Ippf Annual Performance Report 2022 1
Ippf Annual Performance Report 2022 1
Ippf Annual Performance Report 2022 1
a new era
Annual Performance Report 2022
Who we are
The International Planned Parenthood
Federation (IPPF) is a global healthcare
provider and a leading advocate of
sexual and reproductive health and
rights for all. We are a worldwide
Federation of national organizations
working with and for communities and
individuals in more than 140 countries.
Acknowledgements
We would like to express thanks to the IPPF volunteers and
staff of Member Associations and the Secretariat who have
contributed to this report.
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Foreword4
Annexes62
References69
Thank you 70
Board of trustees 71
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Foreword
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Most low-income countries saw a slow recovery in messages focusing on consent and respect. In 2022,
employment in 2022. The job losses that hit women IPPF MAs provided 35.0 million young people with
hardest during the initial phase of the pandemic have quality-assured comprehensive sexuality education
not been fully reversed. (CSE) and trained over 125,000 educators to provide
CSE.
In this challenging climate, we redoubled our efforts
and achieved so much, despite reduced income Once again, IPPF has proven itself an agile and
in the final year of our 2016‑2022 strategy. Income focused healthcare provider that can make quality
raised by the IPPF Secretariat fell by 26 per cent services accessible to those living in the most remote
(a drop of US$43 million, mainly through cuts to areas, those excluded and marginalized in many
restricted projects) compared to 2021, and expenditure societies, and those experiencing crises. We have
decreased by 16 per cent (US$24 million). also demonstrated our resilience and innovation,
amplifying social movements and countering the
UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office aggressive opposition that has become the defining
funding cuts in Pakistan, Cameroon, Uganda, Chad feature of macho politics.
and Ethiopia translated into significant declines in
IPPF Member Associations’ (MAs) service provision in I humbly acknowledge and show immense gratitude
these countries. And yet, through the extraordinary for the expertise and courage of our frontline
effort of frontline healthcare workers, overall services healthcare workers and activists. And thank you for
remained fairly stable compared to 2021. What an the exceptional support received from all of you who
incredible achievement! IPPF delivered a total of 226.9 believe in the journey we are on as we embark on our
million sexual and reproductive health services, a ambitious new strategy, Come Together (2023‑2028).
two per cent decrease compared to 2021. Couple
years of protection fell by nine per cent to reach 26.5 As part of the global community, IPPF will continue
million. In some key areas, extraordinary performance to shape the future of sexual and reproductive
by MAs more than compensated for those affected healthcare and progress the most intimate of rights.
by these cuts. MAs served more vulnerable people We are counting on you!
in humanitarian settings than ever before: a total of
10.0 million in 2022. In addition, safe abortion services
increased by 11 per cent to 5.0 million.
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Outcome 1
Champion
Rights
100 governments respect, protect
and fulfil sexual and reproductive
rights and gender equality
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Photo: IPPF/Wara Vargas/Bolivia
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Outcome 1
Champion
Rights
150
legislative changes in support or defence of sexual
successful policy and/
and reproductive health and rights and gender
or legislative changes
equality in 2022, a significant increase of 24 per cent
in support or defence of
over 2021. 118 of these advocacy wins were due to sexual and reproductive
work carried out by MAs, of which 104 were at the health and rights and
national level and 14 at the sub-national level. A gender equality
further 32 were recorded by the IPPF Secretariat, with
11 at the global level and 21 regionally.
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access to sexual and reproductive health services,
youth and women’s
23 related to education and services for young
groups supported to take
people, and 19 were concerned with preventing a public action on sexual
sexual and gender-based violence. and reproductive health
and rights
Promoting access to abortion care was the focus of
28 of IPPF’s advocacy wins in 2022. The case study
on page 12 describes the success of Profamilia in
helping to secure a court decision to decriminalize
abortion in Colombia, building on the Green Wave issues for activists. The centre also supported
that is fighting for abortion rights across Latin an event in Uganda – a country that is often a
America. However, in many other parts of the world testing ground for extreme opposition activity as
the opposition is taking increasingly bold steps to demonstrated recently with the criminalization of
restrict and remove the right to access abortion. LGBTQI+ people – to convene diverse networks and
Most notably, the US Supreme Court’s decision to coalitions, including elected officials, to shape new
roll back Roe v Wade and remove constitutional narratives and thinking on sexual and reproductive
protections for abortion rights is a grave concern. health and rights.
The shift to states deciding their own abortion
laws is causing serious harm to women, girls and IPPF’s European Network Regional Office hosts the
all pregnant people who might not be able to Winning Narratives Centre. This initiative develops
end an unwanted pregnancy or might be at risk powerful new values-based narratives on sexual
of complications during pregnancy that doctors and reproductive health and rights to target the
cannot legally treat. The patchwork of state abortion persuadable middle segment of society through
bans means that those without sufficient funds a clearer understanding of this group’s values
to travel for safe, legal abortion care or obtain and how this affects their response to the ways in
medical abortion pills will be forced underground which a topic is framed. The centre has conducted
to unsafe, unregulated methods, with no guarantee research into the opposition’s use of language to
of quality of care or aftercare. In response, IPPF MA push their agenda in the public sphere, for example
Planned Parenthood Federation of America (PPFA) ‘eco-friendly’ language to present contraception as
has launched a Bans Off Our Bodies campaign to a pollutant, and used this to inform MAs’ narratives.
combat this attack on reproductive rights. PPFA also The Winning Narratives Centre also trained MAs and
continues to provide services to all who need them partners on the theory and practice of values-based
where legally possible, including medical abortion communications as well as individual coaching
pills via telemedicine. sessions to address the specific challenges MAs face
in crafting narratives.
