IPPF is a global federation and movement of 100+ locally led Member Associations in 150+ countries, dedicated to your sexual and reproductive health, rights, and justice. Formed from a simple idea, a vision of a courageous group of women, we have grown into communities, into clinics, into classrooms and courts. We are healthcare providers, educators, activists, researchers, and volunteers. We are united by a commitment to equality and justice for everyone, everywhere. We are locally led and globally connected. We champion not only rights and dignity but also joy, intimacy, and pleasure that are essential to human wellbeing.
Who We Are
About us IPPF Africa Region
IPPF Africa Region (IPPFAR) is one of the leading providers of quality sexual and reproductive health (SRH) services in Africa, and a strong and resolute sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) advocacy voice in the region, committed to gender equality and to ensuring that women, girls and young people realize their rights and have control over their own bodies, their lives and their futures. Headquartered in Nairobi, Kenya, the overarching goal of IPPFAR is to increase access to integrated SRHR services to the most vulnerable youth, men, and women in sub-Saharan Africa.
Supported by thousands of volunteers, IPPFAR tackles the continent’s growing SRHR challenges through a committed network of Member Associations (MAs) in 36 countries. We do this by supporting and empowering the MAs into efficient entities with the capacity to deliver and sustain high-quality, youth-focused and gender-transformative services. We work with Governments, the African Union, Regional Economic Commissions, the Pan-African Parliament, United Nations bodies among others to expand political and financial commitments to sexual and reproductive health and rights in Africa.
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What We Do
We deliver essential sexual and reproductive health services, and we advance, defend, and celebrate rights, dignity, and pleasure. Our efforts include health services, sex education, policy change, assistance in crises, and advocacy from grassroots communities to national and international political arenas. We work towards radical and long-term change, culturally, structurally, and politically. We advance and defend rights, shape public health approaches and services, and change narratives of sexual and reproductive health and rights. We stand up when others cannot or do not. We speak out for those who cannot. We amplify the voices of those who can. We are committed to a transformational vision of a more just future in which rights, dignity, joy, and pleasure are universal.
Our Charter of Values
At its General Assembly in November 2025, the Federation adopted its Charter of Values. A document that was achieved collectively, through wide-ranging consultations with members and stakeholders. The result is a bold set of values that commits IPPF to continue to grow, to learn and to stand together.
Dignity, Equality, Justice, Pleasure, Community, Integrity, and Resilience are not abstract ideals. They are our commitment to action. They show who we stand with, and what we stand for. Loud, proud, and united.
Structure
The IPPF Secretariat has offices in the following locations, supporting Member Associations in the six regions of Africa, Americas and the Caribbean, Arab World, European Network, East and South East Asia and Oceania, and South Asia.
Office Locations
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Nairobi, Kenya
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Mexico City, Mexico
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Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago
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Tunis, Tunisia
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Brussels, Belgium
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Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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New Delhi, India
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Cotonou, Bénin
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Suva, Fiji
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London, UK
Satellite Offices
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Geneva & New York, UN Liaison Office
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Perth, Australia (Donor Relations)
The Secretariat is responsible for strategy, income generation and distributing core funds to members, and collaborating with members on technical developments and sector advancements. It also carries out direct advocacy for sexual and reproductive health and rights to international and regional bodies.
Leadership
Our committed and passionate leadership team and Board of Trustees oversee the work of IPPF to create a better world for everyone to exercise the right to make their own choices over their bodies.
Our History
1962
The UN General Assembly adopts a resolution recognizing the relationship between population and economic development.
1963
International Council of Women passes a resolution urging worldwide education in family planning.
1964
International Medical Advisory Panel recommends use of intrauterine devices (IUDs) in IPPF Member Association clinics.
1965
US Supreme Court establishes right of married couples to use birth control as protected in the Constitution as a “right to privacy”.
The People of IPPF
- Directors’ Leadership Team
- Board of Trustees
- Nominations & Governance Committee
- Finance, Audit and Risk Committee (C-FAR)
- Membership Committee (MC)
- Resource Allocation Technical Committee (RATC)
- Strategy, Investment and Policy Committee (C-SIP)
Our Member Associations
IPPF works in 142 countries to provide help, advice, services and supplies relating to any aspect of sexual and reproductive health. These services are delivered through an IPPF Member Association (MA).
MAs are IPPF accredited organizations within country. In Africa the Regional Office, we count 33 locally-owned Member Associations and 6 collaborative partners in 39 countries in sub-Saharan Africa.
To find your local MA simply click below, or filter by region and country.
- Africa
Accountability
