Resources

IPPF has always done the utmost to advance sexual and reproductive health and rights for all. In 2021, IPPF Member Associations (MAs) continued to demonstrate their resilience and adaptability to carry on serving people in spite of the severe disruption caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.  A total of 231.4 million services were delivered, a six per cent increase on 2020. Despite comprising fewer MAs, IPPF recovered more than half the decrease caused the previous year by clinic closures and other restrictions. Couple years of protection (CYP) increased by eight percent to reach 29 million – higher than in any year prior to the pandemic. 

Understanding abortion: a visual resource aims to fill a gap in communication, reducing literacy and language barriers around abortion messaging. It can be used with a range of different audiences, including people with learning disabilities, to support them in the process of making an informed and consensual decision on pregnancy and abortion. This resource offers an insight into what the process of having an abortion is like, showing what a young person’s journey would be if they decided to have an abortion. It is aimed to support community health workers, young people, and others people advocating for an increase in knowledge and information on abortion and reducing the stigma surrounding it. This is a versatile tool, in which the reader can select the most relevant parts of the story according to their needs or those of their audience. We hope this tool can support those who require more information and may need to access safe abortion services. This resource can be used on its own or alongside other IPPF resources around abortion, such as the How to talk about abortion: a guide to rights based messaging or How to educate about abortion: A guide for peer educators, teachers and trainers. In addition, IPPF have produced videos on What is a surgical abortion and What is a medical abortion. For further information on this resource, such as translation into other languages, contact abortionstigma@ippf.org.

IPPF understands abortion self-care as the right of women and girls to lead, in part or entirely, their abortion process, with or without support from health providers. Guided by the existing evidence and practices, this statement provides practical recommendations for IPPF Member Associations and other sexual and reproductive health stakeholders on how to manage abortion care within a people-centred model which empowers individuals and is supported by community collectives and social networks, however still backed-up by the healthcare system whenever needed or required. This statement also serves as an advocacy tool to create an enabling environment for abortion self-care.   Download in English, French, and Spanish below. 

As a major healthcare provider and advocate of sexual and reproductive health and rights, IPPF is committed to supporting communities to adapt to the effects of the climate crisis while calling for inclusive, human rights‑based, and gender‑transformative action to respond to the climate crisis and its impacts at all levels.  This position paper describes IPPF’s priorities for advocacy and engagement on the intersections of sexual and reproductive health and rights and the climate crisis. It highlights what we see as our strengths on the issue as a healthcare provider and advocate and points to the values that will underpin our work in this space. Document de position de l’IPPF: La crise climatique et la santé et les droits sexuels et reproductifs En tant que principal prestataire de soins de santé et défenseur de la santé et des droits sexuels et reproductifs, l’IPPF s’engage à aider les communautés à s’adapter aux effets de la crise climatique tout en appelant à une action inclusive, fondée sur les droits humains, et transformatrice de genre pour répondre à la crise climatique et à ses conséquences à tous les niveaux.  Le présent document de position décrit les priorités de l’IPPF en matière de plaidoyer et d’engagement sur les liens entre la santé et les droits sexuels et reproductifs et la crise climatique. Il met en évidence ce que nous considérons comme nos points forts sur cette question en tant que prestataire de soins et défenseur des droits, et souligne les valeurs qui sous-tendront notre travail dans ce domaine. Documento de posición de IPPF: La crisis climática y la salud y los derechos sexuales y reproductivos Al ser una importante proveedora de servicios sanitarios y defensora de la salud y los derechos sexuales y reproductivos, la IPPF quiere ayudar a las comunidades a adaptarse a los efectos de la crisis climática y al mismo tiempo promover acciones integradoras, basadas en los derechos humanos y transformativas de género que permitan hacer frente a la crisis climática y sus efectos en todos los ámbitos. Este documento de posición describe las prioridades de la IPPF en materia de incidencia y participación en los espacios de convergencia de la salud y los derechos sexuales y reproductivos y la crisis climática. Pone de relieve los que consideramos nuestros puntos fuertes como proveedores y defensores de servicios de salud, y señala los valores que apuntalarán nuestro trabajo en esta área.

IPPF's Policy Handbook in various languages – October 2025Each of the policies in this IPPF Policy Handbook represent a course of action adopted by the Board of Trustees after appropriate consideration of the issues involved. IPPF policies are intended to provide guidance to the whole Federation on a particular subject in order to assist future action by volunteers or staff. IPPF policies should reveal the values and internationally accepted principles-of-best-practice that IPPF wishes to bring to bear on an issue. 

All around the world, the COVID-19 pandemic has, and continues to change the way that people live and the way that they experience sexual and reproductive health and rights. The COVID-19 pandemic has been transformative for IPPF as it has necessitated rapid, dramatic shifts in healthcare and programme delivery so that IPPF can continue meeting the needs of their clients and communities. In the first half of 2020, the Federation responded rapidly by convening a strong, multi-faceted global coordination mechanism – a COVID-19 Task Force – that serves to gather and disseminate intelligence about the pandemic; to lead strategic, joined up actions and learning; and to scale up innovations, all with the aim of supporting Member Associations (MAs) to deliver services in exceptionally difficult contexts. Working together, we have found solutions to provide ever more options and routes for rights-based support and care. Many of these will endure long past the pandemic. Read the report below for more. 

In line with the IPPF Humanitarian Strategy 2018–2022, we present promising practices to guide IPPF Member Associations and partners in the provision of CSE, specifically when operating in protracted humanitarian crisis environments and call the humanitarian community to action to recognize and adolescent sexual and reproductive health (ASRH) needs and rights in emergency response programming. This technical brief is available below in English, Arabic, French, and Spanish.

At a Glance 2021 is a summary of our key achievements from our 2021 Annual Performance Report. The document is available in Arabic, English, French, Spanish, Korean, Japanese and Chinese. 

IPPF envisions a world where “all people are free to make choices about their sexuality and well-being in a world without discrimination.” Therefore, Member Associations must strive to reach all adolescents with rights-based and contextually-relevant CSE to realize their sexual rights. In line with the IPPF Humanitarian Strategy 2018–2022, this statement brings together promising practices to guide IPPF Member Associations and partners in the provision of CSE in protracted humanitarian crisis environments.  The statement also serves as a call to action for the humanitarian community to recognize and resource sexual and reproductive health (SRH) needs and rights of adolescents in emergency responses.  Download the statement in English, French, Spanish, or Arabic.

IPPF’s vision is of a world where all people are free to make choices about their sexuality and well‑being, without discrimination. This position paper articulates IPPF’s priorities in relation to Universal Health Coverage (UHC) and sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) and aims to provide guidance for IPPF Member Associations (MAs) and the Federation at large. It was produced through a consultation process involving representatives from MAs and IPPF’s Secretariat through workshop discussions, key informant interviews, and document reviews. The paper is not meant to be a detailed, operational ‘how to’ tool. Instead, it intends to strengthen IPPF MAs’ and other organizations’ understanding of evidence‑based approaches to scaling up and/or institutionalizing access to sexual and reproductive health (SRH) services and care within a UHC framework. It also highlights key entry points to lead and support such approaches. This position paper is available below in English, French, and Spanish.