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Between 26 and 30 October 2025, the International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF) brought together 13 trans activists and leaders from across the world for an intensive four-day training and exchange in Colombo, Sri Lanka. It was a powerful act of solidarity and collective learning in the face of growing global anti-rights movements.Participants included IPPF Member Associations; FPA Sri Lanka, FPOP (Philippines), and RENEW (Bhutan), alongside the IPPF Social Enterprise (SE) Hub team, GATE (Global Action for Trans Equality), TransCore Association (Romania), Inclusive Bangladesh, GAAT Foundation (Colombia), GDX (South Africa), and Sri Lanka’s Heart to Heart and National Trans Network.The meeting focused on advancing trans inclusion in sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR), strengthening advocacy, and exploring social enterprise as a model for sustainability and autonomy.“Trans people have always led the way in reimagining what liberation and care look like,” said Ecile from Mango Clinic,  Family Planning of Philippines (FPOP). “Integrating trans healthcare into SRHR expands access while affirming dignity, identity, and the right to health.”Transforming services for trans inclusionThe training builds on IPPF’s recent Technical Brief: Designing and Delivering Inclusive, Rights-Based Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare to Transgender and Gender Diverse People, a milestone document that provides guidance for Member Associations on delivering inclusive, affirming, and rights-based services for trans and gender diverse people. From Mango Clinic of Family Planning of Philippines to RENEW+ in Bhutan, participants shared promising practices and strategies for integrating gender-affirming care into existing SRHR services.“In Bhutan, we are fighting for visibility, care, and respect,” said Tshering Tshokey from RENEW+. “Partnerships like this allow us to transform health systems from within, and to make them truly inclusive.”Standing firm against anti-gender movementsAcross the globe, trans communities are facing unprecedented attacks: shrinking civic spaces, funding cuts, policy backslides, and violent backlash against gender justice movements. Against all odds, the trans movement continues to rise, resist, and reimagine.”Our bodies and identities are not battlegrounds: they are sites of power, resilience, and love,” said Ale Gomez from GAAT Foundation. “In Colombia, a country still healing from decades of armed conflict, trans and queer people have always resisted violence in all its forms, from the war to the streets. We carry the memory of survival and turn it into collective strength. Solidarity from organizations like IPPF fuels our struggle for freedom, dignity, and joy.”“The anti-gender movement wants to erase us,” added Tandile Mbatsha from Gender Dynamix, South Africa. “But every time we come together, we make our resistance visible, and unstoppable.”Across regions, these anti-gender and authoritarian groups have grown into a coordinated, well-funded network using misinformation and scapegoating to roll back fundamental rights for all. The global rise of anti-gender movements threatens not only trans and gender diverse communities but gender equality and justice as a whole. IPPF reaffirmed its uncompromising solidarity with trans movements, emphasizing that trans rights are human rights and a fundamental part of reproductive justice for all.Building sustainable futuresIn times of unprecedented funding cuts, the convening explored models of financial sustainability for trans-led organizations, supported by IPPF’s Social Enterprise Hub (hosted by FPASL). Participants engaged in practical training on social enterprise, an innovative effort to reduce financial dependency and strengthen the economic resilience of trans and gender diverse organizations worldwide.“Sustainability means power,” said Anwar Ogrm from the Global Action for Trans Equality, highlighting GATE's recent Innovation Lab. “Through innovation and collective learning, trans movements are building futures that are self-determined and community-led.”“The SRHR movement must support that transformation,” added Rishi from the Social Enterprise Hub. “Building financial autonomy through social enterprise is a form of resistance that goes beyond trans and gender diverse rights.”IPPF’s CommitmentIPPF’s work on trans inclusion is part of its broader mission to advance SRHRJ for all, grounded in feminist principles, equity, and justice. Trans and gender diverse groups are at the forefront of the fight for equality and justice. They must be protected, and supported. Through partnerships with trans-led organizations and activists worldwide, IPPF continues to translate solidarity into concrete action: in services, advocacy, and sustainability.Trans rights are SRHR. Trans health is a human right. Trans inclusion is non-negotiable.