Abortion exists and will continue to exist. It has been part of reproductive health throughout history. On March 28, activists, feminists and abortion rights advocates mobilize for the Global Day for Stigma-Free Abortions. The Global Day for Stigma-Free Abortion seeks...
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...
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 recognizes ISSSTE's willingness to guarantee the reproductive rights of women and other people with the capacity to bear children for government workers and their families. Sensitization and training of health professionals is crucial to ensure that all...
Legal abortion is a first step towards access to services, prevention of unplanned or unwanted pregnancies and reduction of social stigma. We expect governmental actions to ensure the quality of services, trained health personnel, necessary supplies, technologies and...
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...
JOINT COMMUNIQUÉ OF THE ORGANIZATIONS INVOLVED IN THE CASE OF BEATRIZ ET AL. VS. EL SALVADOR
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...
- 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...
- 4,500 people from 49 countries joined the 24-hour live broadcast from the nosesiabortarono.org website. From social networks, more than 10,000 views were counted in real time. - More than 90 experts from the region provided live answers to questions from the...
According to the most recent data from the World Bank 1, the average number of people using the Internet in Latin America and the Caribbean is 76%. People seek reproductive health information on the Internet because it is accessible, free of stigma or social judgment,...
- 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) 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...
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...
- 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...
This #8M for a safe abortion without stigmas; for you, for all. - Towards 8M, it is necessary to remember that imposed and unwanted maternity is gender violence. - Forcing a woman to bear a child alone, forcing her to assume motherhood because the contraceptive method...
- 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...
At Ipas Latin America and the Caribbean (Ipas LAC), we believe that new and effective ways of accessing sexual and reproductive rights can be developed through the use of technology, which is why we created the area of Technological Innovation in Safe Abortion...
- 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...
