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"Girls have to know their rights"
Aminata Sonogo in school
Just a quarter of Malian girls complete secondary school. Aminata Sonogo is determined that an early pregnancy won't get in the way of her completing her education, despite the stigma she faces.
"The movement helps girls to know their rights and their bodies"
Fatoumata Yehiya Maiga
23-year-old Fatoumata joined the Youth Action Movement in 2018. Since then, she's been involved in projects to help young people understand their sexual rights and health. Periods, teenage pregnancy, female genital mutilation (FGM) – no topic is off-limits for Fatoumata.
Ghana: Expanding healthcare for young people and factory workers
cashew nut factory worker, Ghana
In 2018 a new programme began rolling out a at cashew factory and at the school on the factory grounds, in Mim Ghana. Its aim? To help reach young people and women who worked in the factory with information and services related to their sexual and reproductive health.
“Teenage pregnancies will decrease, unsafe abortions and deaths as a result of unsafe abortions will decrease"
Sophia Abrafi, Midwife at the Mim Health Centre, 40
Thanks to a programme supported by Danish Family Planning Association and delivered by Planned Parenthood Association of Ghana, midwife Sophia Abrafi has been able to expand on the services she provides - especially to young people.
"It has helped me a lot, without that information I would have given birth to many children..."
Janet Pinamang, Mim Cashew Factory worker,.32
Factory workers at Mim Cashew, in a small town in rural Ghana, are taking their reproductive health choices into their own hands, thanks to a four-year project rolled out by Planned Parenthood Association Ghana (PPAG) along with the Danish Family Planning Association (DFPA).
“Despite all those challenges, I thought it was necessary to stay in school"
Gifty with her son, Ghana
When Gifty Anning Agyei was pregnant, her classmates teased her, telling her she should drop out of school. With help from Planned Parenthood Association of Ghana and the Danish Family Planning Association, Gifty got the support she needed to continue her studies.
"They teach us as to how to avoid STDs and how to space our childbirth"
Dorcas.Amakyewaa , Mim Cashew Factory worker and peer educator, 42
Dorcas Amakyewaa works in a cashew factory on the outskirts of Mim, Ghana. In 2018, Planned Parenthood Association Ghana and Danish Family Planning Association, launched a programme to help expand access to services and information to the community of Mim. Dorcas jumped at the chance to become a peer educator.
Watch - Beauty Behind Bars: Life after prison for women in India
Beauty parlour-related training
The Family Planning Association of India (FPAI) is working with women in prison by training them in mechanics to beauty parlour work, so that upon their release they have the opportunity to become financially independent.
Celebrating passion and commitment this International Women’s Day
International Women's Day
IWD (8 March 2019) is a time to celebrate the achievements of fearless women globally. We’re honored to highlight the passion and commitment of doctors, nurses, peer educators, activists and volunteers who dedicate their efforts to advancing sexual and reproductive health and rights.
IPPF welcomes India’s Supreme Court historic decision to free LGBTI communities from persecution
Courtesy photo - pride flag
After generations of oppression under a colonial-era law, today the LGBTI community in India celebrated the scrapping of key provisions in Section 377 from the Indian Penal Code, which had previously outlawed consensual same-sex sexual relations.