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Same IPPF. New fire🔥

Feminist, anti-racist, anti-ableist.

Louder. Bolder. Fiercer. For sexual and reproductive health, rights, and justice for all.
🔥 PROUD. BOLD. UNITED: Today, at IPPF’s General Assembly, our Federation unanimously adopted its first-ever IPPF Charter of Values, defining who we are through seven core values: Dignity, Equality, Justice, Pleasure, Community, Integrity & Resilience.

Read more ⬇️
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We Made It a Charter: IPPF’s Declaration of Values | IPPF
Proud, bold, and united: we are values-led.
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November 20, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Proud, disruptive, and fierce.

The International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF) presents its new Brand.

Today, profound global upheavals challenge us to respond with clarity and purpose.

In a world that divides, IPPF unites.

Learn more about our new brand: bit.ly/47TvdOv
Celebrating the Global Launch of IPPF’s New Brand | IPPF
The International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF) is proud to officially launch our new brand identity.
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November 3, 2025 at 10:55 AM
We’re turning up the heat. Just one day until our big, bold reveal.

We’re building a movement that burns brighter, built on our legacy, powered by our shared values, and ready to take on today’s challenges and tomorrow’s fights.

Are you ready?
November 2, 2025 at 11:32 AM
👉 In a world where sexual and reproductive health and rights are under relentless attack, we are ready to meet the moment, with clarity, courage, and conviction.
📢 The fire is building. The countdown has begun. We can’t wait for you to see the changes that are coming.
October 29, 2025 at 3:11 PM
👉 Amid deepening humanitarian crises and shrinking civic spaces in 2024, IPPF Member Associations continued to deliver essential sexual and reproductive health services for all.

🔗Read our 2024 Annual Report “Strides for Reproductive Justice” to know more ⬇️

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Strides for Reproductive Justice: Annual Progress Report 2024 | IPPF South Asia
Read and download IPPF South Asia Region's Annual Progress Report 2024, "Strides for Reproductive Justice" below.
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October 27, 2025 at 12:10 PM
📍This #InternationalSafeAbortionDay, @ippfsar.bsky.social and @reprorights.org call for greater cross-movement solidarity as we challenge the criminalization of abortion in South Asia.

🙌 We demand: safe abortion access, for everyone, now!

👉 Read more here: sar.ippf.org/blogs/aborti...
Beyond Borders: Abortion Laws, Rights and Realities in South Asia | IPPF South Asia
With the Center of Reproductive Rights, we take a look at South Asia's abortion laws, as we call for the decriminalization of abortion and access to safe, stigma-free abortion services for all.
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September 27, 2025 at 9:52 PM
📢Young people in #Nepal are risking their lives to defend their right to free and unrestricted speech.

👉🏼 The Nepali government's censorship both offline and online is exposing citizens to dual forms of censorship.
September 8, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Four years.
#Afghanistan
August 15, 2025 at 6:32 AM
🤳🏽If platforms censor #pleasure talk, we’ll let the #cats do the talking 😼 Boundaries, #consent, and taking your time - we're sharing the meow-code for a pawsitively good time!💋
Because on International #OrgasmDay, we’re closing the #orgasm gap - one happy #pussy at a time. 😼🐾
August 8, 2025 at 1:56 PM
👉🏻🇧🇹 The Rainbow Help Desk by #RENEW is the first-of-its-kind help desk dedicated to providing stigma-free, comprehensive sexual and reproductive health support to the LGBTI+ community in #Bhutan!

🔗 Read more about Bhutan’s first-ever Rainbow Help Desk:
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RENEW’s Rainbow Help Desk is a Critical First Step Towards Inclusive Healthcare in Bhutan | IPPF South Asia
The Rainbow Help Desk by RENEW is the first-of-its-kind help desk dedicated to providing stigma-free, comprehensive sexual and reproductive health support to the LGBTI+ community.
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July 31, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Reposted by IPPF South Asia Region
July 23, 2025 at 7:14 AM
👉🏻 The recent #HIV aid cuts threaten to reverse decades of progress in HIV prevention and treatment, especially for the most marginalised groups.