Ramifications extend beyond the United States,
as this decision emboldens extremist and socially Member Associations work closely with campaign
conservative opposition movements to follow and interest groups to support them in their
suit and attempt to dismantle reproductive rights advocacy to promote sexual and reproductive
around the world. Planned Parenthood Global hosts health and rights. In 2022, IPPF supported a total
IPPF’s Countering Opposition Centre, which supports of 596 youth and women’s groups to take a public
MAs to advance sexual and reproductive health action on sexual and reproductive health and rights,
and rights and neutralize opposition attacks. During an increase of eight per cent compared to 2021. Of
2022, the centre trained 10 MAs in monitoring and these, 249 were women’s groups, 231 were youth
combating opposition movements. In addition, 16 groups and 116 were groups comprising both.
MAs participated in training on safety and security
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Outcome 1: Case study 1
Decriminalizing
abortion in
Colombia
In a major triumph
Colombia for human rights,
in February 2022,
Colombia’s
Constitutional Court
ruled to decriminalize
abortion within the
first 24 weeks of
pregnancy. Colombia
is now a country with
some of the most
progressive abortion
laws in Latin America.
10 Decriminalizing abortion in Colombia
“The freedom for women to finally make
their own choices about their pregnancies
and their bodies is fundamental to
disrupting the cycle of poverty that so
many in Colombia face. This monumental
decision is also a win for dedicated
healthcare providers, who will finally be
recognized as people who simply care
about the needs of others.”
Marta Royo, Executive Director, Profamilia
Previously, abortion was permitted under just Among the various arguments that were accepted
three grounds: in cases of rape or incest, when the by the Court was that criminalizing abortion
woman’s health or life was at risk, or if the pregnancy fuels stigma and does not reduce the number of
was not viable. But this landmark decision means abortions. Rather, it forces women to seek unsafe
that people seeking and providing abortion in the abortion, with the poorest women, migrants and
country will no longer face criminal prosecution. those living in remote areas hardest hit. Profamilia
After 24 weeks, legal abortion is permitted under the estimates that at least 26,223 unsafe abortions were
three exceptions formerly in place. carried out across Colombia in 2020.
Profamilia has campaigned for years to This historic win for reproductive rights will save lives.
decriminalize abortion and played a key role in It is another victory for the Green Wave: the powerful
helping to bring about the decision. As the country’s grassroots movement of feminists, pro‑choice
largest provider of abortion care, the MA contributed activists, young people and human rights defenders
arguments to strengthen the lawsuit, specifically that is changing the debate around abortion in Latin
concerning the impact on healthcare professionals. America. The decision follows rulings in Argentina
Profamilia coordinated expert interventions to the and Mexico that have widened access to legal
court as well as putting forward its own. The MA also abortion. Activists hope that the ripple effect will
supported communication campaigns and grass continue, triggering legislative change in other
root mobilizations in different parts of the country, countries that restrict women’s ability to make
and increased visibility of the issue at the UN Human decisions about their own bodies.
Rights Council in 2021.
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Outcome 1: Case study 2
Supporting a UN
General Assembly
resolution on sexual
violence
IPPF worked hard to shape and support the Importantly, the adopted resolution also calls for
resolution, from first discussions on the importance access to ‘safe and effective methods of modern
of such a resolution to the final vote. We worked contraception, emergency contraception, prevention
closely with Member States on each draft of the text programmes for adolescent pregnancy, maternal
to ensure it contained essential elements to meet health care such as skilled birth attendance and
the needs of victims and survivors of sexual violence, emergency obstetric care, which will reduce
including through evidence-based language obstetric fistula and other complications of
suggestions. We supported the negotiations by pregnancy and delivery [and] safe abortion where
providing rationale and data to support critical such services are permitted by national law’. It
elements in the text and finding compromises that recognizes that human rights include the right to
balanced political considerations with needs and have control over and decide freely and responsibly
rights. In addition, we supported Member States to on matters related to sexuality.
stand strong against politically-motivated hostile
amendments, which were used in the strong UN resolutions are powerfully symbolic and set
statements to defend the text. global standards that Member States strive
to achieve. With one in three women globally
Despite conservative opposition groups lobbying subjected to physical or sexual violence,2 this historic
Member States to support hostile amendments to resolution affirms global consensus on a critical
water down commitments to survivors of sexual issue: justice for survivors. It reiterates Member
violence, all four amendments were defeated. The States’ commitment to promote the human rights
resolution retains a full paragraph on comprehensive of women and girls, gender equality and sexual and
sexual and reproductive healthcare, references to reproductive health. As such, it is a powerful tool
intimate partner violence, and the ‘multiple and to be used at national and regional levels to bring
intersecting forms of discrimination’ that women and about change.
girls face.
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Outcome 1: Case study 3
Shaping
the EU Youth
Action Plan
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Outcome 1: Case study 4
Extending
reproductive
choice in Sudan
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Outcome 2
Empower
Communities
1 billion people act freely on their sexual
and reproductive health and rights
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Photo: IPPF/Xaume Olleros/Benin
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Outcome 2
Empower
Communities
35 million
education to a total of 35.0 million young people, a
one per cent increase on 2021. Although the MA in
China was responsible for 81 per cent of this total,
the provision of comprehensive sexuality education
to young people in other countries grew from 4.0
young people completed a
million in 2021 to 6.5 million in 2022. This reflects the
quality‑assured comprehensive
efforts from MAs to use online methods as well as sexuality education programme
in-person education to reach a wider audience,
both in school and out-of-school. In total, 126 MAs
are providing CSE of which 56 MAs are also providing Result 5
125,461
comprehensive sexuality education virtually.
