AMODEFA, the IPPF Member Association in Mozambique, is the largest non-governmental provider of sexual and reproductive health care in Mozambique, and one of the lead organisations advocating for sexual and reproductive health and rights. It works in a challenging context, where 1 in 2 girls are pregnant or have had...
AMODEFA – the IPPF member in Mozambique - has been running for 30 years. “This last decade should have been the phase of sustainability. This phase has been pushed back and we feel we are going back 10 years. The demand has been placed, but now, we can’t provide the...
While sitting in a session on sexuality education at the Armando Emilio Guebuza school in Maputo we noticed how openly the students were talking about topics that are taboo in other spaces. Their teacher, Vasco Nhamussa, said that “students want to talk about these topics, they are no longer taboo....
By Cosmina Marian, IPPF EN Which European donor countries are going the extra mile to ensure sexual and reproductive health, including family planning, is part of their bilateral aid programmes? There is a lot to learn from a selection of good practices which show how donor countries are trying to...
By Joke Lannoye, IPPF EN In 2017, European contributions to sexual and reproductive health and family planning (SRH/FP) exceeded €2.1 billion, a 10% increase compared to 2016, with nearly €198 million more channelled to SRH/FP in developing countries. Preliminary data collected by Countdown 2030 Europe – a consortium of advocates...