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Sandrine from Cameroon, read her story Sexual rights are human rights
On Human Rights Day (10 December) IPPF says that denying the sexual rights of individuals has severe consequences for the wellbeing of women, men and young people everywhere.

Contraception WomanCare Global Acquires 2 Global Brands From ICON
Combined Oral Contraceptive Roselle® and Emergency Contraceptive Optinor® 29 November 2010, Chapel Hill, USA.

AIDS ribbon What’s the impact of criminalizing HIV transmission?
26 November 2010 - "Behind Bars‟ a collection of interviews published by IPPF exposes how criminal laws on HIV transmission are affecting people‟s working and private lives all around the world.

Princess Basma Bint Talal of Jordan International Planned Parenthood Federation presents global awards for Contribution to Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights
Her Royal Highness Princess Basma Bint Talal of Jordan honoured as a leading advocate for sexual and reproductive health and rights.

Dr Gill Greer, Director-General of IPPF What’s it like to live in a world where your sexual rights are denied?
4 September is the first World Sexual Health Day - an international celebration of sexual health and sexual rights organized by the World Association for Sexual Health.

Millennium Goal 5: maternal health G8 must support comprehensive maternal and child health strategy for developing countries
23 March 2010 - Funding for family planning essential if Canadian G8 initiative is to succeed for poor women in poor countries.

Photo courtesy of Phil Johnson, Haiti Hospital Appeal Fashion For Relief 2010: Helping the Women and Children of Haiti
19 February 2010 - Stars of fashion, music, film, TV and sports raise money for maternal health charities working in Haiti.

Naomi Campbell, photo courtesy of Phil Johnson, Haiti Hosptial Appeal White Ribbon Alliance Global Ambassador Naomi Campbell and Global Patron Sarah Brown Reach Out to Women and Children of Haiti
Naomi Campbell and Sarah Brown support Haiti with Fashion For Relief charity Fashion Show.

A judge from Europe Ireland's draconian abortion laws put under the spotlight at human rights court
3 women challenged Ireland’s ban on abortion on the grounds that the law jeopardised their health and their wellbeing in violation of their rights under the European Convention on Human Rights.

A judge from the court Landmark Irish abortion case to be heard by European Court of Human Rights
Judgement will have Europe-wide implications. 138,400 Irish women and girls have travelled abroad to access safe and legal abortions since 1980, majority to UK.

Yasuo Kon, one of the award winners Leading advocates for sexual and reproductive health and rights honoured in London
International Planned Parenthood Federation launches inaugural global awards for Contribution to Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights.

A smiling woman HIV stigma and discrimination remain a significant challenge in the UK
New research led by people living with HIV shows physical and verbal harassment a common reality for people living with HIV in the UK.

Abortion worldwide: a decade of uneven progress - Guttmacher Institute Abortion Worldwide: A Decade of Uneven Progress
Abortion and unintended pregnancy decline worldwide as contraceptive use increases, but progress has been uneven and unsafe abortion remains a key challenge to women’s health.

Read the country reports too International workshop on poverty eradication and sexual and reproductive rights and rights
13 October 2009 - 22 ACP countries to discuss universal access to family planning, safe motherhood and prevention of HIV/AIDS.

Find out more about World Contraception Day 2009 World Contraception Day 2009
26 September - World Contraception Day - to encourage open, accurate conversations about sex and contraception amongst young people.

Dr Gill Greer, Director-General of IPPF Forum on Women’s Health and Rights Opens With Claim on Economic Stimulus Funds
2 September 2009 — Activists from 131 countries convened, opening with an appeal for countries to earmark 1 percent of their economic stimulus funds for development needs.

Dr Gill Greer, Director-General of IPPF Global Conference to Rejuvenate Conversation on Status of Women’s Health and Rights
28 August 2009 - More than 400 delegates are expected for a new conversation assessing 15 years of work toward better sexual and reproductive health and rights for women in developing countries.

Dr Audrey Simpson, Director of the fpa in Northern Ireland fpa hosts film premiere on abortion in Northern Ireland
15 June 2009 - The first ever short film about the plight of Northern Irish women needing an abortion ‘Discrimination and Denial: Abortion Law in Northern Ireland’ is being premiered in June.

President Barack Obama President Barack Obama rescinds the Global Gag Rule
23 January 2009 - Evidence replaces ideology as President Obama reverses ‘disastrous’ Bush policy.

Verdict on a virus Criminalization of HIV transmission and exposure
13 November 2008 - The criminal law is a blunt instrument for HIV prevention. Yet criminal laws are increasingly being used to prosecute HIV transmission or exposure.

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