Sub-Working Group on Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights
Addressing the unique sexual and reproductive health and rights needs of adolescents in humanitarian settings.
Overview
The Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (ASRHR) Sub-Working Group is a dedicated group of IAWG members who set the priorities and objectives of the research, implementation, and best practices for adolescent sexual and reproductive health in humanitarian settings.
Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights in Emergency Settings
VIDEO
In partnership with two youth leaders, we developed this educational video on the needs and barriers adolescents faced when accessing sexual and reproductive health (SRH) services. In this video, we discuss the capacities of adolescents and opportunities for humanitarian organizations to work with adolescents to improve SRH information and service provision. The video complements the sub-working group’s ASRH in Emergencies fact sheet and will soon be available with Arabic, French, and Spanish subtitles.
Priority Objectives
- Increase programs that address adolescent sexual and reproductive health and rights (ASRHR) in humanitarian settings by advocating ASRH activities be included across all sub-working groups' and partner's programming and when working with development actors and donors.
- Engage adolescents with Inter-Agency Working Group (IAWG) on Reproductive Health in Crises and partner agencies' programming to build their capacity to develop and implement programs. Work with adolescents to co-design, collaborate, and partner on adolescent-inclusion in advocacy, programming, research, and monitoring and evaluation.
- Build IAWG and partner agency capacity on ASRHR by developing master trainers for ASRHR and sharing upcoming trainings, existing tools, and best practices.
Leadership Organizations
- Plan International
- Save the Children
Information for Current Members
Current members of the adolescent sexual and reproductive health sub-working group can ask to join the Google Group to attend meetings, share documents, and learn more about the goals and ongoing efforts. Please note, only IAWG members at the steering or associate level may participate in Sub-Working Groups and must be accepted before they can access the Google Group. You must be logged in via a Google Account.
Featured Resources
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Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health (ASRH) Toolkit for Humanitarian Settings: 2020 Edition
The Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health (ASRH) Toolkit provides strategies and tools to help close the SRH service provision gap for adolescents by building upon the advocacy endeavors and lessons learned from the past decade to advance SRH prioritization for adolescents in humanitarian contexts. The Toolkit does not promote a one-size-fits-all approach; instead, it calls on humanitarians to prioritize life-saving SRH services throughout the entire program cycle and humanitarian continuum—not only during the crisis phase, but also before its onset, during the recovery, and beyond, toward long-term development.
Youth Health Line Standard Operating Procedure
UNFPA supports the Youth Health Line (YHL), launched in 2012, as a nationwide, youth friendly health service to provide information and counseling for adolescents and youth on issues related to their health and reproductive health. This Standard Operating Procedure for YHL provides a critical resource for the administration and day-to-day management and is designed to provide direction to all staff responsible for carrying out the administrative and managerial functions of the YHL. It is intended to guide UNFPA Implementing Partners in running the YHL with a consistent approach to ensure improved access and quality of services provided to adolescents and youth in Afghanistan.
Supplemental Guide to the 2020 Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health Toolkit in Humanitarian Settings for Youth-led Organizations
The supplemental guide to the 2020 Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health (ASRH) Toolkit for Humanitarian Settings is specially tailored for youth-led organizations (YLOs), in response to feedback received during the revision process for the 2020 ASRH Toolkit.
Our Bodies, Our Rights! Addressing Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights and Gender-based Violence for Women and Young People with Disabilities
This interactive in-person workshop curriculum is focused on addressing sexual and reproductive health and rights and gender-based violence. The curriculum is designed for facilitators with disabilities to provide information and experiential learning for organizations of persons with disabilities to lead future trainings in their communities.
Service Mapping of the Adolescents and Youth Programs in Afghanistan
The 4Ws (Who, What, Where, Whom) matrix for the adolescents and youth services is a crucial tool used by the Adolescents and Youth Working Group to provide an overview of essential services available for this group of populations in Afghanistan, as well as the actors implementing programs in specific locations across the country. The data collection took place in September 2023 and the findings of the report will be helpful for the humanitarian actors to minimize the gaps and avoid the duplication of efforts
Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights
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