Ipas LAC

What Ipas LAC does

Ipas Latinoam\u00e9rica y el Caribe (Ipas LAC) is a Mexico-based regional non-profit organization operating as the Latin America and Caribbean arm of the international Ipas network founded in 1973. The organization works across 10 countries (Argentina, Colombia, Costa Rica, Chile, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, and Nicaragua) to expand access to safe abortion and contraception through a multi-pronged strategy combining direct health system strengthening, civil society partnerships, and digital information platforms.

Ipas LAC's core products span nine digital platforms including two Spanish-language chatbots (Sof\u00eda for general abortion questions and Te Acompa\u00f1o for migrant populations, launched September 2023), an interactive abortion map for Latin America, a virtual classroom for health professionals, ten state-specific Mexican legal abortion microsites, the most-viewed Spanish-language safe abortion YouTube tutorial, and a campaign platform hosting the longest safe abortion livestream in history. These digital products are free, anonymous, and 24/7 available. Complementary to digital infrastructure, Ipas LAC supports 45-57 Best Practice Centers (Centros de Buenas Pr\u00e1cticas) across six countries, working directly with Ministries of Health to train healthcare professionals and develop national clinical protocols.

The organization's business model is philanthropic: Ipas LAC is funded through donations and grants solicited via its website and GlobalGiving, with all services provided free of charge to beneficiaries. Operating efficiency stands at 94.3% of resources allocated to programmatic activities, with only 5.7% to operational overhead. Customer segments span women and people with gestational capacity (primary beneficiary), migrant populations, healthcare professionals and public health systems, and civil society organizations (60+ active CSO partners and 23 accompaniment networks). The organization is led by Executive Director Diana Moreno, who assumed the role in January 2026 under a co-direction model with separate Programs and Institutional Development leadership tracks.

Name

Ipas LAC

Legal name

Ipas Latinoamérica y el Caribe

Website

https://ipaslac.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1973

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Ipas LAC is a Mexico-based non-profit and Latin American regional arm of Ipas that expands access to safe abortion and contraception across 10 countries through nine digital platforms, 45+ Best Practice Centers, and partnerships with 60+ civil society organizations, serving women, migrants, and health systems.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Reproductive Health Services

akta.pro primary industry

Community Health, Health Promotion & Behavior Change (SBCC) (BPADAIAL)

Keywords

• Reproductive health services
• Safe abortion access
• Contraception services
• Digital health platforms
• Public health advocacy

Headquarters

HQ city

Not specified

HQ country

Mexico

HQ region

Latin America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Donations and Philanthropic Funding: As a non-profit organization, Ipas LAC operates primarily through donations from individual donors, institutional donors, and philanthropic foundations. The organization solicits donations through its website and GlobalGiving platform.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels6 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

Ipas LAC is a regional nonprofit organization that promotes reproductive justice by expanding access to safe abortion and contraception across Latin America and the Caribbean. It delivers clinical training, technical assistance, and accompaniment through a network of Best Practice Centers and civil society organizations, while operating free, anonymous digital platforms (chatbots, interactive maps, virtual classroom, microsites) that provide evidence-based reproductive health information and self-managed care resources.