🙌🏻 We need community-led, #feminist, and sustainable responses—now, more than ever!

🔗Read more here: sar.ippf.org/blogs/hiv-ai...
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July 22, 2025 at 1:16 PM
🎉Proud to welcome PSTC as an IPPF Member Association! A big step for SRHR in Bangladesh. Dr. Noor Mohammad, Executive Director, PSTC, shares, “This milestone reaffirms our commitment to inclusive, rights-based SRHR.

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PSTC becomes Member Association of IPPF
The Population Services and Training Center (PSTC) has become a Member Association (MA) of the International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF).
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June 30, 2025 at 12:19 PM
👉Trans sex workers across South Asia are denied citizenship and access to essential healthcare. Hear from Sunita Lama from Nepal on the need to advocate for the rights of trans sex workers in Nepal - and beyond!

🎥 By Khabar Lahariya for @thinkcrea.bsky.social

#SexWorkIsWork #SexWorkersSummit
June 24, 2025 at 10:51 AM
👉🏻 From #Manipur to #Afghanistan to #Gaza - gendered violence during conflict becomes a tool to reassert control over women’s bodies. @ippf.bsky.social

🔗Read our full piece on why sexual and reproductive health must be prioritised in crises and beyond: sar.ippf.org/blogs/sexual...
Gendered & Sexual Violence in Conflict: Why We Must Prioritise Sexual and Reproductive Health Services in Crises | IPPF South Asia
We need comprehensive SRH services that center the needs, rights and dignity of survivors to respond to the sexual and gendered violence during conflict.
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June 19, 2025 at 2:57 PM
🙌🏻🌈 Join us tomorrow for the "Being Intersex: Building Awareness and Understanding" with Intersex Asia at 11:00 AM IST! Hear from intersex activists across South Asia on what it means to fight for the rights of intersex individuals.

🔗Join here/Scan the QR code:
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June 17, 2025 at 4:51 PM
🙌🏻🏳️‍🌈 Join us for the "Being Intersex: Building Awareness and Understanding" webinar with Intersex Asia on
📅 18 June 2025
🕚 11:00 AM IST | 1:30 PM Taiwan Time

🔗 Click on the link to join the webinar or scan the QR code:
ippf.zoom.us/j/8685423665...

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June 16, 2025 at 12:57 PM
🙌Bangladesh takes a historic step by including women’s unpaid work in the GDP! Dr. Noor Mohammad, Executive Director, Population Services & Training Centre, our collabarative partner in Bangladesh, calls it "an overdue but essential step toward gender justice".

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Women’s unpaid work to finally get recognised
In a historic move, Bangladesh’s national budget has, for the first time, pledged institutional recognition for women’s unpaid and unacknowledged caregiving and household work.
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June 10, 2025 at 10:25 AM
🙌We celebrate the decision recognising trans people as 'parents' regardless of their gender identity. This is a step towards equal civic rights, including the right to family built on love and care", says Tomoko Fukuda, Regional Director, @ippfsar.bsky.social.

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Kerala HC allows trans couple to use the term 'Parent' in child's birth certificate
The Kerala High Court on Monday, June 2, directed the Kozhikode Corporation to issue a revised birth certificate for the child of a transgender couple, reflecti
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June 4, 2025 at 12:04 PM
🌈✨ #PrideMonth2025 is here & we're kicking it off by observing the #GlobalDayofParents!

🏳️‍🌈 From co-creating nurturing spaces to breaking free from rigid patriarchal structures, we bring you three shades of parenthood that reaffirm #PrideInParenting.

🔗Read more⬇️ sar.ippf.org/blogs/pride-...
#PrideInParenting: Celebrating the Diversity in Parenthood | IPPF South Asia
For the Global Day of Parents, we spoke to three queer parents who are transcending the narrow confines of parenthood that have long defined what parenting and families "should" look like.
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June 1, 2025 at 2:11 PM