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IPPF welcomes the ruling to extend abortion care from 20 weeks to 24 weeks in India
Woman sitting - India
IPPF applauds the Cabinet on this landmark decision which approved the bill allowing abortion up to 24 weeks.
Women in Leadership: Kalpana Apte, India
Women in Leadership: Kalpana Apte, India
… specific books or even any friends who knew about sex and sexuality. It was only in my teens, I read a book that … I don’t remember hearing the word ‘sex’ or ‘sexuality’ or reproductive rights etc while growing up. What taboos were there? Discussing sex or sexuality was a big taboo. When I was eight or nine, I …
Indonesia's young people demand comprehensive sexuality education
Indonesian boys
… This week saw young people demand better sexuality education in Yogyakarta Indonesia, after receiving … local official to question why they were not able to have sexuality education in their schools. Indonesian Planned … advocacy on legislative change which would ensure that sexuality education becomes part of Indonesia's national …
Growing BRICS cooperation on Population including Sexual and Reproductive Health
meeting
… planning, including access to contraception, comprehensive sexuality education and the integration of HIV services with …
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.
Newly launched: Tool to make data on young people's sexual health & rights more accessible
two girls smiling
… in English , is designed to be a resource for advocates, sexuality educators, young people, service providers and … applied in the context of advocacy, service provision and sexuality education. The data featured in the guide come from … to promote better policies, service delivery and sexuality education. Click to download the guide in English , …
BRICS countries agree new cooperation on Sexual and Reproductive Health and Reproductive Rights
participants to the BRICS seminar

The world's key emerging economies (the BRICS nations) - have agreed a new level of cooperation to ensure sexual and reproductive health and reproductive rights for all in what the International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF) hailed as a big step forward.

The meeting, the inaugural seminar of BRICS population officials and experts, was convened by the South African Government in Mpumalanga, South Africa last week with IPPF playing a supporting role.

1 March: Zero Discrimination Day
Some IPPF volunteers - Zero Discrimination Day
Meet some of people who were so motivated by the discrimination-free healthcare they received from our Member Associations, or by the potential to support their communities in need, that they decided to become much-valued volunteers.
"Most women are from marginalised sections of society and are denied the right to make their own decisions"
Neelam Dixit is the branch manager of FPA India's GCACI clinic in Gwalior in Madhya Pradesh.
Neelam Dixit is the branch manager of FPA India's GCACI clinic in Gwalior in Madhya Pradesh. Through the work they are doing within their local community, she is slowly seeing a shift in attitude on abortion and the stigma that surrounds it.
"Selling my body doesn’t make me a bad person"
Hasina, a sex worker and peer educator sits outside a brothel, India
Hasina turned to sex work when her husband died and left her and her three-year-old daughter without an income. She admits it initially made her feel powerless until she began working as a peer educator with Family Planning Association of India. She now feels that she has some control over her own body.