPF continues to deliver impressive results. In 2011, Member Associations contributed to 116 policy and/or legislative changes in support or defence of sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR). The Federation as a whole provided 89.6 million SRH services with the majority going to the poor and vulnerable, including young people. Robust systems and processes have ensured that money has been invested cost-effectively where it is most needed.

Key facts and figures highlighting IPPF's achievements in 2009. Sexual and reproductive ill health causes over 30% of the global burden of disease among women of childbearing age and without IPPF, this burden would be even greater.

Advancing the sexual and reproductive health and rights of sexual minorities, promoting sexual health among men who have sex with men and integrating sexual diversity into policies, programmes, organizational networks and services. Lessons learnt from the Innovation Fund.  

Community responses to the sexual rights of men having sex with men and transgender people in 6 Asian cities.

The product of a Federation-wide consensus, this framework brings together the ideas and experience of IPPF Member Associations, senior volunteers, Regional Offices and Central Office, and has been approved by the Governing Council. By combining an understanding of our past with a vision for our future, this new plan presents a 'framework of opportunity' that Member Associations can interpret to develop the most appropriate response to specific sexual and reproductive health challenges. The ‘Strategic Framework’ is not intended to impose a rigid set of rules or constraints. Rather, it embraces the diversity of situations Member Associations and regions face. While providing this flexibility, the framework unites the Federation in a common vision on which we are compelled to act if we are to meet the needs of women, men and young people throughout the world.

The lives of women and children are intertwined with the lives of men. Without understanding how men’s gendered experiences affect them and those around them it is impossible to promote sexual health and to achieve reproductive rights for all.

The persistent neglect of vulnerable girls and child brides in parts of South Asia, Africa, the Middle East and Latin America is a direct reflection of the failure of our collective responsibility to protect the human rights of vulnerable young people. Ending Child Marriage: A Guide for Global Policy Action makes a strong case for international action, and strengthens the advocacy efforts of development practitioners and women’s and children’s rights activists to end child marriage.

The IPPF declaration is grounded in and informed by international agreements such as United Nations Conventions. This abridged version to be used in conjunction with IPPF's original Sexual Rights Declaration.