As part of the 28S, Ipas LAC launches the digital fundraising campaign “Transform the world”.
28S: “Let’s transform the world” for the right to decide
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28S: “Let’s transform the world” for the right to decide
As part of the 28S, Ipas LAC launches the digital fundraising campaign “Transform the world” to promote collective actions to ensure the right to decide and access to legal and safe abortion in the region.
Towards a care society that guarantees reproductive rights: assessment of the XVI Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean
Mexico City, August 19, 2025. The Member States of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) closed the XVI Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean with the adoption of the Tlatelolco Commitment, an unprecedented...
The Inter-American Court recognizes that care is an autonomous human right and that access to reproductive health services is essential to guarantee it.
This is the first time that an international court has ruled on the right to care, recognizing that all people have the right to care, receive care and exercise self-care. In Latin America and the Caribbean, women spend three times more time on unpaid caregiving tasks...
The defense of the right to decide on the 8M
In the framework of #8M, at Ipas LAC we reiterate the importance of raising awareness about safe abortion, so that it is addressed as a health, autonomy, dignity and human rights issue. We raise our voice so that no girl, woman or person with gestational capacity is...
The right to decide is a human right: three years of progress in Colombia
Colombia's landmark Constitutional Court ruling on abortion established a framework based on women's reproductive rights and autonomy. The right to decide must be guaranteed through comprehensive and accessible care: proof of its fulfillment is the increase in...
Ipas LAC withdraws from X (formerly Twitter)
We stand for democracy, human rights and access to unbiased reproductive health information. We cannot stay in a space that does not conform to these ideals. We will not participate in a platform run by and for right-wing extremists; but we will continue in the...
Landmark ruling, Inter-American Court condemns El Salvador for violating Beatriz’s human rights
JOINT COMMUNIQUÉ OF THE ORGANIZATIONS INVOLVED IN THE CASE OF BEATRIZ ET AL. VS. EL SALVADOR
Against gender violence: abortion decriminalized in the State of Mexico
The decriminalization of abortion enables conditions for safe abortion, guaranteeing human rights, overturning false beliefs and lack of access to quality services. From April 2007 to June 2024, 27% of those accessing abortion services in CDMX were from the State of...
Abortion and mental health
- Stigma and criminalization of abortion are factors that can have an emotional impact on those who decide to terminate their pregnancies. - When abortion is performed under safe, legal conditions, with complete information and based on scientific evidence, and with...
Can having an abortion have consequences on my mental health?
Did you know that there is actually no evidence that induced abortion affects your mental health? On the contrary, stigma, social prejudice and lack of access to abortion have been found to be factors that can trigger emotional distress in some people who terminate...
What to do if I need a safe abortion?
The safe abortion allows women and others with gestational capacity to make choices about their lives and their future. When a decision has been made to opt for a termination of pregnancy, quality services and reliable, scientifically backed information must be made...
The importance of having safe and reliable information to decide whether or not to have an abortion
- The Internet is an accessible channel that guarantees anonymity and confidentiality for those seeking information on safe abortion in contexts of high social and criminal criminalization. - Clear and accessible information, based on scientific evidence, represents...
Mothers’ Day: the right to care is necessary to ensure free and desired motherhood
- Motherhood, nurturing and care, historically, have been attributed to women and feminized identities, who have been assigned family welfare and domestic work without economic remuneration. - In the region, only 14 countries guarantee the minimum number of weeks of...
International Sexual and Reproductive Rights Coalition (ISRRC)
International Sexual and Reproductive Rights Coalition (ISRRC) On the adoption of the Political Declaration by the Commission on Population and Development The International Sexual and Reproductive Rights Coalition (ISRRC) celebrates the 30th anniversary of the...
International Sexual and Reproductive Rights Coalition (ISRRC)
On the adoption of the Political Declaration by the Commission on Population and Development The International Sexual and Reproductive Rights Coalition (ISRRC) celebrates the 30th anniversary of the International Conference on Population and Development and the...
In 2023, 66,853 people accessed safe abortions with Ipas LAC support.
- During 2023, 66,853 people in Latin America and the Caribbean exercised their right to safe abortion through the different access routes promoted by Ipas LAC. - That same year, 104,766 people received contraceptive services in public health facilities and civil...
Call to the Inter-American Court to recognize care as a human right and its relationship to reproductive autonomy.
- Civil society organizations are asking the Inter-American Court of Human Rights to recognize caregiving as a human right and its direct relation to women's right to reproductive autonomy, in order to promote gender equality. - Worldwide, women spend 3.2 times more...
Ipas LAC presents new governing body
- The Ipas LAC Assembly takes office as of October 2023. - The assemblywomen have extensive experience in the defense of human rights and are from the United States, Guatemala, Mexico and Uruguay. Mexico City, October 31, 2023. Ipas Latin America and the Caribbean...
Organizations launch Chabot on sexual violence and safe abortion for migrants
- This new platform offers automated conversations on four main topics: migrants in Mexico, sexual violence, safe abortion, and institutions and organizations that offer support. - The creators are a team of 14 institutions and organizations with expertise in health...