- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
Mexico City, August 7, 2023. Ipas, a network of local organizations working on three continents to ensure that all women and people with reproductive capacity can make reproductive choices, is celebrating 50 years of existence around the world. Throughout this time,...
Washington, June 21, 2023. The organizations that make up the Coalition for Women's Human Rights of the Americas urge the Member States of the OAS General Assembly to prioritize public policies to adopt, without further delay, guarantees for the full exercise of the...
Washington, June 21, 2023. Mr. Secretary, Member States, civil society colleagues. This Coalition wishes to urge member states to promote and protect the equality and human rights and dignity of all people without distinction, exclusion or discrimination of any kind....
- The publication indicates that abortion-related services include the provision of information and counseling, pain management, and post-procedure care, including contraception. - The document also provides guidance on how healthcare workers can support self-care...
- Safe abortion allows women and other able-bodied people to decide if and when they want to have children and to plan other aspects of their lives. - At Ipas LAC, we believe that in order to achieve equality and non-discrimination, legislators must guarantee the...
- The organizations involved in the case are optimistic and hopeful after the closing of the hearing. - In the two days of the hearing, it was evident that Beatriz's rights to life, integrity and health, among others, were violated. We, the co-plaintiff organizations,...
Abortion is surrounded by myths and one of them is that having an abortion leaves after-effects or mental disorders, such as depression, suicide or substance abuse. There is even talk of the existence of a "post-abortion syndrome". This is completely false and several...
In the context of the Covid-19 pandemic, several hospitals and health centers have prioritized the care of people with symptoms of this disease and focused their efforts and resources on them, leaving sexual and reproductive health care on a secondary plane. However,...
