For nearly two decades, Ipas Zambia has worked closely with the Ministry of Health to reduce maternal deaths caused by unsafe abortion and to expand access to safe abortion services nationwide. However, despite the progress made, persistent and emerging challenges,...
The High Court in Malawi has ruled that adolescent survivors of sexual violence have the right to access abortion services in both public and private health facilities. Previously, abortion was only legally permitted to save a pregnant person’s life. Ipas...
Ipas Africa Southern Region (ASR) staff from Malawi, South Africa and Zambia recently attended an intensive five-day training on Shared Leadership in Practice (SLiP) in Lusaka, Zambia. The event that took place from 10th to 15th June, 2025 marked a significant...
May 5 and 6, 2025, Cape Town, South Africa. Ipas Africa Southern Region and Ipas Alliance in collaboration with the the Global Alliance for Health, Rights and Development (GPA), a project of the European Parliamentary Forum on Sexual and Reproductive Rights (EPF) and...
Ipas teams from Mozambique, Africa Southern Region, DRC hosted the 21st Anniversary Conference of the Maputo Protocol in Mozambique 10th and 11th July 2024.
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.
In a landmark development for the Eastern and Southern African region, parliamentarians from diverse backgrounds and countries have united under the banner of the Eastern and Southern Africa Parliamentary Caucus on Sexual Reproductive Health and Rights (ESAParc).
Ipas Africa Southern Region (ASR) joined the world to commemorate the International Day of the Girl Child reflecting on this year’s theme: Invest in Girls’ Rights: Our Leadership, Our Well-being.
Ipas Africa Southern Region (ASR) joined the world to commemorate the International Day of the Girl Child reflecting on this year’s theme: Invest in Girls’ Rights: Our Leadership, Our Well-being.
Ipas Africa Southern Region (ASR) joins South Africa in commemorating 2023 Women’s Day running under the theme “Accelerating socio-economic opportunities for women empowerment.
Victoria Satchwell was desperate when she called the fifth pharmacist asking them to dispense abortion pills for an almost 10-week pregnant client. The woman is a 19-year-old rape victim living in Vredefort, a small farming town in the Free State.