IPPF MA in Uganda, Reproductive Health Uganda, Countering female genital mutilation (FGM) is a key
hosts the Global Youth Connect digital platform. part of our response to sexual and gender-based
The online information portal – a one-stop centre violence. IPPF’s FGM Center of Excellence, hosted by
on sexual and reproductive health and rights – the MA in Mauritania, Association Mauritanienne
aims to facilitate communication between IPPF’s pour la Promotion de la Famille, uses MA-to-MA
youth networks and empower young people in all learning to combat FGM where it is culturally
their diversity through meaningful and inclusive prevalent, through a person-centred approach. In
engagement. The platform showcases stories and July 2022, the MA organized a workshop with local
experiences that share lessons learned and best religious leaders, which resulted in a multi-faith
practices from different MAs; an information library statement calling for FGM to be criminalized as a
containing tools, policies and resources; and an harmful practice that has no links with religious
interactive question and answer page. In 2022, the requirements. This statement was supported by
team designed the site, gathered and generated the Mauritanian Minister of Health, who committed
materials and established a ten-person think tank to advocate for national laws against FGM across
to coordinate activities. The Global Youth Connect the region. The center has also developed a guide
portal is scheduled to launch during 2023. on sexual and reproductive health issues for young
people and started to provide medical care,
Another initiative undertaken by IPPF in youth counselling and guidance on FGM for local people in
engagement is the Youth Social Venture Fund, Nouakchott.
hosted by the Family Planning Association of India.
This innovative scheme uses technology to address The Social Movements Centre, hosted by IPPF MA in
the challenges young people face in accessing Morocco, Association Marocaine de Planification
sexual and reproductive healthcare and information. Familiale, was set up to amplify and coordinate
The fund awarded its first set of grants in 2022 to social movements, grassroots organizations and
young innovators in Uganda, Kenya and Burkina defenders of sexual and reproductive health and
Faso, to create apps which provide information on rights. The centre identifies areas for collaboration
contraception options and link users to approved with MAs and provides dedicated support such
and qualified providers of quality services. as capacity building, networking and fundraising.
In 2022, the Social Movements Centre devised
a new strategy, in partnership with members of
their community of practice, and awarded grants
to movements in Brazil, Morocco and Paraguay.
Workshops were also held on the sustainability
of social movements, collective care and digital
security.
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Outcome 2: Case study 1
Treasure Your
Pleasure
Advancing
Comprehensive
Sexuality
Education
IPPF MAs around the world are trailblazers
in the provision of quality comprehensive
sexuality education in and out of school:
increasing young people’s awareness of
their rights, promoting gender equality, and
empowering young people to make informed
decisions about their health, relationships
and sexuality.
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Outcome 3
Serve People
2 billion quality, integrated sexual and
reproductive health services delivered
by IPPF and its partners
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Photo: IPPF/Hannah Maule-ffinch/Sudan
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Outcome 3
Serve People
The number of services enabled through partner From a total of 226.9 million sexual and reproductive
clinics, however, fell by 12 per cent, to 67.0 million. health services delivered in 2022, MAs in the Africa
This is primarily due to the scaledown or closure of region contributed 45 per cent, while the Arab World
sites in a small number of MAs due to funding cuts, region delivered 26 per cent and the South Asia
especially from the Women’s Integrated Sexual region 13 per cent.
Health (WISH) programme, funded by the UK Foreign,
Commonwealth and Development Office, which The number of clients reached remained in line
includes a large component of working through with our 2021 performance, at 71.4 million. This
partners. nonetheless represents a 16 per cent increase
compared to 2020, illustrating the continuing efforts
from MAs to build resilient service delivery models
Result 7
159.9m
following the COVID-19 pandemic. Poor and/or
marginalized people made up 86 per cent of our
total clients, while 40 per cent were under the age
of 25.
26.5m
as well as our response to natural disasters such as
the catastrophic flooding in Pakistan. IPPF ensured
that sexual and reproductive healthcare remained
at the core of all humanitarian response, providing
life-saving care and meeting the needs of women
couple years of protection and girls particularly vulnerable to sexual and
gender-based violence.
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Expanding contraceptive choice
63%
services, providing the entry point for many clients
to access further sexual and reproductive health
services in the same facility. Couple years of
protection (CYP) – the estimated protection from
pregnancy provided by contraceptive methods
over a one-year period – fell by nine per cent from average net promoter
score for client satisfaction
2021, to a total of 26.5 million. This can be largely
attributed to significant decreases reported by a
small number of MAs who had to scale down their
programmes due to funding cuts from WISH. The
main decline in CYP was observed in partner clinics,
with contraceptive provision from other channels,
including MA own sites, social franchise and Result 11
67.0m
commercial marketing, remaining mostly stable.
10.0m
and girls
In 2022, IPPF MAs provided sexual and reproductive
health services to an estimated 59.8 million women
and girls – representing 84 per cent of our total
clients. Obstetric services, including essential care clients served in
humanitarian settings
required before, during and after pregnancy and
childbirth, grew from 25.7 million to 28.2 million, an
increase of 10 per cent.
IPPF also delivered 28.3 million gynaecological Reaching under-served people and
services during 2022, of which the Africa region young people
provided 38 per cent and the Arab World region
27 per cent. This includes breast and pelvic Firmly rooted within their communities, IPPF MAs
examinations, biopsies, diagnostic imaging and are well-placed to deliver care to marginalized
cancer screening, and menstruation-related people and remote locations. The number of
services. Supporting women and girls at risk of services provided through mobile clinics increased
sexual and gender-based violence is an essential from 35.4 million in 2021 to 38.8 million in 2022, an
part of Member Associations’ work. Last year, IPPF increase of nine per cent. Three out of every ten
provided a total of 4.5 million sexual and gender‑ services that MAs deliver are through a mobile
based violence services, comprising screening and clinic or community-based provider. The number
counselling. of marginalized people reached in 2022 increased
slightly from 61.6 million to 61.7 million.
