Resources

IPPF's 2016 campaign is on strengthening quality comprehensive sexuality education for all young people, globally. Your sexual rights matter. It's time to Know It, Own It!  

How to educate about abortion: A guide for peer educators, teachers and trainers, has been developed for trainers and educators who want to deliver workshops or training on abortion to young people, especially those training young peer educators. The guide includes key terms, instructions for facilitators as well as specific activities that educators can use.   We also published a summary of this publication: 

This report is intended to inform advocates and decision makers about how to support the sexual reproductive rights of young people around the world. It argues that comprehensive sexuality education is critical for young people to realize their rights.

Uluk is 16 and has been volunteering with the Reproductive Health Alliance of Kyrgyzstan for 4 years.  I tell other young people: "We have to care for our own reproductive health - no one else will. I'm asking you: get involved with your reproductive health, NOW.  There's nothing shameful in knowing about it; it's shameful NOT to know about it." There are million of volunteers like Uluk at IPPF's Member Associations who are having a tremendous impact on the lives of other young people in the communities. You can get involved today, just find your local IPPF Member Association.

The world is home to the largest generation of young people in history. They are diverse, they have opportunities, but they also face immense obstacles in their lives. Young people and adolescents need to be able to make informed decisions and have access to sexual and reproductive health education, information and services. IPPF’s journey of youth services and participation is illustrated by the timeline of events on this page. Our approach has changed radically, from ‘not turning young people away’ to providing high quality, standardized youth-friendly programmes. Our performance of the past decade tells a powerful story of this increasing commitment to young people. In 2005, 25% of our services were provided to young people, and since then the number of services provided to young people has grown steadily. Of the 86.9 million services provided by IPPF in 2013, almost every second one was to a young person. IPPF’s new Strategic Framework (2016 -2022) shows how the Federation is embracing young people as partners and moving to a more youth-centred approach. By expanding our commitment to youth-friendliness and evolving to ensure that young people are truly at the centre of everything we do, IPPF will continue to set an example for meaningful youth involvement. By genuinely focusing on young people’s lives and requirements, from their own perspectives, we can deliver services, programmes and interventions that are truly shaped by them, and thus relevant, inclusive and effective. This document is an introduction for decision makers, service providers and youth leaders within the Federation on how IPPF can build on its legacy and transition to a youth-centred approach. It addresses the questions: what does this new thinking include? What does it mean in practice? How should we implement it? How should we measure progress?

Le cadre stratégique 2016–2022 constitue une vision à la fois audacieuse et ambitieuse des projets de l’IPPF, la Fédération internationale pour la planification familiale, et des moyens de les concrétiser au cours des sept prochaines années. Approuvé en novembre 2014 par le Conseil de gouvernance de l’IPPF, la plus haute instance décisionnelle de la Fédération, ce cadre représente l’aboutissement d’un vaste processus consultatif sollicitant la collaboration d’associations membres, de partenaires et de bailleurs de fonds à l’échelle mondiale. Notre stratégie répond aux tendances sociales, politiques et démographiques qui se manifestent dans le monde entier. Ces tendances peuvent se résumer ainsi: les attentes et le potentiel de la génération la plus nombreuse de jeunes de tous les temps; de profondes inégalités sociales et économiques persistantes, et notamment la discrimination contre les filles et les femmes; ainsi que l’opposition qui menace les avancées réalisées dans le domaine des droits humains. Ce cadre s’appuie aussi sur des évaluations et des analyses de notre travail: nos forces et faiblesses, nos capacités, nos ressources et nos réseaux. Le cadre stratégique de l’IPPF établit les priorités qui permettront à la Fédération d’avoir de l’impact en tant que mouvement axé sur la santé et les droits sexuels et reproductifs (SDSR) au cours des sept années à venir. Il guidera les associations membres nationales et leurs partenaires en vue d’élaborer des stratégies spécifiques à leurs pays, en fonction de leurs ressources et adaptées pour se mettre au service des groupes les plus marginalisés sur le plan local. Il apporte aussi au Secrétariat un axe d’action quant à son influence internationale et dans son soutien aux associations membres. Les associations membres seront tenues de rendre compte de leurs résultats une fois par an, qui seront compilés dans un tableau de bord mondial pour mesurer les progrès de la mise en pratique du cadre stratégique. En se dotant de cet outil essentiel, l’IPPF se donne les moyens d’aller de l’avant et de tenir ses promesses. En tant que chef de file du mouvement sur la santé et les droits sexuels et reproductifs, nous aiderons à unir les actions et les accomplissements de défenseurs de la SSR dans le monde entier, afin de changer de manière radicale la manière dont la santé et les droits sexuels et reproductifs sont appréhendés dans le monde entier.

IPPF is committed to expanding access to, and increasing methods of, family planning. This includes universal access to contraception. In our approach we are dedicated to increasing new users, being youth centred and reaching the under-served.