Program areas at Ipas
Increased access to abortion and contraceptive care: Ipas works to strengthen services in the public health sector, ensuring high quality abortion and contraceptive care by training health professionals, providing clinical guidance, and equipping health facilities in urban and rural communities. Ipas teams work to keep hospitals and clinics stocked with necessary equipment and supplies, and work with governments to develop national standards and guidelines for abortion care. Abortion is health care, but not everyone has access. Ipas works to ensure that all people have bodily autonomy and can access the essential healthcare they need.
Community access, social support, and knowledge: Ipas works with local partners to develop innovative ways to connect people with the social support, knowlege, health information, and care they need. Ipas teams reach women and girls through hotlines, telemedicine, community health programs, advocates and volunteers, and through radio, theater, community dialogues and workshops, and social media. These approaches are meant to break down barriers and stigma so that high-quality abortion and contraceptive care is accessible for all.
Supportive laws and policies: Ipas's work includes avocating for policies and laws that support access to abortion and contraception; realizing that criminal abortion laws increase the number of people who resort to unsafe abortion methods. Ipas advocates for safe, legal abortion by educating policymakers, training police and lawyers on how to uphold reproductive rights within legal systems, and by partnering with local community groups and coalitions. Ipas works with diverse partners to ensure that all human rights, including sexual and reproductive rights are respected, protected, and fulfilled.