Ipas

Filing Period

Jul 1, 2011 to Jun 30, 2012

Signed

Feb 14, 2013

Return Version

2011v1.2

Gross Receipts

$68,252,230

Mission

Major Activities

Activity 2

Increased community access: women have knowledge, skills, social support, and sources of care in their communities to make and act upon their reproductive decisions.ipas builds women's and community leaders' capacity to address stigma, discrimination, power imbalances and the marginalization of women - all of which contribute to poor reproductive health outcomes and limit women's access to quality services. We also support community-led solutions to the problems of unsafe abortion and other public health issues. Our community strategies include efforts to expand women's - particularly young women's - knowledge, skills and ability to prevent unwanted pregnancies and access safe abortions; identify and mitigate barriers to abortion information and care; (continued on schedule o) strengthen communities' ability to prevent unwanted pregnancies, decrease unsafe abortions and increase access to comprehensive abortion information, care and services as a basic human right. In fy12:*ipas-supported interventions to promote women's knowledge, skills, social support and ability to obtain safe abortion care reached 83,339 women in 16 countries, in collaboration with 81 community groups.*in india, for example, women receive most of their reproductive-health information through personal communication. For this reason, training community health intermediaries is one of the most effective ways to link women to care and information. Auxiliary nurse midwives (anm) and traditional birth attendants (tba) in india work closely with women in their communities and, when given accurate training on how to talk about safe abortion and referral sites, they can save lives. In addition to training more than 1,054 community health workers in the states of bihar and jharkhand during fy12, our staff developed leaflets and posters about safe abortion care for anm and tba to share with women and men, especially in rural areas. Orientation of health workers is an important component of our behavior change communication strategy, which focuses on developing effective referral points that enable women to access cac.

Activity 3

Improved policy environment: the policy, legislation and rights environment supports access to comprehensive abortion care and prevention of unwanted pregnancy. Ipas supports the right of each woman to control her own sexuality, fertility, health and well-being. To enable women to make these personal decisions, ipas works with advocates and policymakers around the world to implement laws and policies that support that right. Where laws restrict abortion or where services are limited, women often risk their lives to end unwanted pregnancies. *ipas helped influence the commitment of nine governments to purchase mva equipment and medical abortion drugs: bangladesh, brazil, ethiopia, ghana, honduras, mexico, nepal, nigeria and zambia.*ipas provided technical support to local partners resulting in progress toward legal reform in 13 countries.*ipas advocated in global and regional meetings for women's sexual and reproductive health and rights, including the un commission on population and development. Ipas research provided evidence to donors and policymakers about the magnitude and costs of unsafe abortion and the benefits of providing safe abortion care, including a study of medical abortion in south africa.

Filer

EIN

56-1071085