Emergencies

Several crises unfolding in July and August 2021 have deepened humanitarian needs and crises in Haiti. Recent political instability and violence, a 7.2 magnitude earthquake, Tropical Storm Grace, and rising COVID-19 rates exacerbate existing humanitarian needs for communities in Haiti.

Updated 08/25/2021

The multiple, intersecting, and escalating crises affecting Lebanon also create SRH service gaps, which many community-based organizations are dedicated to serving.

Updated 08/25/2021

IAWG members and partners are producing clinical and programmatic guidance, assessments, policy papers, and statements to ensure continued prioritization of sexual and reproductive health and rights throughout COVID-19 response in humanitarian settings, and to bring a gender lens to the response.

Updated 04/01/2021

Deteriorating economic and political conditions—characterized by hyperinflation—in the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela since 2014 have decreased households’ access to food, medicine, and health care; contributed to increasing humanitarian needs; and triggered an influx of Venezuelans into neighboring countries, primarily to Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru. By February 2020, more than 4.8 million Venezuelans were living outside of Venezuela.

Updated 03/03/2020