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Protecting and expanding abortion access during COVID-19

WebKeeping women’s health essential despite COVID-19 shortages. Ipas staff and partners around the world are working furiously to protect access to contraception and abortion …

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Trauma-informed care for abortion providers treating sexual

WebThe world is facing multiple concurrent humanitarian emergencies that stem from conflict, natural disasters or pandemics. In such crises, women and girls may encounter …

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Harm reduction: A novel approach to addressing unsafe abortion

WebMost people associate the public health model called harm reduction with the innovative clean needle exchange programs started in the 1980s to curb HIV infection …

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Ipas Pakistan – Partners for Reproductive Justice

WebIpas uses a comprehensive, inclusive, and participatory approach for the provision of safe abortion and contraception care to Pakistani women and girls. To achieve this, we work …

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Advancing gender equity

WebGender, as defined by the World Health Organization, refers to the characteristics of women, men, girls and boys that are socially constructed. Gender identity refers to an …

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Linking women to care

WebA critical element for ensuring that women and girls get the reproductive health care they need is an effective referrals system, linking communities with health …

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Supporting the right to self-managed abortion

WebSelf-managed abortion is an abortion with pills without a prescription, with or without the involvement of a health provider. Self-managed abortion is on the rise globally due to the …

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COMPREHENSIVE SEXUALITY EDUCATION FOR YOUTH

WebComprehensive sexuality education (CSE) is a critical means of improving young people’s access to sexual and reproductive health (SRH) services and their ability to make safe …

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Improving contraceptive choice and access for young women in …

WebPregnancy at an early age can have long-lasting negative health, economic and social impacts. In Kenya, where the national teen pregnancy rate is 18 percent, the …

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Expanding roles of providers in safe abortion care: A

Web5 ethiopia – a model for Broadening service access following legal reform To reduce deaths and disabilities from unsafe abortion, Ethiopia liberalized its abortion law in 2005. The …

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Legal access to abortion expands in Democratic Republic of Congo

WebIpas and key partners spent months working with the Ministry of Health to develop the new guidelines. In addition to making abortion legal up to 14 weeks of …

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Investing in sexual and reproductive health to accelerate the …

WebThe development of a nation is inextricably linked to its investment in the rights, education and health of young girls and women. In collaboration with youth-led …

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Disability inclusion for sexual and reproductive health in Nigeria

WebIpas Nigeria Health Foundation is launching a pilot program in Edo and the Federal Capital Territory in Nigeria to cover the gaps in access to sexual and …

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Democratic Republic of Congo

WebThe development of a nation is inextricably linked to its investment in the rights, education and health of young girls and women. In collaboration with youth-led organizations …

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Abortion LAw And PoLicy in nigeriA: bArriers to women’s …

Webnational and international commitments Nigeria ratified the Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa (the Maputo Protocol)4 in …

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