Delivering HIV care Young people are at the heart of IPPF programmes
and critical to our service delivery approach. Over
IPPF MAs provided a total of 47.2 million HIV‑ 100 million services were delivered to young people
related services in 2022. This is a broad definition by MAs during 2022, to an estimated 27.7 million
encompassing counselling, testing, management clients. This represents a two per cent increase in
and treatment of sexually transmitted infections youth services compared to 2021.
including HIV. Counselling for HIV and STI services
made up the largest portion of this category of
services, with 46 per cent of the total (21.7 million
services). Sampling and testing services contributed
26 per cent of total HIV‑related services (12.5 million),
while consultation services represented 22 per cent
(10.5 million). There were 2.2 million HIV‑related
treatment and management services delivered
in 2022, of which just over 261,000 concerned the
provision of HIV anti-retroviral medication, including
both prophylactic treatment and care for people
living with HIV. MAs in the Africa region delivered
50 per cent of total HIV‑related services, with the
Arab World region contributing 14 per cent and the
Americas and Caribbean region and the South Asia
region each adding 12 per cent.
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Outcome 3: Case study 1
IPPF’s
Humanitarian
Programme
in 2022
The United Nations estimated that 339 million
people in 69 countries will need humanitarian
assistance in 2023, an increase of 65 million
people compared to 2022. Women and girls’
sexual and reproductive health and choices
are often severely impacted by a crisis and
rarely prioritised in humanitarian responses.
During emergencies, spikes in maternal morbidity IPPF’s humanitarian programme focuses on four
and mortality occur, as well as the transmission overarching priority areas: promoting localised
rates of HIV and other sexually transmitted humanitarian action; ensuring access to lifesaving
infections (STIs). During times of crisis, sexual and sexual and reproductive health (SRH) services
gender‑based violence (SGBV) also increases due including abortion care; responding to SGBV in
to the multiple risk factors created by emergencies emergencies and responding to the intersection
as well as how existing gender inequalities are of the climate crisis and sexual and reproductive
exacerbated by the stress and tensions within healthcare.
households, communities, and society.
In 2022, our humanitarian reach grew more than
any previous year, responding in 44 countries and
reaching 10.0 million clients (a 64% increase as
compared to 2021) throughout humanitarian and
fragile settings.
Ukraine
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Ukraine
326
include 6.3 million internally displaced people (IDPs),
6.9 million people who remain at their homes and
4.4 million returnees.
Natural disasters such as earthquakes, typhoons, A core activity for the IPPF Humanitarian Programme
floods and drought have affected Pakistan for years, is to work with Member Associations (MAs) so
and regularly sweep away the foundations on that they are better prepared to respond to a
which the lives of hundreds of thousands of families crisis with immediate life‑saving sexual and
were built. reproductive healthcare. This is done through
in‑person and remote training in the Minimum Initial
Starting in June 2022, Pakistan experienced Service Package for SRH in crisis (MISP)*, Clinical
devastation and wreckage caused by heavy Management of Rape (CMR), Safety & Security, SGBV
monsoon rains and floods. Some of the worst and Simulation Exercises (SimEx) for crisis response.
affected districts were in Balochistan, Sindh and In 2022, the humanitarian team was able to roll out
Southern Punjab. According to estimates by the 93 trainings, reaching 1,725 staff Federation‑wide.
Government of Pakistan, 33 million people across the
country were affected including an estimated 8.2 During 2022, MAs in Vanuatu (VFHA), Cook Islands
million women of reproductive age. IPPF’s Member (CIFWA), Sri Lanka (FPASL) and the Philippines (FPOP)
Association in Pakistan, Rahnuma‑FPAP, responded strengthened their humanitarian preparedness
through the support of both IPPF’s STREAM 3 by undertaking national SimEx workshops. A
initiative and through support from the Australian preparedness workshop that covered various
Government’s SPRINT initiative. humanitarian topics was also conducted in
Nairobi for several African countries. These locally
Through the use of mobile health clinics and contextualised workshops develop participants’
awareness sessions, Rahnuma‑FPAP was able capacity in delivering SRH services in crisis. This
to reach 46,031 clients with clinical services and training serves to increase linkages between
provide over 354,000 SRH services. They were able our local partners and the relevant government
to complement the existing responses focused on agencies in the country, so when a disaster strikes,
primary health and safe maternal health with the the MA is prepared to launch a response.
provision of SRH services such as SGBV, and HIV and
STI diagnostics and treatment. Keeping our staff safe during a humanitarian
response is a key responsibility of IPPF. During 2022,
bespoke training was rolled out to several MAs and
Regional Offices, as well as key technical oversight
and risk assessments provided to all humanitarian
responses, including Ukraine, Palestine and Yemen.
The mentoring of Security Focal points and those
with responsibility for the duty of care of IPPF staff
continued, further advancing and embedding
security as a cultural part of the Federation.
* The Minimum Initial Service Package (MISP) is a set of life‑saving activities to be implemented at the onset of every
humanitarian crisis. It is an internationally accepted minimum standard of care for reproductive health, pioneered
and rolled out by IPPF.
** The Women’s Integrated Sexual Health (WISH) programme offers quality integrated and inclusive family planning and
sexual and reproductive health services to marginalised and hard to reach populations: the poor, youth under 20 and
people living with a disability.
*** Formed in 1979, the International Medical Advisory Panel (IMAP) is a body of medical scientists and of leading experts
in the field of Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR).
