International Planned Parenthood Federation

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International Planned Parenthood Federation
Formation 1952
Founded at Bombay (now Mumbai), India
Type International non-governmental organisation
Headquarters London, United Kingdom
Mission "To promote and facilitate an enabling environment that empowers women to actively participate as equal partners in development"

The International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF) is a global non-governmental organisation with the broad aims of promoting sexual and reproductive health, and advocating the right of individuals to make their own choices in family planning. It was first formed in 1952 in Bombay, India at the Third International Conference on Planned Parenthood and now consists of more than 149 Member Associations working in more than 189 countries. The IPPF is highly developed and organised into six regions. The organisation is based in London, United Kingdom.

Purpose

Member Associations provide non-profit family planning services, sexual health and abuse prevention training and education. Their goals include giving clients the information necessary to make informed sexual health decisions, promoting continuing sexual health, making available high quality sexual health services, improving the overall health of low income individuals, and using democratic organisation and the leadership of volunteers to promote these goals. Over 40% of the organisation's resources are aimed at serving the needs of young people; as the IPPF explains, individuals under 25 (and especially females) are at a much higher risk of getting infected with HIV.[1]

Funding

The IPPF is financially supported by governments, trusts, and foundations including the European Commission and the United Nations Population Fund for special projects. Half of the balance of their funding comes from government official development assistance programmes. To achieve their goals as an organisation, the IPPF often collaborates with the World Health Organization (WHO), the United Nations Development Program (UNDP), the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), and the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).[citation needed]

The IPPF is a prominent lobbyist in the European Union: specifically, for the European Council and the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC). It is the only non-governmental organisation (NGO) that focuses on sexual health and reproductive rights to qualify for Consultative Status with the Council of Europe. This allows the IPPF to sit in on the Parliamentary Assembly.[citation needed]

Canadian funding

In April 2011, it was revealed that IPPF, which had applied for an $18 million grant more than a year previously, had been denied funding by the Conservative government due to lobbying efforts by pro-life groups.[2]

On September 22, 2011, the Canadian International Development Agency granted IPPF $6 million over three years. The money is for services yet to be rendered in Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Mali, Sudan, and Tanzania.[3] Many anti-abortion activists have been critical of the spending including conservative MP Brad Trost who criticised his own party for supporting the pro-choice group.[4]

United States funding

IPPF is a pro-choice organisation that advocates for access to contraception and safe abortion services. This has led IPPF into conflict with conservative social forces, including the Roman Catholic Church and the administration of U.S. President George W. Bush, who reinstated the Mexico City Policy in 2001. This policy required non-governmental organisations in receipt of U.S. funds to refrain from providing birth control and/or abortion-related services, and was first instituted by President Ronald Reagan in 1984 after lobbying from the Vatican following's Reagan's establishment of official diplomatic relations with the Holy See.[5][6] IPPF opted not to alter its method of operation, and, as a result, lost 20% of its funding during the time the Mexico City Policy was in effect. The policy was rescinded by President Barack Obama in January 2009.[7]

Selected affiliates

Conferences

The International Planned Parenthood Federation was established after earlier efforts to organise the post-World War II family planning and population control movements. The first conference was organised by the Swedish Association for Sexuality Education in Stockholm, in August 1946.[10] Two years later another meeting was held, the International Congress on Population and World Resources in Relation to the Family, in Cheltenham, England in August 1948,[11] predated the establishment of the IPPF.

  • Third International Conference on Planned Parenthood, Bombay, India (November 24–29, 1952)[12]
  • Fourth International Conference on Planned Parenthood, Stockholm, Sweden (August 17–22, 1953)[13]
  • Fifth International Conference on Planned Parenthood, Tokyo, Japan (October 24–29, 1955)[14]
  • Sixth International Conference on Planned Parenthood, New Delhi, India (February 14–21, 1959)[15]
  • Seventh International Conference on Planned Parenthood, Singapore (February 1963)[16]
  • Eighth International Conference on Planned Parenthood, Santiago, Chile (April 1967)[17]
  • Ninth International Conference on Planned Parenthood, Brighton, England (October 1973)[18]

See also

References

  1. http://www.ippf.org/our-work/what-we-do/adolescents
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  5. Time Magazine article by Carl Bernstein regarding the "Mexico City Policy", the Reagan administration's capitulation to pressure from the Vatican with quotes from first U.S. ambassador to the Holy See, William A. Wilson
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  8. German Wikipedia: Pro Familia
  9. French Wikipedia: Mouvement français pour le planning familial
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