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Care Without Judgement: Safer Care for Women in Humanitarian Crisis
Isa Kyari has been a Community Health Extension Worker in Borno State for six years. With the humanitarian crisis in the State, he has seen firsthand how many displaced women, who live in poverty, visit the health care facilities to request for abortion and...
How menstrual health education is helping girls stay in school in Borno State
School demonstration on the use of pads during the rapid response club session in school. Photo @Ezekiel Sunday/ZECGWIS ‘…Whenever I was on my period, I used to stay at home and not come to school. I did this to avoid stigma and other problems. I felt it was better to...
Strengthening Communities to Support Women’s Sexual Health Choices
Women’s ability to make choices for their health goes beyond their knowledge of sexual and reproductive health alone. It involves ongoing dialogue and engagement with multiple power holders in patriarchal societies where entrenched social norms limit women’s and...
Ending Stigma at Scale: Ipas Builds The Capacity of Stakeholders on the Values Clarification for Action and Transformation
Addressing community norms related to sexual and reproductive health in Nigeria presents multifaceted challenges due to religious, moral, and cultural constraints. Additionally, longstanding information surrounding abortion and contraception care has perpetuated...
Engaging Religious and Traditional Leaders to Break Stigma in Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights
In Nigeria, societal stigma—reinforced by powerful institutions such as religion and tradition—continues to limit access to sexual and reproductive health services. Religious and traditional leaders play an outsized role in shaping community beliefs and the...
Call for Submissions: The Resonance of Choice (Art for Reproductive Justice)
Are you a creative storyteller who believes in reproductive justice for all? Whether through activism, art, organizing, or personal experience, do you believe in storytelling as a force for sparking hope and sustaining movements for change? The Ipas Nigeria Health...
Stigma Ends Here: Ipas Nigeria multi-sector approach to reducing abortion stigma
Dr. Oluwaserimi Adewumi Ajetunmobi, MBBS, MSc., FWACP, Honourable Commissioner for Health, Ministry of Health, Oyo State giving her remarks during the training session for Government Stakeholders in Oyo State.Stigma around abortion in Nigeria is one of the most...
How Ipas Nigeria Is Strengthening Access to Reproductive Justice for all Women and Girls
To enable women's full and effective participation and decision making in public life, Ipas Nigeria Health Foundation has been working for the past 25 years to create a policy environment that ensures women and girls have access to reproductive justice, including...
25 Years of Impact
In Nigeria, Ipas has been working to create a sustainable environment for reproductive justice in Nigeria. These are the bold strides we have made over the years.
Accelerating Progress and wellbeing: Building healthcare resilience using the On-the-Job Training Approach
Ipas Nigeria is introducing innovative approaches that enables healthcare resilience in delivering quality post abortion care.
Eliminating Barriers through Meaningful Participation for Persons with Disabilities
Persons with disabilities are largely excluded from participating in decisions that largely affect them. This barrier in social inclusion is often exacerbated by attitudinal barriers, therefore leading to the lack of access to services that suit their needs and spaces where they can participate.
Bodily Autonomy: Empowering young people for Better Futures
Information on sexual health is largely hidden from young people. This attributes to high pregnancy rates and high incidences of unsafe abortions.