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Lead with Love, Care with Courage: IPPF General Assembly 2025
The IPPF General Assembly is our moment to celebrate our shared resilience; to honour extraordinary bravery; and to reaffirm the global solidarity that binds us, across countries, regions, and generations.
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Lead with Love, Care with Courage: IPPF General Assembly 2025
From November 18th–20th, 2025, IPPF convened its General Assembly (GA) in Bali, Indonesia, hosted by the Indonesian Planned Parenthood Association (IPPA).
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Call to Action: Act Now for CSE!
Comprehensive Sexuality Education (CSE) is fundamental to guaranteeing the health, rights, and development of children and young people globally.
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Call: Words for Rights Journalism Contest
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We Made It a Charter: IPPF’s Declaration of Values
On November 20, 2025, at IPPF’s General Assembly in Bali, our Federation unanimously adopted its first ever IPPF Charter of Values, delivering on our collective com
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The Debt of Freedom Behind the Humanitarian Crisis in Haiti
The history of independence in the Caribbean, often celebrated as the dawn of self-determination, conceals a painful paradox: the economic burden
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St. Lucia and Cuba make history with reforms for the LGBTQ+ community.
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04 February 2021
Cancer prevention, diagnosis and treatment services cannot be stopped.
04 February 2021
Cancer prevention, diagnosis and treatment services cannot be stopped.
30 September 2020
IPPF interviewed the Peruvian Institute for Responsible Parenthood’s (INPPARES) Executive Director, Irma Ramos, to discuss what it means to be a member of a global Federation like IPPF, and what her hopes are for the Americas region. This interview is available in English and Spanish.
30 September 2020
IPPF interviewed the Peruvian Institute for Responsible Parenthood’s (INPPARES) Executive Director, Irma Ramos, to discuss what it means to be a member of a global Federation like IPPF, and what her hopes are for the Americas region. This interview is available in English and Spanish.
17 September 2020
IPPF interviewed Profamilia Colombia's Executive Director, Marta Royo, to discuss what it means to be a member of a global Federation like IPPF, and what her hopes are for the Americas region.
17 September 2020
IPPF interviewed Profamilia Colombia's Executive Director, Marta Royo, to discuss what it means to be a member of a global Federation like IPPF, and what her hopes are for the Americas region.
23 May 2017
When Gary Hawkins began working at the library he assumed he would help teenagers with their homework or use his experience as DJ G Money to encour
23 May 2017
When Gary Hawkins began working at the library he assumed he would help teenagers with their homework or use his experience as DJ G Money to encour
27 February 2014
Latin America and the Caribbean has the second highest rate of adolescent pregnancies in the world. Nearly 40% of women become pregnant before the age of twenty, and 1 in 5 births are to adolescent women. Pregnancy is the leading cause of death for women ages 15-44 years old.
27 February 2014
Latin America and the Caribbean has the second highest rate of adolescent pregnancies in the world. Nearly 40% of women become pregnant before the age of twenty, and 1 in 5 births are to adolescent women. Pregnancy is the leading cause of death for women ages 15-44 years old.
04 February 2021
Cancer prevention, diagnosis and treatment services cannot be stopped.
04 February 2021
Cancer prevention, diagnosis and treatment services cannot be stopped.
30 September 2020
IPPF interviewed the Peruvian Institute for Responsible Parenthood’s (INPPARES) Executive Director, Irma Ramos, to discuss what it means to be a member of a global Federation like IPPF, and what her hopes are for the Americas region. This interview is available in English and Spanish.
30 September 2020
IPPF interviewed the Peruvian Institute for Responsible Parenthood’s (INPPARES) Executive Director, Irma Ramos, to discuss what it means to be a member of a global Federation like IPPF, and what her hopes are for the Americas region. This interview is available in English and Spanish.
17 September 2020
IPPF interviewed Profamilia Colombia's Executive Director, Marta Royo, to discuss what it means to be a member of a global Federation like IPPF, and what her hopes are for the Americas region.
17 September 2020
IPPF interviewed Profamilia Colombia's Executive Director, Marta Royo, to discuss what it means to be a member of a global Federation like IPPF, and what her hopes are for the Americas region.
23 May 2017
When Gary Hawkins began working at the library he assumed he would help teenagers with their homework or use his experience as DJ G Money to encour
23 May 2017
When Gary Hawkins began working at the library he assumed he would help teenagers with their homework or use his experience as DJ G Money to encour
27 February 2014
Latin America and the Caribbean has the second highest rate of adolescent pregnancies in the world. Nearly 40% of women become pregnant before the age of twenty, and 1 in 5 births are to adolescent women. Pregnancy is the leading cause of death for women ages 15-44 years old.
27 February 2014
Latin America and the Caribbean has the second highest rate of adolescent pregnancies in the world. Nearly 40% of women become pregnant before the age of twenty, and 1 in 5 births are to adolescent women. Pregnancy is the leading cause of death for women ages 15-44 years old.
