Spotlight
A selection of resources from across the Federation
Latin American & the Caribbean Contraception Policy Atlas
IPPF Americas & the Caribbean, The European Parliamentary Forum for Sexual and Reproductive Rights (EPF) and Fòs Feminista announce the presentation of the first Latin American & the Caribbean Contraception Policy Atlas. The event took place on September 18, 2023, at the main auditorium of the Latin American and Caribbean Parliament (Parlatino) in Panama City.
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| 30 September 2020
2019 Annual Performance Report - APR
This Annual Performance Report presents progress in implementing the Strategic Framework. In 2019, IPPF delivered 252.3 million sexual and reproductive health services and contributed to 141 policy and legal changes in support of sexual and reproductive health and rights. Each section of the report presents an overview of the key performance results for our four outcome areas and is supplemented with case studies from countries across IPPF.
| 30 September 2020
Putting Sexuality back into Comprehensive Sexuality Education: tips for delivering sex-positive workshops for young people
Millions of young people around the world are not getting the kind of education they need and deserve when it comes to understand their sexuality. This document is designed to complement Putting Sexuality back into Comprehensive Sexuality Education: making the case for a rights-based, sex-positive approach, and it aims to give practical tips for putting IPPF's right-based, sex-positive approach, into practice.
| 30 September 2020
DELIVER+ENABLE TOOLKIT: Scaling-up comprehensive sexuality education (CSE)
Comprehensive sexuality education (CSE) has gained global recognition as a vital effort to empower adolescents and young people; enable them to improve and protect their health, well-being and dignity; and support them in developing critical thinking skills, citizenship, and equal, healthy and positive relationships. This toolkit offers guidance and resources on ways to deliver CSE for children, adolescents, and youth in non-formal and formal settings and encourage other stakeholders to develop and implement CSE policies and programmes.
| 30 September 2020
How to report on abortion - A guide for journalists, editors and media outlets
The way abortion is presented in the media can have a major influence on a person's opinion on abortion. This guide has been written for those working in the media to encourage accurate reporting of the facts about abortion, and honest portrayals of abortion as part of real people’s lives and relationships.
| 30 September 2020
IMAP Statement on emergency contraception
Emergency contraception (EC) refers to any contraceptive method that can be used after having unprotected or inadequately protected sexual intercourse (UPSI) but before pregnancy occurs, providing women with the opportunity to prevent an unwanted pregnancy. EC is a safe and effective method for preventing unwanted pregnancy and can reduce the risk of pregnancy by up to 99%. In spite of its effectiveness, EC is not frequently used. In many countries, women face barriers to accessing EC. The majority of women in low‑income countries are unaware of EC. Moreover, some providers have negative attitudes toward providing EC to women and girls.
| 30 September 2020
IMAP statement on medical abortion
Lack of access to safe abortion care is further exacerbated in many settings by stigma, a lack of knowledge on sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR),3 and what the Guttmacher‑Lancet Commission on Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights calls “a persistent discrimination against women and girls, and an unwillingness to address issues related to sexuality openly and comprehensively.”4 Particularly vulnerable groups within this context are adolescents; women with disabilities; sex workers; women who are subjected to forced marriage, domestic violence, abuse or rape, or female genital mutilation; and women subjected to human trafficking. Medical abortion has the potential to increase access to safe abortion care and to increase women’s autonomy and decision‑making with regards to their reproductive choices and rights. It is time to implement evidence‑based abortion services that promote, protect and fulfil the sexual and reproductive rights of all individuals everywhere.