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Outcome 3: Case study 2
Community
midwives
save lives in
Afghanistan
The situation in Afghanistan has been difficult
for a number of years already, well before
August 2021 when the Taliban returned to
power, with nearly half the population in
need of humanitarian assistance. The rise
in hostilities across the country has severely
affected health facilities and stretched
scarce resources.
The impact has been acute for women and girls, Community midwives provide a range of services,
and restrictions on their autonomy and mobility in line with AFGA’s Integrated Package of Essential
are limiting access to essential healthcare. The risk Services. These include comprehensive emergency
of dying in pregnancy and childbirth remains the obstetric and newborn care, antenatal and
highest in Asia. post‑natal care, contraception, post‑abortion care,
breast and cervical cancer screening, screening
Despite this challenging environment, the Afghan for gender‑based violence and referrals. Midwives
Family Guidance Association (AFGA) has continued also offer health check‑ups for children under the
to provide quality healthcare through a specific age of five and nutritional advice. Technical support
project implemented in 11 rural provinces. and training are provided by the MA’s team of
gynaecologists.
Trained community midwives are at the heart of this
successful approach. With the help of 113 community Midwives have addressed gender norms within
outreach midwives and 59 midwives based at family the community, for example son preference.
health houses (simple community‑based health AFGA has sensitized male community elders and
facilities), the MA is reaching marginalized women religious scholars to foster support for sexual and
and children in remote areas, where access to reproductive healthcare.
healthcare is limited. When the Ghulam Jan family
health house was established, the village had its From May to December 2022, AFGA provided almost
own health centre and midwife for the first time. 371,000 sexual and reproductive health services
through this project. Nearly 24,000 women received
antenatal and post‑natal care, and complications
such as post‑partum haemorrhage were prevented
for 951 women. Just under 2,000 women were
screened for breast and cervical cancer. These
are extraordinary results, given the major barriers
women face in accessing healthcare in Afghanistan.
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Outcome 4
Unite and
perform
A high-performing, accountable
and united Federation
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Photo: IPPF/Hannah Maule-ffinch/Cook Islands
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Outcome 4
Unite and
perform
IPPF generated a total income of US$121.8
million across the Secretariat in 2022.
This represents a decrease of 26 per cent
from US$164.7 million in 2021, reflecting an
increasingly challenging funding environment
in which some of main government donors
are cutting aid budgets.
Member Associations mobilize funds through a and sustainability; using an online storefront and
variety of channels, including client fees, commodity relevant key performance indicators; as well as
sales, provision of training, and from local and investment guidance. Many MAs are keen to explore
national governments and international donors, in the potential of social enterprise, and yet shifting
addition to the unrestricted and restricted funding to a more commercial mindset and providing
they receive from IPPF. In 2022, MAs raised a total of the necessary staff capacity and skills remains
US$179.0 million, a slight decline of six per cent from a challenge. In 2023, the programme will focus in
2021. Most MAs (83 per cent) raised at least half depth on a smaller number of MAs, supporting
their total income from local sources, an increase those with the greatest potential to overcome these
compared to 2021, demonstrating greater focus from hurdles.
MAs in diversifying income sources.
In IPPF’s new resource allocation model, most of the
IPPF’s Social Enterprise Acceleration Programme unrestricted funding (known as Stream 1) is shared
aims to strengthen Member Associations’ capacity as grants to MAs using a formula that takes into
to apply entrepreneurial best practices in the account a range of criteria such as country needs,
health sector, with the goal of delivering social including population size and poverty levels, and
value, expanding and diversifying their funding MAs’ performance. Funding for 2022 was awarded on
base and boosting sustainability. Hosted by the a single-year basis, but from 2023 onwards funding
MA in Sri Lanka, Family Planning Association of Sri will be allocated on a three-year cycle. This will
Lanka, the programme supported more than 30 support MAs to plan and budget for longer periods in
MAs in 2022. Capacity building and training were time with a greater predictability of income to come
provided in marketing, sales, business development and reduced transactional costs.
US$121.8m
priorities under Stream 2; this supports MA
initiatives in the areas of the Strategy that require
additional investment and focus and that will help
IPPF deliver its global outcomes. Funding channels
under Stream 2 included gender-transformative
youth programming, co-financing to unlock larger total income generated by the
Secretariat
funding sources, regional opportunity grants to
address specific barriers or opportunities, IPPF’s
Centers and Funds programme and funding in high
income countries to leave no one behind. Finally,
humanitarian emergencies are funded through
Stream 3. Result 13
318,135
system assesses Member Association compliance
with a set of membership standards covering areas
such as governance, financial management, quality
of service provision and leadership on sexual and
reproductive health and rights. To maintain full
membership of IPPF, MAs must adhere to these IPPF volunteers
standards. Having successfully implemented
three accreditation phases since its inception,
IPPF will begin accreditation phase IV in 2023. As
of December 2022, 89 Member Associations had
been accredited under phase III of the system, Result 18
83%
with another 14 expected to be accredited in June
2023. Seven MAs that failed to fully comply with the
standards and responsibilities of IPPF membership
were expelled during phase III.
Following an evaluation of phase III in 2021, the of MAs receiving no more than
accreditation tools were revised the following 50% of their income from IPPF
year. A lighter, more agile system was introduced. unrestricted grant
Membership standards were consolidated and
each phase will run for four years instead of the
usual five-year cycle. Learning from conducting
accreditation during the COVID-19 era, the norm will
be to carry out a virtual review of the Association,
with a hybrid of virtual and on-site visits conducted
only in exceptional cases. Human resource and
finance elements have been strengthened and
safeguarding embedded across the standards.
