International Planned Parenthood Federation
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International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF) "is a global service provider and a leading advocate of sexual and reproductive health and rights for all...
"We are a global network of Member Associations, and we work in over 150 countries - providing and campaigning for sexual and reproductive health care and rights.
"IPPF was formed in 1952 at the Third International Conference on Planned Parenthood in Bombay, India." [1]
- Income in 2008 of US$119.6 million.
- Expenditure in 2008 of US$121.4 million.
"It was the result of campaigning by a handful of brave and angry women, including Margaret Sanger from America, Elise Ottesen-Jensen from Sweden and Dhanvanthi Rama Rau from India, who were imprisoned for their assertion that women had the right to control their own fertility." [2]
- Tewodros Melesse, Director-General
- John Good, Finance Director
- Owain James, Director of External Relations
- Naomi Seboni (President/Chairperson)
Contents
Trustees (2009)
Accessed August 2009: [3]
- IPPF President/Chairperson of Governing Council: - Dr Jacqueline Sharpe
- IPPF Treasurer: Dr Naomi Seboni
- Immediate Past President: Dr Nina Puri
- Honorary Legal Counsel: Mr Kweku Osae Brenu
- Chairperson, Audit Committee: Mrs Helen Eskett
- Chairperson, Membership Committee: Ms Fathimath Shafeega
Governing Council Members entitled to vote Elected regional representatives: November 2008 – May 2011
Africa Region
- Eric Guenne Ralphe (Cameroon)
- Bebe Fidaly (Madagascar)
- Felicite Nsabimana (Burundi)
- Naomi Seboni (Botswana)
- Roseline Toweh (Liberia)
Arab World Region
- Mariem Mint Ahmed Aicha (Mauritania)
- Kawssar Al-Khayer (Syria)
- Moncef Ben Brahim (Tunisia)
- Said Badri Kabouya (Algeria)
- Ahmed Al Sharefi (Iraq)
East, South East Asia and Oceania Region
- Kamaruzaman Ali (Malaysia)
- Maria Talaitupu Kerslake (Samoa)
- Wong Li Leng (Malaysia)
- Linda Penno (New Zealand)
- Zheng Zhenzhen (China)
Europe Region
- Khadija Azougach (France)
- Denis Deralla (Albania)
- Elena Dmitrieva (Russia)
- Ruth Ennis (Ireland)
- Eva Palasthy (Switzerland)
South Asia Region
- Padma Cumaranatunge (Sri Lanka)
- Surayya Jabeen (Pakistan)
- Subhash Pradhan (Nepal)
- Ankit Saxena (India)
- Fathimath Shafeega (Maldives)
Western Hemisphere Region
- Maria Ignacia Aybar (Chile)
- Andrea Cohen (Canada)
- Jacqueline Sharpe (Trinidad & Tobago)
- Esther Vicente (Puerto Rico)
- Carlos Welti (Mexico)
Partners
Accessed August 2009: [4]
- Arab Gulf Program for United Development Organizations, Big Lottery Fund, Deutsche Gesellschaft for Technische Zusammenarbeit, Elton John AIDS Foundation, Erik E & Edith H Bergstrom Foundation, Ford Foundation, Fred B Bixby Foundation, Harry & Julia A Brahamson Fund, Helen Seymour Fund, International AIDS Vaccine Initiative, International Federation of Red Cross, International HIV and AIDS Alliance, International Union for Conservation of Nature, Intrahealth, John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, Liz Claiborne & Art Ortenberg Foundation, Management Sciences for Health, Metage Capital, Nike Foundation, Pathfinder, Population Action International, Program for Appropriate Technology in Health, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Compton Foundation, David and Lucile Packard Foundation, European Commission, Good Gifts Catalogue, The Government of Australia, The Government of Barbados , The Government of Canada, The Government of China, The Government of Denmark, The Government of Finland, The Government of Germany, The Government of Japan, The Government of Malaysia, The Government of the Netherlands, The Government of New Zealand, The Government of Norway, The Government of Spain, The Government of Sweden, The Government of Switzerland, The Government of Thailand, The Government of the Republic of Korea]], Government of the States of Jersey, Government of the United Kingdom, United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS, Libra Foundation, Louis and Harold Price Foundation, Overbrook Foundation, Summit Foundation, William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, United Nations Population Fund, West African Health Organisation, WestWind Foundation, World Health Organization, Plus donations from anonymous friends
Contact
- Web: http://www.ippf.org
Resources and articles
Related Sourcewatch articles
- Steven Sinding, Ph.D. served as Director-General until he retired in 2006
- Julia Henderson - former secretary general
- Fred Sai - former president
- Pamela W. Barnes
- Mahmoud Fahmy Fathalla
- Channel Foundation
- Guttmacher Institute
- List of NGOs maintaining official relations with UNESCO
- BBC World Service Trust
- Optimum Population Trust
- International AIDS Vaccine Initiative
- Angela Gomez de Mogollon
- North American Congress on Latin America
- People and Planet
- Coletta A. Youngers
- Judith F. Helzner
- MacArthur Foundation: Population and Reproductive Health, Recent Grants
- James S. Sligar - legal
- Jeremy Hamand - former head of publications
- Malcolm Potts - former Medical Director
- Olufunmilayo Balogun
- Cass Canfield - former chair
- Sharon W. Allison
- Sir Colville Deverell - Secretary General in 1965
- Fpa
- Rebeca Rios Kohn
- Alison Marshall - senior advocacy adviser
- Laura Russell
References
- ↑ About, International Planned Parenthood Federation, accessed August 6, 2009.
- ↑ History, International Planned Parenthood Federation, accessed August 6, 2009.
- ↑ Trustees, International Planned Parenthood Federation, accessed August 6, 2009.
- ↑ IPPF’s Annual Performance Report 2007-8, International Planned Parenthood Federation, accessed August 6, 2009.
