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...
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...
Restrictive contexts, such as those prevailing in most Latin American and Caribbean countries, and the social criminalization of abortion generate extremely difficult conditions for the networks of escorts, who face circumstances that put them at risk and...
One of the relevant aspects to ensure quality health care is the adequate regulation of the prescription and use of the necessary drugs and supplies. The existence of a vademecum is intended to provide greater legal certainty to professionals and not to limit or...
In 2024, 130,166 women and other pregnant women in Latin America and the Caribbean gained access to safe abortion through the different pathways supported by Ipas LAC. 2,381 health professionals received training in the provision of abortion and contraceptive...
Self-care strategies and medications that help during the side effects of safe abortion medications are very useful, learn about them in this simple and didactic material.
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...
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
This publication addresses some of the most common myths that Ipas has documented about the care provided in public health services to adolescents and young people with unintended pregnancies. The goal is to contribute to reducing barriers to access related to...
This sustainability framework is Ipas's response to Ipas to the urgent need to support and hold accountable those governments for whom ensuring access to safe abortion remains a challenge, contributing to high rates of maternal deaths, along with other problems.Using...
Leaflet about the IUD (Intrauterine Device or Copper T): what it is, who can use it and its benefits. One of the most effective and long-lasting methods is the intrauterine device, popularly known as an intrauterine device. "Copper T". Here we will tell you how it...
The purpose of this document is to describe the status of women's sexual and reproductive rights in the countries where Ipas Central America and Mexico (Ipas CAM) works.In Mexico and Central American countries, girls, adolescents and adult women face adverse contexts...
Results of the survey of nearly 350 abortion providers and escorts from different countries on the impact of stigma on their lives.
One of the main barriers faced by adolescents and young people in Central America is the lack of scientific and stigma-free information and the existence of myths related to sexual reproductive health, which are reproduced in the family, school and community. ...
Since 1970, the Costa Rican Penal Code establishes that it is possible to terminate a pregnancy when the woman's health or life is at risk.
The myths linking abortion with negative consequences for women's mental health have finally been debunked by health scientists around the world.
Women resort to abortion for a wide variety of causes and reasons, including: sexual violence, lack of access to health services and modern contraceptive methods, difficulties in the correct and consistent use of contraceptives, method failures, and the very fact that...
Abortion is a public health, social justice and human rights issue. Arguments based on scientific evidence show that decriminalization of abortion increases the number of safe procedures performed, decreasing the mortality and morbidity rate. Safe abortion also...