Product overview

Ipas LAC operates a multi-platform digital portfolio for reproductive justice, comprising nine distinct digital products and programs. The core technological offerings include two Spanish-language chatbots — 'Sofía' for general abortion questions and 'Te Acompaño' for migrant populations — both providing 24/7 anonymous text-based conversations. Supporting content platforms include the most-viewed Spanish YouTube video on safe abortion with misoprostol, the interactive abortion map of Latin America, the 'No sé si abortar o no' campaign platform (featuring the longest abortion livestream), and a virtual classroom for health professionals. State-specific legal abortion microsites serve Mexico's 10 most permissive jurisdictions. The portfolio also includes a dedicated health professional platform. All platforms are free, open-access, and largely anonymous. The organizational strategy is complemented by a network of 45+ Best Practice Centers (CBPs) providing hands-on healthcare training, though these are physical service delivery sites rather than digital products.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Te Acompaño (Chatbot para personas migrantes) A Spanish-language chatbot and web platform designed for migrant populations along major migratory routes in Mexico, providing 24/7 anonymous, confidential access to information on sexual violence, reproductive rights, safe abortion access, public health services, and local support resources. Built using user-centered design methodology with input from migrants, civil society, and government partners.
• Sofía (Chatbot de preguntas de aborto) A Spanish-language virtual assistant providing information on safe abortion, contraception, and pregnancy prevention. Offers anonymous, confidential conversations enabling users to avoid judgment, stigma, or potential criminalization.
• Video tutorial 'Aborto seguro con misoprostol' YouTube-hosted instructional video on safe abortion with misoprostol, functioning as a community forum for questions, accompaniment, experience-sharing, and support. Generated over 50,000 comments and used by populations across Latin America.
• Mapa interactivo de aborto en Latinoamérica Interactive map providing legal and normative information about abortion across all Latin American countries, including how to access procedures and information about organizations offering accompaniment in each territory. Developed in collaboration with 56 regional partner organizations.
• Aula virtual (Virtual classroom for health professionals) Free virtual learning space for multidisciplinary health personnel working in sexual and reproductive health services in Latin America. Offers clinical update courses, legal and normative frameworks, medical supply chain management, and procedure registration.
• Plataforma para profesionales de la salud Reference platform for health services personnel committed to women's health, sharing clinical guidelines, normative frameworks, and applicable information for public health services. Provides quality service tools, stigma reduction materials, and monthly online broadcasts.
• Micrositios de aborto legal (Mexico state-specific sites) Ten state-specific web microsites in Mexico (Baja California, Baja California Sur, Colima, Guerrero, Tabasco, Chiapas, Hidalgo, Oaxaca, Tlaxcala, Veracruz) providing information on legal abortion access, safe procedures including self-management, and clinic referrals.
• Plataforma 'No sé si abortar o no' Campaign platform resulting from an alliance between Ipas LAC and Sarape Group, featuring the longest safe abortion livestream in history. Includes participation from 90 experts, 16 co-hosting organizations, and over 160 participating organizations from 13 countries. Hosts ~400 answered abortion questions with full livestream replay access.
• Centros de Buenas Prácticas (CBP) Network of healthcare institutions serving as training centers for multidisciplinary professional teams. CBP institutions offer comprehensive abortion and contraception care, functioning as referral centers for teaching and professional development. Currently supporting 45+ CBPs across Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Guatemala, and Mexico.
• Accompaniment Networks Program Program supporting 23 accompaniment networks across Central America, Mexico, and South America that strengthen abortion access through direct support to women, capacity building, technical assistance, funding, and organizational development for civil society organizations.
• AVTA (Values Clarification for Transformation and Action) Workshops Workshops designed to clarify values around abortion, reduce stigma, and build confidence for health professionals, decision makers, and communities acting as abortion defenders. Conducted across 17 Latin American countries with 136 workshops and 3,374 participants.

Named customers9 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability4 records

Feature5 records

Partnerships

13 partnerships are on record, tiered key, core and supporting.

• Oasis de Paz del Espíritu SantokeyStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 September 2023Migrant shelter in Villahermosa, Tabasco that uses the Te Acompaño chatbot to provide reproductive health information to migrants. Coordinates with Ipas LAC to train staff and share information with women in their care.
• Una Mano Amiga en la Lucha contra el SidakeyStrategic or Co-development PartnerOrganization in Tapachula working with migrants for decades. Member of the Te Acompaño chatbot co-design team and promotes the tool among migrant populations.
• Fundación Chiapas para las Mujeres Migrantes (CHIMUMI)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFoundation focused on migrant women's rights in Chiapas. Provides reproductive health education to migrants and supports Ipas LAC's work in the region.
• Médicos del MundokeyStrategic or Co-development PartnerInternational humanitarian organization that has been a key ally in developing the chatbot and sharing it with people needing reproductive health information and care in Mexico.
• Secretaría de Salud del Estado de TabascokeyStrategic or Co-development PartnerState health department that provides reproductive health services for migrants in public health centers, including referrals from the chatbot. Participated in training healthcare staff on chatbot use.
• COMAR (Comisión Mexicana de Ayuda a Refugiados)supportingChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorMexican refugee commission in Tapachula, Chiapas that assists migrants and refers them to reproductive health resources including Ipas LAC tools.
• Sarape GroupcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerStrategic alliance for the 'No sé si abortar o no' regional campaign, which brought together 90 experts, 16 co-host organizations, and 160+ participating organizations from 13 countries.
• 56 Regional OrganizationssupportingChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorOrganizations from the region that collaborated on the interactive abortion map, referred as allies that can offer support to people needing more information about abortion in their territory.
• Aborto ACA PlatformkeyStrategic or Co-development PartnerPlatform developed in collaboration with accompaniment networks that connects women and people in Central America needing abortion with Mexican support networks, prioritizing safety in contexts of criminalization.
• Ipas Global NetworkcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerIpas LAC is part of an international non-profit network (Ipas) working in the Americas, Africa, and Asia since 1973, with a shared mission of promoting reproductive justice.
• Ministries of Health of LAC CountrieskeyStrategic or Co-development PartnerHealth ministries in Argentina, Mexico, Colombia, Guatemala, Honduras, Ecuador and other countries collaborate with Ipas LAC to develop national guidelines, protocols, and healthcare worker training.
• GlobalGivingsupportingChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorGlobalGiving platform used for donation collection and project support for initiatives like the Te Acompaño chatbot for migrants.
• London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)supportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaborated on research regarding sexual and reproductive health needs of women in transit through Central America and Mexico, producing a joint report with Ipas LAC's Research Coordination.