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Outcome 4: Case study 1
Strengthening
MA governance
42 Strengthening MA governance
Following a competitive selection process, 23 Towards the end of the initiative, the Secretariat
MAs took part in the initiative. Small grants were worked with consultants to compile lessons learnt
made available to all participating MAs, however, in the form of a report and guidelines. This entailed
funding was subject to their commitment to conducting online surveys, interviews, focus
make meaningful change. In addition, the MA of group discussions and a workshop. Available in
Benin financed its own governance reform, which English, French, Spanish and Arabic, the resources
shows the appetite for modernization. Although will be used to support other MAs undertaking
the initiative was originally designed to take place governance reform.
in two phases in 2020 and 2021, MAs were keen to
explore other aspects of their reform process, so a The Jamaica Family Planning Association (JFPA)
third phase was held in 2022. A Secretariat support was one of the MAs that benefited from taking part
team facilitated learning and sharing among in the initiative. JFPA established a Nomination and
the MAs through online roundtables as well as Board Development Committee to increase its
one-to-one support. active membership and recruit board members
with relevant knowledge and skills, including young
All participating MAs have now completed their people. The MA reached out to schools and youth
governance reforms. Previously, boards tended groups to recruit young people aged 16–25 to join
to be large, made up of volunteers with limited its Youth Advocacy Movement (YAM). Through YAM,
diversity in terms of skills, and a maximum tenure two young people were then nominated for the
of 15 years. But since taking part in the initiative, board. Broadening JFPA’s membership has not
MAs have streamlined the process of nominating only enhanced governance but also boosted youth
members to the board, including bringing in external engagement, developing advocacy capacity and
members. A focus on the expertise needed has amplifying young people’s voices on the issues that
increased transparency. Boards now provide better affect them most.
financial oversight. MAs also rotate board members
by limiting consecutive terms, thereby bringing
in new blood. And most boards meet virtually
when necessary.
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Outcome 4: Case study 2
Implementing
our Data
Management
Strategy
For IPPF, managing data effectively is
paramount. Only with access to quality,
reliable data can we make better decisions
to enhance our performance, demonstrate
impact, mobilize resources and ensure
accountability. It is essential that we build
capacity and strengthen systems to respond
to the needs of staff, volunteers, donors, and
most importantly, the people we serve.
Nepal
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Updates from
IPPF
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Photo: IPPF/Cesar Santos/India
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IPPF’s General
Assembly and
70 anniversary
th
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Photo: IPPF/Cesar Santos/India
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Client‑Centred
Clinical Guidelines
it’s also about wellbeing and the promotion of members. The draft text was then reviewed by
healthy, satisfying sexuality and pleasurable sexual IPPF’s International Medical Advisory Panel, and IPPF
experiences, so the revised guidelines reflect this medical staff.
holistic, sex‑positive approach.
The guidelines were launched on 21st September at
These clinical guidelines are timely, as IPPF has just an event held at the Royal College of Obstetricians
agreed its new strategy, Come Together, which and Gynaecologists in London, introduced by IPPF
firmly centres care on people. A client‑centred, Director‑General Dr Alvaro Bermejo and Pascale
rights‑based approach means that people should Allotey, Director SRH/HRP, WHO. IPPF is promoting
feel empowered to make their own informed wide dissemination of the guidelines, which are
decisions about their care. It entails providing available in English, French, Spanish and Arabic. A
options for care that are sensitive to people’s short, animated YouTube video has been created to
individual needs and lived experiences. This publicize them. In‑depth webinars are being held
includes digital health interventions and support for on each chapter from early 2023 onwards, in which
self‑care – innovative models of healthcare delivery MAs will share their expertise, as well as regional
that can expand access to services beyond the webinars.
formal health system, including for marginalized,
excluded communities. In line with this approach, In addition, we are developing a mobile app so that
the guidelines provide specific recommendations on healthcare staff can access the guidelines and
self‑care, such as HIV self‑testing, HPV self‑sampling, summaries, wherever they are. The app will be easy
self‑administered contraceptive injections and to navigate, allowing users to search topics by key
self‑management of medical abortion. words and bookmark pages or tables of particular
interest.
A full continuum of care for all individuals across
the life cycle is promoted. The guidelines are We are keen that this valuable resource is used
youth‑centred, gender‑transformative and inclusive, extensively by providers around the world, bringing
recognizing the diverse range of gender identity and us one step closer to achieving our vision: all people
expression, and sexual orientation. are free to make choices about their sexuality and
wellbeing, in a world free from discrimination.
Revising the clinical guidelines was an ambitious
undertaking. It entailed identifying key questions
and topics, synthesizing evidence and appraising
its quality, as well as reviewing recommendations
from international bodies such as the World Health
Organization and assessing their relevance to
the settings in which MAs work. Each chapter was
written by experts consultants and/or IPPF team
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Anti‑Racism
Programme of
Action
Over the last two years, IPPF has been putting An externally led training was rolled out throughout
measures in place to identify and tackle racism 2022 across the Secretariat, including the Directors’
and discrimination throughout the Secretariat. We Leadership Team and the Board of Trustees on
have deliberately labelled our intervention as the anti-racism, discrimination, and anti-oppression.
