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International Day of the Girl Child 2021

News

11 October 2021

​​​​​​​“Let’s talk about sex baby”: Responding to the Needs of Adolescent Girls and Young Women in Africa in the Digital Age

By Marie-Evelyne Petrus-Barry and Monica Mwai In todays’ digital world, everything is available online. Information, products, and services. 22% of the African population, can access the world at the click ...
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international safe abortion day

News

28 September 2021

How Women’s Access to Safe Abortion will Change in the Next Five Years

By Marie-Evelyne Petrus-Barry, Regional Director, International Planned Parenthood Federation, Africa Region (IPPFAR). Numbers don’t lie: Between 2015 and 2019, on average, 73.3 million induced (safe and unsafe) abortions occurred worldwide ...
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World Contraception Day 2021

Blog

“I Wish I Should not Have to Choose Between Condoms and a Meal”, says Kiandutu Slum’s Shoe Fixer

Story by Maryanne W. Waweru l Photos by Moctar Menta Mwangi Peter, 38, is a cobbler in Kiandutu slum, Thika, Kiambu County, in Central Kenya. On a bright Tuesday September ...
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14 October 2021

Creative session between Dr Aproko and the Youth Action Movement of Nigeria on SRHR

In order to increase African youth awareness on specific issues related to sexual and reproductive health and rights, IPPFAR engaged the services of Influencer Aproko Dr. for a 1-month digital ...
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26 August 2021

Togo: Supporting Refugees and Displaced People -the BMZ Project

The BMZ project supported refugees, internally displaced people, and host communities in Burkina Faso, Cameroon and Togo, in accessing quality sexual reproductive health care and in setting up income generating ...
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25 August 2021

Burkina Faso: Supporting Refugees and Displaced People -the BMZ Project

With millions of people affected by humanitarian crises in Sub-Saharan Africa, IPPF in partnership with the BMZ project and our Member Association in the West African country of Burkina Faso ...
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19 August 2021

BMZ Project: Supporting Refugees And Displaced People in Cameroon

Fané Zara, a Central African Republic (CAR) refugee who lives in Cameroon, was forced to leave her country because of conflict and is now a volunteer helping her community access ...
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19 August 2021

Male Involvement In Family Planning

Why is male involvement in family planning important? We interviewed passers-by in the streets of Lagos, Nigeria, to find out. This video was co-produced in partnership with Aproko Doctor, a ...
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