Scale indicators11 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• MSI Reproductive Choices: Global nonprofit providing contraception and safe abortion services across 37+ countries, including several in Latin America. Comparable service portfolio (clinical training, provider support, self-managed abortion information) and similar digital accompaniment approach, but with a much larger global footprint.
• IPPF (International Planned Parenthood Federation) / IPPF WHR: Largest global SRHR federation with a Western Hemisphere Regional Office (IPPF WHR) covering Latin America. Comparable because it delivers direct abortion/contraception services, trains providers, and advocates for reproductive rights across the same LAC geography, though at significantly larger scale.
• Population Council: International nonprofit conducting research and programs on SRHR, including abortion and contraception access, with significant LAC presence. Comparable in evidence generation and policy engagement work, including the LSE-style research collaborations Ipas LAC has pursued.

Direct peers

• Gynuity Health Projects: Nonprofit focused on reproductive health research, clinical training, and expanding access to medication abortion and contraception globally. Comparable in mission and methodology (evidence-based information, provider training, self-managed abortion support), operating in several of the same LAC countries.
• Fòs Feminista: International alliance funding and strengthening feminist organizations in Latin America and the Caribbean working on SRHR, including abortion access. Directly comparable as a regional LAC intermediary that combines grantmaking, capacity-building, and advocacy with similar CSO partnership model.
• Balance (A.C. México): Mexico-based feminist organization promoting sexual and reproductive rights through accompaniment, information, and policy advocacy. Highly comparable direct peer within Mexico on abortion accompaniment, digital information, and state-level microsite-style legal information work.
• Women on Web: International nonprofit providing online abortion information and telehealth access to medication abortion pills globally, with a Spanish-language interface. Highly comparable as a digital-first accompaniment platform for self-managed abortion, serving overlapping migrant and Latin American user populations.
• Ipas (International): Parent organization of Ipas LAC, founded in 1973 in North Carolina. Operates the same reproductive justice mission globally across the Americas, Africa, and Asia, sharing brand, methodology, and donor relationships. Most directly comparable as the global umbrella under which Ipas LAC operates.
• Centro de Derechos Reproductivos (CDR): Global reproductive rights legal organization with strong LAC presence (originally founded as Center for Reproductive Rights). Comparable as a SRHR-focused nonprofit operating in Latin America through litigation, policy advocacy, and accompaniment, often intersecting with Ipas LAC's advocacy work.

Regional players

• Fundación ESAR (Educación para la Salud y la Reproducción): Latin American foundation focused on sexual and reproductive health education and youth accompaniment. Comparable in SRHR education and youth-focused digital tools, though operates more heavily in Andean/Caribbean geographies rather than Mexico/Central America.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/user/IpasMexico
• Facebookfacebook.com/IpasLatinoamericayelCaribe
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/ipaslac
• Instagraminstagram.com/IpasLAC
• TikToktiktok.com/@ipaslac

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles10 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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