Anti‑Racism Programme of Action, rather than using The training harnessed deep, and oftentimes
a broad-brush term of diversity, equity and inclusion, uncomfortable, discussions with staff on key
in order to address the problem – and issues issues, including implicit and organizational bias,
stemming from racism – directly and explicitly. In white supremacy culture, racial justice and
November 2021, the IPPF Board of Trustees finalized intersectionality.
a Statement on Anti-Racism for all Secretariat staff
and committed to developing an Anti-Racism In 2022, the Working Group supported the
Programme of Action. Since then, an organizational development of a Declaration of Intent on
policy dedicated to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Anti‑Racism. This statement was presented at the
has also been updated. This policy applies to all General Assembly in Colombia in November 2022
staff, trustees, and volunteers of IPPF and its Member and was formally adopted by all IPPF Member
Associations. Associations. A plenary session was also held
at the General Assembly which outlined clearly
A Working Group dedicated to moving the that Member Associations want bold, inclusive
Anti‑Racism Programme of Action forward was interventions to tackle racism within the Federation
established in 2021, with representatives from across but also within global health more widely. These
all regions of the IPPF Secretariat. A key priority of steps include:
the Working Group that commenced in 2022 is to
develop an Anti-Racism Toolkit. Work is underway to • Strengthening our recruitment practices,
develop online materials, manual courses, videos, including enabling anonymous recruitment
a quarterly newsletter, cross regional dialogues, through an online recruitment platform to be
and a virtual platform to support conversations and rolled out in 2023;
engagement across the Secretariat.
• Including online training on anti-racism as a
mandatory component of staff induction for all
new employees.
Table 1
2016-2022 2016-2022
Expected Result Actual result Cumulative % achieved
(total) target
Expected Result 11 – Services enabled through IPPF’s partners 426.0m 500m 85%
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The journey to decide our shared priorities and goals
began in December 2020 as we approached the
end of the previous Strategic Framework (2016‑2022).
We kickstarted the process by commissioning
research to inform the new strategy. Led by MAs
from 120 countries, thousands of people from
around the world took part in 24 roundtable
discussions, 70 national consultations, 16 regional
and youth forums, 20 workshops, questionnaires
and an award‑winning global youth challenge.
The roundtables focused on issues including
intersectionality, abortion advocacy, sexual and Pillar 1: Centre care on people.
reproductive health and rights and disability,
equitable access to contraception, decolonizing The goal of the first pillar is quality person‑centred
research and young people as leaders and agents care to more people, in more places. To achieve
of change. IPPF listened and our members’ diverse this, the critical pathways are expand choice, widen
ideas and contributions shaped several drafts of the access, and advance digital and self‑care. IPPF
strategy. believes that care should be tailored to people’s
needs across the life cycle. We will promote choice
Since we agreed our previous strategy, climate by offering a range of integrated, quality services
change, widening inequality, racism, sexism and and increasing our reach in humanitarian settings,
violence have created an increasingly polarized while prioritizing care for marginalized people
world. Some challenges, such as humanitarian and youth. We will also invest in digital health
crises, population displacements, pandemics and interventions, which pave the way for self‑care.
the rollback of reproductive rights and gender
equality, have become more pressing. New
technology, digital health and self‑care present
opportunities, when reflecting key values around
inclusion and diversity, based on a human‑centred
design. We needed a new strategy that is fit
for purpose: one that will enable us as a united
Federation to face these challenges and embrace
new possibilities. Our strategy, Come Together,
does this. It urges us to come together, working with
communities, young people and activists around
the world to reach marginalized people with quality Pillar 2: Move the sexuality agenda.
care, stand up for people in all their diversity who are
excluded, and uphold sexual and reproductive rights The goal of this pillar is societal and legislative
for all. It also pushes us to work better together as a change for universal sexual and reproductive rights.
Federation. To advance this goal, we will follow three critical
pathways: ground advocacy, shift norms, and
The strategy comprises four pillars, with three facing act with youth. We will engage in advocacy at all
outward and one focusing inward on strengthening levels, address sexual and gender‑based violence
IPPF. Each pillar has a goal and three critical and defend hard‑won rights. We will also deliver
pathways: the actions needed to achieve the goal. comprehensive sexuality education to more young
Ambitious commitments, stating what we will have people through digital and social media platforms.
achieved by 2028, accompany each pathway. Core And we know that to be effective, messaging about
IPPF priorities – young people, gender equality, rights sexuality and safer sex should include pleasure.
and equity – are at the heart of each pillar. All four
pillars and critical pathways are connected:
The goal is to amplify impact by building bridges, The goal of this pillar is to replenish and nurture
shaping discourse, and connecting communities, the Federation from a common value base and
movements, and sectors. Critical pathways towards unleash our collective power for greater impact.
this goal are support social movements, build We will follow three critical pathways: chart our
strategic partnerships, and innovate and share identity, grow our Federation, and walk the talk. The
knowledge. To maximize impact and foster solidarity, sustained growth of the united Federation depends
IPPF will form alliances and collaborate across on affirming our shared values; supporting staff and
different sectors, based on common agendas. volunteers; building a culture of high performance
We will also communicate research findings and with modern, effective systems; and diversifying
learning. funding. And it means challenging racism and
discrimination.
