As with the year before, 2021 presented significant challenges to public health. The COVID-19 pandemic has added an extra burden on communities already suffering poor health outcomes and health inequality, including affecting access to sexual and reproductive healthcare. However, despite this, positive progress has been made in many areas too…

Guest blog by Evelyn Acham, Climate Justice Activist, Uganda

Self-care is not a new concept, nor does it apply exclusively to abortion. For decades, this approach has been promoted by health experts as a best practice to guaranteeing positive health outcomes, and more recently, within contraception and abortion programmes. …

In the battle against COVID-19, the UK has abandoned the world’s women and girls — it must reverse the cuts. In the wake of the most brutal cut to UK overseas aid in years, hundreds of charities, including the International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF) and Frontline Aids, are reeling as…

By Laura Hurley, Safe Abortion Action Fund Abortion has been in the global news a lot recently. We’ve seen positive outcomes from feminist campaigns in places like Argentina and Thailand, where the legal right to abortion has been expanded. …

How do you convey the too frequently overlooked — yet vital — message on sexual healthcare and contraceptive choice in a new and engaging way? This is often the question posed when exploring creative ideas to engage our audiences with information on sex, health, and choice. We like to talk…

By Seri Wendoh, IPPF’s Global Lead for Gender and Inclusion One in three women globally experience violence across the course of their lives — that’s around 736 million women who suffer physical, mental, and/or sexual violence from an intimate partner or non-partner. …

With the seasons changing, and the pandemic (don’t worry, we won’t mention it again) rendering many of us still confined to our homes, now is an ideal time to lose yourself in a great book! So we’ve compiled a list of recommendations that touch on various aspects of sex, relationships…

Let us start by stating the facts: Unintended pregnancy and abortion are common experiences; abortions take place every day in every part of the world. WHO reports that over half of all unintended pregnancies end in abortion, with around 56 million abortions taking place globally each year. In addition, over…