Women’s Integrated Sexual Health (WISH) WISH is the UK government’s flagship programme on sexual and reproductive health rights (SRHR) that was initially implemented 27 countries (24 in Africa and 3 in Asia). The number of countries for the extension phases was reduced to 17 countries. WISH is divided into two ‘Lots’. Lot 1 was implemented in West and Central Africa by a consortium of eight organisations led by MSI Reproductive Choices and Lot 2 was implemented in Eastern and Southern Africa and South Asia by a consortium of seven organisations led by IPPF. Programme oversight, verification of reports, evidence generation, learning and dissemination was done by a Third-Party Monitor (TPM). Donor: Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) Budget: Total budget of £ 272 million. Lot 2 budget £164.8M Duration: August 2018 to May 2024 Consortium Partners: The IPPF led Lot2 WISH programme also called WISH2ACTION (W2A) implemented by a consortium comprised of MSI Reproductive Choices, International Rescue Committee (IRC), Development Media International (DMI), Options, Ipas, Humanity and Inclusion (HI) and 10 IPPF Member Associations in Burundi, Ethiopia, Malawi, Mozambique, Pakistan, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia. WISH adopted the “Leave No-One Behind” (LNOB) approach specifically aiming to increase access for those below 20 years, the poorest, persons with disabilities and vulnerable communities such as IDPs and refugees.   Some results and impacts figures of Lot2 W2A over the life of the project Number of couple years of protection (CYPs) generated by W2A family planning services: 29,510,107 Estimated additional users of modern methods of contraception: 3,571,683 Estimated number of total family planning users: 8,405,222 Estimated maternal deaths averted: 21,579 Estimated unsafe abortions averted: 4,309,553 Estimated unintended pregnancies averted: 13,256,301 Estimated additional disability adjusted life years (DALYs): 19,224,382   And highlights in each of the four output areas: Output 1 - Community/Individual choice: Poor and marginalised women and men, and adolescent girls and boys are accessing high quality family planning services and have the knowledge and community support to make informed SRHR decisions. An estimated 76 million people in seven countries in East and Southern Africa were reached with mass media campaigns including 100 master radio spots, translated into 29 African languages and broadcast on 136 radio stations. 402 audio-visual recordings were produced and distributed reaching an approximate 49.5 million people. Alternative broadcasting channels were also explored e.g., in Ethiopia where audio spots were broadcast in Hawassa Industrial Park, targeting young people; 33 spots in Amharic and Sidama languages reaching about 35,000 young people, and linked to an increase in FP service delivery between 2019 and 2021. Sudan and South Sudan benefited from remote technical assistance by consortium partner DMI, adapting existing radio and audio-visual material for electronic and alternative broadcast. The W2A mass media campaign was shared with the MoH, other consortium partners and FP/SRHR implementing partners, distributing over 22,600 flash disks and SD cards for further use within their networks. Output 2 - National Ownership: Sustainable national engagement in changing and/or implementing policies, government financing, commodity security and public sector SRHR capacity Between 2019 and 2023, W2A through Options has contributed to an increased annual budget allocation of US$ 9,280,451 million for family planning, through targeted and evidence informed advocacy and accountability across Malawi, Madagascar, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zambia. Throughout the programme, government stewardship of quality improvement for SRH/FP has improved with assessments in Pakistan, Zambia, Uganda and Madagascar, showing increased scores in key domains including quality improvement systems and processes and actions and improvements. Since 2019, W2A through Options has strengthened government stewardship by supporting the development or implementation of 13 policies, strategies, guidelines or plans in Madagascar, Tanzania, South Sudan, and Uganda. Between 2019 and 2023, W2A through Options has strengthened the capacity of 74 local CSOs in Bangladesh, Madagascar, Malawi, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zambia to conduct evidence-based advocacy for SRH/FP. Output 3 – Access to Service: Access to quality, voluntary FP and other SRHR services, eliminating barriers for young and marginalised women Activities under this output focussed on the provision of quality and voluntary FP/SRHR services. Throughout the W2A programme, FP/SRHR service delivery was implemented across three channels - static facilities, outreach, and community-based distributors (CBDs). As a health system strengthening mechanism, capacity building of service providers was an integral component of the programme including values clarification and attitudes transformation (VCAT), training on provision of youth friendly services, integrated FP/SRHR service delivery (contraception, safe abortion, HIV/STIs, cervical cancer screening, GBV, counselling), commodity planning, safeguarding, QOC, adverse events reporting, infection prevention and control (IPC), disability inclusivity, data management and MISP. These trainings have reached approximately 9,000 health care workers across the W2A programme countries. Across the life of the W2A programme, the average youth reach was 16.93% against a target 17%, an increase from the original target of 15%. The W2A programme continued to learn and adapt programming with the aim of reaching clients living in extreme poverty with FP/SRHR services adopting innovations  to improve poverty reach including the use of targeted demand creation strategies, use of poverty heat maps and prioritization of outreach services and cluster/service delivery points (SDPs). The W2A programme continued to work on disability inclusive FP/SRHR service delivery through various demand and supply approaches including working closely with Organizations of Persons with Disabilities (OPDs), disability inclusive targeted outreaches, disability inclusive training, and accessibility audits. Disability reach for the programme ranged from 7-10%. Output 4: Global goods: Evidence-based innovations and practice shared globally to increase women’s choice and access to SRHR services The project has achieved and surpassed targets for global goods development with 17 knowledge products including learning syntheses, peer-reviewed manuscripts, as well as knowledge management products (WISH resource portal and WISH data sharing portal). In addition, W2A contributed to 11 discrete studies led by the TPM. W2A has also utilised both internal and external platforms to share and disseminate learnings form the programme. These include regional and international conferences (ICFP, SBCC Summit), as well as several webinars and learning events. The W2A Programme was also regularly and systematically monitoring other aspects of the programme such as risk, value for money and safeguarding making necessary adaptations based on lessons learnt. The WISH Programme made outstanding achievements in several areas and had an overall score of A. IPPF feels extremely privileged to have been involved in WISH.    