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Annexes
Annex A: Number of successful
policy and/or legislative changes,
by country, 2022
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Annex A Country Number of Number of Number of
changes Country changes
Country changes
Belgium 6 Indonesia 2
(FLCPF)
Kiribati 1
Belgium
(Sensoa) 1
New Zealand 4
Bosnia and
Herzegovina 2 Philippines 4
Bulgaria 2
Cyprus 1
Denmark 1
Estonia 1
Finland 3
France 1
Germany 1
Ireland 4
Israel 1
Kazakhstan 2
Netherlands 3
North 4
Macedonia
Romania 2
Serbia 2
Republic of
Spain 3
Sweden 5
Switzerland 1
Tajikistan 3
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Table B1
2016-2022
IPPF’s Performance
Dashboard - Global
Annex B
Performance Results,
Percentage Secretariat
2016
2017 results 2018 results 2019 results 2020 results 2021 results 2022 results 2022 targets of target MAs reporting offices
baseline
achieved reporting
Outcome 1 Indicators
Outcome 2 Indicators
Outcome 3 Indicators
7 Number of SRH services provided 145,078,890 164,136,012 168,114,158 181,337,879 143,247,609 155,715,990 159,923,302 256,900,000 62% 112
8 Number of couple years of protection 18,776,343 21,065,169 23,476,137 27,015,108 26,756,387 29,037,517 26,533,612 23,900,000 111% 111
9 Number of first-time users of modern contraception 6,336,091 6,102,204 6,043,082 6,553,838 5,513,335 7,276,821 6,400,897 8,613,810 74% 47
11 Number of SRH services enabled 37,383,977 44,709,391 55,085,126 70,967,492 75,219,407 75,695,722 66,968,248 95,200,000 70% 117
17 Number of clients served in humanitarian settings .. 3,131,094 5,083,448 4,638,513 5,469,096 6,071,485 9,952,743 n/a n/a 44
Outcome 4 Indicators
12 Total income generated by the Secretariat (US$) 130,391,389 125,081,940 132,960,014 191,467,154 165,950,500 164,725,000 121,800,000 234,204,030 52% 7
15 Number of IPPF volunteers 172,279 232,881 261,573 314,068 316,798 316,240 318,179 n/a n/a 126
Outcome 1 Indicators
Table B3
Outcome 2: Performance Results, by region, 2016, 2021 and 2022
Outcome 2 Indicators
Number of young people who 2022 1,408,789 3,127,482 765,960 517,779 28,834,273 386,469 n/a 35,040,752
completed a quality-assured
4 2021 339,361 2,273,636 147,313 613,047 31,004,409 383,058 n/a 34,760,824
comprehensive sexuality
education (CSE) 2016 428,193 2,238,789 41,608 239,033 25,019,365 146,242 n/a 28,113,230
Number of educators trained by 2022 23,050 55,245 2,716 27,351 9,775 7,324 n/a 125,461
Member Associations to provide
5 CSE to young people or to provide 2021 49,112 19,733 5,986 12,560 7,528 5,710 n/a 100,629
CSE training to other educators
(training of trainers) 2016 6,130 88 130 2,734 214 0 n/a 9,296
In 2022, IPPF began using an updated method for calculating CYP, based on research
carried out by FHI360, Avenir Health and USAID11. This slightly increases the CYP totals
for IUDs and oral contraceptives. Data for 2021 and earlier has not been recalculated to
maintain consistency with previous reports.
Due to rounding, numbers presented throughout this report’s annexes may not add up
precisely to the totals indicated and percentages may not sum to 100.
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Table B4
Outcome 3: Performance Results, by region, 2016, 2021 and 2022
Outcome 3 Indicators
IPPF clients who would 2022 71% 60% 49% 44% 65% 70% n/a 63%
recommend our services
to family or friends as 2021 69% 64% 9% 59% 66% 67% n/a 64%
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measured through the
Net Promoter Score 2016 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
methodology
Table B5
Outcome 4: Performance Results, by region, 2016, 2021 and 2022
Outcome 4 Indicators
2022 121,800,000
Total income generated
12 2021 n/a 164,725,000
by the Secretariat (US$)
2016 130,391,389
Total income generated 2022 44,860,736 70,936,488 12,619,141 7,411,308 27,423,221 15,735,133 n/a 178,986,027
locally by unrestricted
13 2021 75,171,772 61,830,386 9,100,632 4,942,356 26,363,921 13,455,013 n/a 190,864,081
grant-receiving Member
Associations (US$) 2016 149,979,959 65,638,161 5,341,111 4,481,212 51,280,444 14,477,182 n/a 291,198,069
Proportion of IPPF 2022 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
unrestricted funding
used to reward Member 2021 9% 10% 6% 5% 2% 7% n/a 8%
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Associations through
a performance-based 2016 8% 4% 0% 7% 3% 10% n/a 6%
funding system
15 Number of IPPF volunteers 2021 33,175 46,043 66,532 15,335 48,184 106,971 n/a 316,240
MAs receiving no more 2022 85% 87% 38% 71% 84% 100% n/a 83%
than 50% of their income
18 2021 93% 82% 43% 77% 95% 88% n/a 81%
from IPPF unrestricted
grant 2016 94% 85% 62% 77% 74% 86% n/a 83%
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Table B6
Number of couple years of protection provided, by region, by method, 2016, 2021 and 2022
Intrauterine devices 2021 713,159 3,130,709 4,637,845 9,921 240,573 208,462 8,940,669
Oral contraceptive pills 2021 270,104 1,730,259 508,191 744 66,081 366,605 2,941,984
Number of responses 2021 (n=13) (n=36) (n=12) (n=14) (n=25) (n=7) (n=107)
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Table B7
Number of sexual and reproductive health services delivered, by region, by service type, 2016, 2021 and 2022
Specialized counselling 2021 559,527 3,967,703 1,885,786 212,762 1,669,098 2,895,484 11,190,360
SRH medical 2021 48,894 958,875 1,139,618 6,283 62,108 1,233,964 3,449,742
Number of responses 2021 (n=15) (n=36) (n=11) (n=16) (n=25) (n=8) (n=111)
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Board of
trustees
As of May 2023
Vice Chair
Ulukbek Batyrgaliev
Trustees
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Locally owned,
globally connected:
A movement
for change
Our vision
All people are free to make choices about their sexuality
and well-being, in a world without discrimination.
Our mission
Building on a proud history of nearly 70 years of achievement, we commit
to lead a locally owned, globally connected civil society movement that
provides and enables healthcare and champions sexual and reproductive
health and rights for all, especially the under-served.