International Planned Parenthood Federation
International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF) is a global service provider and leading advocate of sexual and reproductive health and rights for all. IPPF works worldwide to promote and provide services and to develop public support for sustainable population, health and development policies.
The IFPA is the Irish member of the International Planned Parenthood Federation.
IPPF was founded in 1952 and now has members in over 170 countries. It collaborates worldwide with governments and with international, non-governmental and community organisations.
Approximately 36 million visits a year are made to over 58,000 IPPF facilities worldwide.
IPPF and its member Associations promote and defend the right of women and men, including young people, to decide freely the number and spacing of their children, and the right to the highest possible level of sexual and reproductive health.
What the IFPA and other members of IPPF believe:
- We believe that sexual and reproductive rights should be internationally recognized as human rights and therefore guaranteed for everyone.
- We encourage individuals, women in particular, to take control of their reproductive lives.
- We promote equality between men and women, aiming to eliminate gender biases, especially those that threaten the well-being of women and girls.
Above all we promote choices.