ICMA Annual Reports
Prepared by:
Dr. Rodica Comendant, ICMA Coordinator
Susan Yanow MSW, Consultant
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Highlights of ICMA’s 2009 accomplishments include:
- Convened the Third International Conference “Expanding Access to Medical Abortion: Building on Two Decades of Experience”, March 2010, Lisbon, Portugal in collaboration with Ipas and Gynuity Health Project in which around 170 participants from 60 countries around the world participated to share updated information on medical abortion, successful experiences in drug introduction and policy development, and current barriers to access.
- Expanded work among the regional networks in Africa, Asia, Eastern Europe and Latin America, including institutional development activities as well as dissemination, training, advocacy and research activities. Each of the regional networks developed their plans of work based on a comprehensive strategy including diverse and complementary activities such as research, training, information dissemination, advocacy and capacity building.
- Redesigned the ICMA website and positioned it as a global resource on medical abortion, with new navigation tools, expanded sections linking to each Regional Network, and a new section on abortion laws. ICMA website is mentioned on 80600 other websites globally and is linked to 17061 other websites. It has received over 54,696 visitors. In 2010 the number of visitors increased by 63%, compared to 2009, and the number of page views by 41%.
- ICMA News development as an electronic newsletter which aims at disseminating updates on research findings, key events from the field, and new legal and regulatory developments at global, regional and national levels. Four numbers were elaborated along this year and disseminated broadly through ICMA´s and the regional networks´ mailing lists and were uploaded on their websites.
- Participation in panels at global forums targeting stakeholders at the global and regional levels to disseminate information about new developments and issues impacting access to medical abortion drugs and services.
- As part of the support given to the regional networks, the first training course was held with the aim at contributing to the strengthening of institutional development skills among the regional networks´ coordination and ICMA´s office staffs.
- Continued organizational changes to better respond to institutional development challenges, including the re-structuring of its technical staff with two-part time positions: Operation Coordinator and Programme Coordinator.
Prepared by:
Dr. Rodica Comendant, ICMA Coordinator
Susan Yanow MSW, Consultant
PDF, 4.1 MB
Highlights of ICMA’s 2009 accomplishments include:
- The launch of the African Network for Medical Abortion (ANuploads/file/ICMA 2010 narrative Report.pdfMA)
- Expanded activities in the regional networks in Latin America, Eastern Europe and Asia, including the launch of websites with information relevant to each region and locally appropriate translations of ICMA materials
- Continued organizational growth, including hiring a Network Liaison Officer to increase support of the developing regional networks
- The redesign the ICMA website and positioning it as a global resource on medical abortion, with new navigation tools, expanded sections linking to each Regional Network, and a new section on abortion laws. Over 2500 organizations now link to the ICMA website, and it has received over 33,000 visitors.
- Completion of a full Information Package on medical abortion in the second trimester, with distribution of over 2,000 copies of the Package on CDs
- Participation in panels at global forums around the world to disseminate information about new developments and issues impacting access to medical abortion
- Laying the groundwork for the 2010 International Conference, Expanding Access to Medical Abortion: Building on Two Decades of Experience, inviting over 170 international speakers and participants to a three-day conference in March 2010 in Lisbon, Portugal
Prepared by:
Dr Rodica Comendant, ICMA Coordinator
Susan Yanow MSW, Consultant
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Highlights of ICMA’s 2008 accomplishments include:
- The inauguration of new regional networks in Eastern Europe and Asia
- The strengthening and growth of the regional network in Latin America/Caribbean
- Laying the groundwork for a regional network in Africa, launched in early 2009
- Wide dissemination of the ICMA Medical Abortion Information Package, now available in seven languages, through CDs, conference presentations, and the ICMA website
- Publication of the 2007 ICMA conference report on second-trimester abortion, and the publication of papers from that conference in Reproductive Health Matters, an internationally circulated peer-reviewed journal
- Participation in regional and international conferences across the globe to promote medical abortion
- Updating and expanding ICMA’s website to establish it as a worldwide resource on medical abortion
- Internal capacity building, including restructuring and expanding ICMA’s staffng
Prepared by:
Dr Rodica Comendant, ICMA Coordinator
Susan Yanow MSW, Consultant
PDF, 13.61 MB
In 2007 the International Consortium on Medical Abortion made important progress towards it goal of promoting access to medical abortion worldwide. This year’s accomplishments include:
- Convening an international conference on second trimester abortion
- Participation in regional and international conferences across the glob to promote medical abortion and share information about it
- Launching the first regional network supported by ICMA and laying the groundwork for launching three others
- Developing, translating, publishing and disseminating an Information Package on Medical Abortion
- Expanding ICMA’s website to increase its value as a worldwide resource
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