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We believe in a world where every person has bodily autonomy and can determine their own future.

Ipas works globally to advance reproductive justice by expanding access to abortion and contraception.

All people have the right to make fundamental decisions about their own bodies and health. That’s why we work with partners across Africa, Asia and the Americas to ensure that reproductive health services, including abortion and contraception, are available and accessible to all.

Abortion is health care.

A comprehensive approach

Guaranteeing the right to abortion isn’t enough. We know that economic, cultural, religious, and systemic barriers prevent many people from accessing abortion care even where it’s legal and available.

Our solution: We work across institutions and communities to build sustainable abortion ecosystems. In such an ecosystem, people have the information they need to make decisions about reproductive health, there’s community and health-system support for human rights and abortion access, and laws and policies support full bodily autonomy.

Ipas remembers Walter Dellinger, brilliant legal mind and global champion for reproductive rights

Ipas mourns the passing of Dr. Eddie Mhlanga, a fearless advocate for abortion rights

For South African women and girls at risk of unsafe abortion, sexual abuse or HIV/AIDS, there was no better ally than Dr. Eddie Mhlanga, who recently passed away.

As climate change strikes again in Southern Africa, Ipas prepares to respond to reproductive health needs

In the wake of tropical cyclone Ana, which has killed more than 80 people in Southern Africa, Ipas teams in Malawi, Mozambique and Zambia are preparing a coordinated response to ensure that reproductive health care, including access to postabortion care and contraception, remains available to women and girls affected by the storm.

We are partners for reproductive justice

Countries around the world continue to advance abortion rights. In the United States, it’s a different story.

Impact of COVID-19 motivates youth leader to support access to abortion care ‘more than ever’

Rina Pradhan is a youth leader working in rural communities of Jharkhand. After receiving training from the Ipas Development Foundation (IDF), she began conducting community and school-level meetings to provide information on accessing safe, timely sexual and reproductive health services.

Reproductive freedom in the U.S. hangs by a thread

In the face of COVID-19 and gender-based violence, Ipas DRC is helping sustain access to reproductive health care

During COVID-19, women and girls around the world have faced a surge in gender-based violence (GBV) linked to lockdowns and stay-at-home orders issued by governments in response to the pandemic.

Why we need to make reproductive justice part of the climate conversation and our climate action plan

In the coastal town of Joal in Senegal, the community are dependent on the sea for everything from their food to their livelihoods. But a reduction in rainfall, plus an influx of sea water and algae, caused by rising sea levels and erosion, means that many species of fish that used to flourish in the mangroves no longer do so.