Redefining Families and Family Planning

Date: 04/08/2021

Topic When Shakespeare said “what is in a name”, he didn’t know that a name such as IPPF or Family Planning can keep millions of people away from services who need them most. IPPF was formed in 1952, 69 years ago, when the world was very different. IPPF and member associations are supposed to be providing sexual and reproductive health services. But today, many vulnerable communities and groups do not access services of Family Planning Clinics because they don’t fit in the classical definition of families. The single women headed families, two husbands made families, trans people families, families living with HIV and while all of them require services they are either not included to come to family planning clinics or are encouraged to stay away.

Host IPPF Secretariat

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Languages Interpretation is available at this Roundtable in Arabic, English, French and Spanish.

Moderator

Abhina Aher, proud trans woman from India working as Technical Expert on Key Population under Sunshine Project with I-TECH India. She is board member of International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF), Vice chair or International Trans Reference Group (IRGT), Health Champion of The Global Fund Advocacy Network and founder member of Transgender Welfare Equality and Emwpoerment Trust. She has been working in human rights and health for the last 25 years across the globe. She was awarded the Rex fellowship award in 2014 and Global Innovator Award from Human Rights Campaign. She is former chair of Asia Pacific Transgender Network (APTN) and starring committee member of International Trans Fund. 

Roundtable Participants

Mauro Cabral (he/him) is an Argentinian intersex and trans rights activist. He is the founding co-director of GATE in 2009 with Justus Eisfeld and was promoted to Executive Director in January 2017. Mauro is a long-time activist and one of the most respected leaders in the international trans and intersex movements. He currently coordinates GATE’s initiative on the process of revision and reform of the International Classification of Diseases (ICD-11) and has been deeply involved in all the programs developed by GATE.

One of the initial signatories of the Yogyakarta Principles, Mauro was a key driver in the expansion of these principles (YP+10). In 2015, Mauro received the 2015 Bob Hepple Equality Award.

Tor-Hugne Olsen is managing the IPPF centre on sexuality and gender diversity. He has for the past 6 years been the Executive Director of IPPF’s member association in Norway: Sex og Politikk. He has a background working on human rights and development, including for Amnesty International where he served their first global committee advising on LGBTI issues. He has been part of the Norwegian LGBTI movement for more than 30 years.

Liz Tremlett is an advocate for people living with HIV and the universal achievement of full sexual and reproductive health and rights. Liz currently works as the Grants Support Team Manager at AmplifyChange where she oversees the LGBTIQ portfolio which ranges from small grants to large multi country projects all with the aim of creating cohesive and effective movements for change.

Nadine Talaat Abd El-Kawy graduated from the Faculty of Economics and Political Science, The British University Egypt, and completed her Masters in Gender and Development at Faculty of Economics and Political Science Cairo University in partnership with Sussex University. She is an assistant lecturer of Political Science at Badr University. Nadine gained experience in the field of development, having worked for one year as a technical officer in the National Council for Childhood and Motherhood and has taken part in internships at UNFPA, WFP and the National Council for Human Rights.

With over 19 years of progressive professional experience in SRH, family planning and HIV/AIDS  programming, Donald Makwakwa is an expert in Programme Management in the Malawian and African Region contexts, across the programme cycle from design through to implementation, organisational management and monitoring and evaluation. He is an accomplished leader having led several teams to organize themselves and improve their productivity at both individual and organizational levels. Through his grant management, Programme management, leadership skills, monitoring and evaluation roles, he has successfully managed grants from DFID, USAID, the European Union, Norad and Danida. He has been actively engaged in the development of national sectoral policies and strategies in Malawi. Donald  Makwakwa is currently the Executive  Director of Family Planning Association of Malawi, a leading provider of sexual reproductive health information and services in Malawi, leading the development and implementation of FPAM’s strategic direction and operational effectiveness. He has a track record of supporting both desk and field research in the field of Sexual Reproductive Health Rights. He holds a Master of Science Degree in Management Studies (Health Systems Development and Management), Leadership and Change Management (Leeds Met) and a Bachelor of Science Degree in Environmental Health. He has also attended several leadership training including the 9 Conversations in Leadership offered by the World View Academy and the 2 year MSI Accelerated Leadership Programme. He is currently the Vice-Chairperson of the Malawi Sexual Reproductive Health Alliance.