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Ipas Development

Foundation

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Outreach sessions by youth leaders with young women

made engaging with the use of games and story cards

Founded by a group of development

professionals in 2008

Ipas Development Foundation

(IDF) views women as the core of

families and communities, and their

well-being as central to national

health and stability. IDF works to

dismantle barriers and foster the full

realization of sexual and reproductive

health and rights of women, which

are essential to the achievement

of their physical, mental, spiritual,

political and economic well-

being. IDF works through direct

interventions, partnerships with 11

state governments and by nurturing

Civil Society Organizations and

local networks. It has trained more

than 18,000 providers in the public

health system on safe abortion

and comprehensive contraception

services, and strengthened over

6,000 public healthcare facilities to

improve the lives of 5,00,000 women

and girls each year.

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between the ages of 15–24 years, dies

every 15 minutes due to causes related to

pregnancy and childbirth. Ipas Development

oundation (ID) addresses this crucial

issue, creating an ecosystem that is

respectful, responsive and supportive to the

sexual and reproductive health (SRH) needs

and rights of women and girls.

‘Our comprehensive approach utilizes a

range of efforts with an eye on innovations

and sustainability – awareness building

among individuals; sensitization of

families and communities; health system

strengthening; building grassroot-level

capacities for local advocacy and action;

state-level engagement for financing and

ownership; and national-level initiatives

for supportive policies and guidelines,’ says

Vinoj Manning, Chief Executive Officer, ID.

Starting its journey with the goal of

reducing abortion-related deaths and

disabilities, ID has now scaled up its reach

by partnering with state governments,

aligning with their ongoing programmes

to offer sustainable training systems

for abortion and contraception, train