for women and persons of childbearing capacity to make reproductive decisions in freedom and enjoyment.
Ipas Latin America and the Caribbean (Ipas LAC) is a regional organization that is part of an international non-profit network working in the Americas, Africa and Asia.
We work in Latin America and the Caribbean joining efforts with organizations, institutions and individuals to prevent unwanted pregnancies and ensure access to contraception and safe abortion.
We act from a comprehensive and multidisciplinary approach to promote the creation of resilient safe abortion ecosystems.
The sustainable abortion ecosystem is person-centered and understands the complexity of the environment in which each person makes decisions about abortion, an environment we call the abortion ecosystem.
Strategic lines of work
Major Policies, Laws and Finance
We work to ensure that decision makers design, approve and monitor compliance with laws, public policies and budgets that guarantee access to contraception and abortion for all women and people with gestational capacity.
We promote access to abortion as part of a sustainable ecosystem in which stakeholders – women and those with reproductive capacity, government actors,
health personnel, civil organizations, activists and funders – work in an interrelated and committed way for reproductive rights.
Higher social norms and agency
We seek to ensure that women and people with childbearing capacity in Latin America and the Caribbean have access to information and social support that will enable them to exercise their autonomy and agency in decision-making. access to information and social support that allows them to exercise their autonomy and agency in making decisions about their sexuality and reproductive life, free of stigma and discrimination. their sexuality and reproductive life, free from stigma and discrimination, especially in relation to the prevention of unwanted pregnancies and access to
unwanted pregnancies and access to abortion services.
abortion services.
Major Policies, Laws and Finance
We encourage that access to abortion services
and contraception in the region be strengthened, guarantee reproductive autonomy and provide quality, acceptable, timely and affordable care.We promote the strengthening of access to abortion and contraceptive services in the region, guaranteeing reproductive autonomy and providing quality, acceptable, timely and affordable care.
Our integrated, people-centered approach has enabled us in the last year alone:
women and other persons of childbearing capacity gain access to safe abortion services and quality postabortion care provided by health systems in 10 countries in the region.
women and people with childbearing capacity gained access to contraceptive methods in 8 countries in the region.
people were reached with information on sexual and reproductive health through civil society organizations and networks of companions.
Civil society organizations were supported by Ipas LAC.
health professionals to strengthen their knowledge and skills in the provision of abortion and contraceptive services.