Ipas
For Strategic Planning In West Africa
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Amount$375,000
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Program
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Date Awarded11/17/2014
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Term18 Months
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Type of SupportProject
Strategies
Overview
Ipas has a global mission to train health care providers to provide abortion services safely and advocate for improvements in the policy environment for abortion provision. This support would provide the resources necessary for Ipas to develop a new strategy for Francophone West Africa, where abortion provision is highly restricted and the quality of services available to women who might qualify as very poor. Ipas’s strategy for Francophone West Africa will consider which countries might have governments and civil society supportive to addressing the issue of unsafe abortion; identify potential clinical, research, and advocacy partners; and assess potential sources of funding for their work in the region.
About the Grantee
Grantee Website
www.ipas.org
Address
P.O. Box 9990, Chapel Hill, NC, 27515, United States
Grants to this Grantee
for support of Ipas Africa Alliance
This grant will provide core support for Ipas Africa Alliance, a member of the Ipas Impact Network, whose mission is to advance reproductive justice globally. The alliance works with partners to secure equitable contraception and abortion care in East Africa and to pursue advocacy for sexual and reproductive health and rights across Africa. This grant is aligned with the Global Reproductive Equity strategy. (Strategy: Global Reproductive Equity)
for general operating support
Ipas works to advance sexual and reproductive health and rights by enhancing women’s and girls’ access to and use of safe abortion and contraception. Ipas represents the primary global vanguard organization in the safe abortion sector, using a multifaceted approach that includes legal reform, health system strengthening, and community education and engagement. Ipas produces global goods that benefit the sector broadly — including programmatic tools, global monitoring of opposition actors, and a robust research agenda. (Strategy: Global Reproductive Equity)