IPPF is committed to supporting Member Associations to develop social enterprise activities for the purpose of generating income, diversifying funding sources and, ultimately, achieving organizational and financial sustainability. IPPF understands social enterprise as using entrepreneurial methods to generate a surplus income, which is used to finance activities that enable the organization to fulfil its social mission. Member Associations have been engaging in social enterprise for decades. Activities include sale of services, commodities, training and others. In 2017, a survey to map social enterprise among the Member Associations showed that, across IPPF, social enterprise activities contribute up to 24% of the total income in 54 Member Associations, between 25% - 49% in 11 Member Associations, 50% - 74% in 14 Member Associations, between 75% - 99% in 13 Member Associations and 100% in one Member Association. Eight Member Associations reported income of US$ 1 million and above from the sale of specialized health and clinical services whereas five Member Associations raised more than US$ 1 million from commodity sales. Read more in our report: in English; Spanish; Arabic or French.   In 2015, IPPF established the Social Enterprise Acceleration Programme (SEAP) aimed at strengthening the capacity of Member Associations to apply entrepreneurial best practices in the health sector while delivering social value and improving lives. SEAP has supported the establishment and growth of social enterprises of Member Associations with the following objectives:  Accelerate the development of Member Associations towards achieving financial sustainability and maximizing social impact. Provide Member Associations with high quality technical advice to support the effective development and delivery of sustainable sexual and reproductive health interventions through social enterprise. Share key insights and best practices within the Federation and provide access to external networks of support and market opportunities. The coordination of SEAP is currently carried out by the Social Enterprise Hub managed by the Family Planning Association of Sri Lanka. The Social Enterprise Hub is responsible for SEAP’s grant management, enhancing awareness on social enterprising, project monitoring, capacity building, documentation of learnings and provision of technical assistance and training.  Watch our social enterprise video, get familiar with our social enterprise capability statement, read our 2018/2019 MA project stories and download our country-specific resources on providing effective technical guidance.  You can also get in touch by email if you have any queries or would like to know more information: [email protected]   

