Sub-Working Group on Voluntary Contraception
Addressing challenges and setting priorities for providing voluntary contraception in humanitarian settings.
Overall Goal
The Voluntary Contraception Sub-Working Group is a dedicated group of IAWG members who set the priorities and objectives of research, implementation, advocacy, and best practices for providing voluntary contraception in humanitarian settings.
Leadership
- Save the Children
- Women's Refugee Commission
Voluntary Contraception Resources
Rumors and Myths vs Facts and Realities of LARCs
This resource is used for the Mix and Match activity in Session 10 of the Long-Acting Reversible Contraceptives in Crisis Settings S-CORT workshop. The activity discusses common rumors and misconceptions associated with IUDs and implants and how to address them with facts.
Pre-Post IUD and Implant Assessment Checklists
These three modified checklists are designed for facilitators to assess the pre and post IUD and implant insertion and removal skills of participants during the Long-Acting Reversible Contraceptives in Crisis Settings S-CORT workshop.
Choices and Challenges: Women’s Decisions About Family Planning Are Complex and Change Over Time. Understanding These Shifts Can Help Us Meet Women’s Needs and Support Their Goals
Over the course of their lives, women may choose to start, stop, or switch family planning methods to meet their reproductive needs and preferences. By understanding the dynamics of contraceptive use, health policy and program decisionmakers can better deliver high-quality, client-centered services that enable women and couples to make the best family planning choices for themselves.
Medical Eligibility Criteria for Contraceptive Use
The World Health Organization (WHO) develops detailed criteria that health care workers can follow to determine which contraceptive methods are medically suitable for their clients. These criteria are based on the most current scientific knowledge about the effectiveness, risks and benefits of various family planning methods, and they can help providers guide their clients in making safe and informed decisions. WHO periodically revises the criteria in response to recommendations made by an expert working group in response to new research findings.
#MyHealthMyPriority
MyHealth MyPriority is a program out to sensitize communities on sexual health with a focus on HIV/AIDS the use of contraceptives and lubricants, encouraging people to feel comfortable talking about their sexual health. Communities in and around Buea, have relatively low knowledge on usage of female condoms. MyHealth MyPriority aims at enlightening the population on the use of female condoms. Though abstinence is the first advice given out to the population, the use of contraceptives for sexually active people is advised.
Voluntary Contraception
Learn more about how voluntary contraception and family planning education is vital during humanitarian crises and emergencies.