The SPRINT Initiative provides one of the most important aspects of humanitarian assistance that is often forgotten when disaster and conflicts strike: access to essential life-saving sexual and reproductive health services. We build capacity of humanitarian workers to deliver essential life-saving sexual and reproductive health services in crisis and post-crisis situations through the delivery of the Minimum Initial Service Package (SRH) for reproductive health in emergencies.   Through funding from the Australian Government's Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) our SPRINT Initiative has brought sexual and reproductive health to the humanitarian agenda, increased capacity and responded to a number of humanitarian emergencies. Australia has funded the SPRINT initiative since 2007 and has supported reaching 1,138,175 people to date and continues to respond to ongoing emergencies.   In each priority country, we work with an IPPF Member Association to coordinate and implement SPRINT activities. Through these partnerships, SPRINT helps strengthen the enabling environment, improve national capacity and provide lifesaving services during times of crisis.   You can read more about the SPRINT Initiative and IPPF Humanitarian’s Programme here.   Australian Government's Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT)      Australia's location in the Indo-Pacific provides us with a unique perspective on humanitarian action. Australia is committed to helping partner governments manage crisis response themselves. This is done through building the capacity of the national government and civil society to be able to respond to disaster. DFAT also works with experienced international partners to prepare for and respond to disasters, including other donors, United Nations agencies, the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement and non-government organisations.  

The Safe Abortion Action Fund (SAAF) was established in 2006, in response to the US government's Global Gag Rule, as a multi‑donor mechanism to support global abortion‑related programming. Hosted by IPPF, SAAF provides small grants to locally-run organisations that promote safe abortion and prevent unsafe abortion through advocacy and awareness raising, service delivery and research activities, and has supported such projects for over a decade. SAAF Supports projects run by IPPF Member Associations as well as other organisations not affiliated with IPPF. By the end of 2016 SAAF had provided US$43 million funding to 188 projects in over 62 countries. SAAF focuses on the needs of the marginalized and most vulnerable women and girls. By visibly funding projects using an international funding mechanism, SAAF works to destigmatize abortion and to legitimize the abortion debate. For more information about the fund visit the SAAF website www.saafund.org.

The Japan Trust Fund (JTF) represents a visionary partnership that began in 2000 between the Government of Japan and IPPF. Together, we invest in programmes that prioritize health equity, gender equality, and human security for all. Traditionally a driving force behind IPPF's efforts to support the integrated HIV prevention programmes of our Member Associations in Africa and Asia, JTF has adjusted to reflect changing global health priorities. We attach importance to universal access to sexual and reproductive health and rights - an essential contributor to universal health coverage and the global development goals.     These projects have transformed the lives of people most vulnerable to HIV and high risk of maternal and child mortality. Equally, it ensures that as a donor, the GOJ’s response to HIV remains people-centred and contributes to human security.      

IPPF collaborates with UNAIDS and The PACT to implement ACT!2030 (formerly ACT!2015), a youth-led social action initiative which engages young people in 12 countries with advocacy and accountability around the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and other SRHR agreements/frameworks. ACT!2030 was initiated in 2013 as a way to increase youth participation in the negotiations leading up to the adoption of the post-2015 development agenda, and for two years focused on establishing alliances of youth-led and youth-serving organisations in 12 countries across the world. The project is currently in Phase 4, which runs until the end of 2017, and aims to establish youth-led, data-driven accountability mechanisms to ensure youth engagement with the implementation of the SDGs and build an evidence base for advocacy. Ultimately, Phase 4 of ACT!2030 seeks to identify, assess and address key policy barriers to young people’s sexual and reproductive data by using existing data, supplemented by youth-collected data, to advocate and lobby for policy change. This phase involves four main activities: indicator advocacy (persuading decision makers to adopt youth-friendly SRHR and HIV indicators, including on things like comprehensive sexuality education (CSE) and access to youth-friendly services, into national/global reporting mechanisms); evidence gathering (creating national databases on quality of and access to youth-friendly services and CSE); communications (transforming this data and evidence into communications pieces that can be used to advocacy and lobby at national and international level); and global exchange (facilitating global visibility to share advocacy and engagement learnings and increase youth-led accountability in global and regional processes). ACT!2030 is implemented by national alliances of youth organisations in 12 countries: Algeria, Bulgaria, India, Jamaica, Kenya, Mexico, Nigeria, Philippines, South Africa, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe.