Events, webinars, and training from IAWG and our partner organizations.
Past Events
Putting Policy into Practice – Webinar on Implementing WHO guidance
Ensuring access to sexual and reproductive health care while implementing World Health Organization guidance on essential health services in the COVID-19 context. A cross-regional Webinar co-hosted by Family Planning 2020, Advance Family Planning, PAI, and Pathfinder
Session #2: Rumour Tracking Methodology
The flux and uncertainty brought on by COVID-19 for both affected populations and implementing agencies makes the need for ongoing dialogue between the two ever more urgent. Mutual understanding of the evolving response environment and service delivery tailored to the expressed needs of the population is required. Internews’ Communicating with Communities (CwC) methodology is recognized by the global humanitarian community as a vital component of humanitarian response. CwC aims to fill the information and communication needs of people affected by crisis. Internews has evolved its methodology since the 2014 response to the Ebola epidemic in Liberia to include pioneering work in rumour and misinformation management in Nepal, Haiti, Greece, South Sudan and the DRC.
Session #1: COVID-19 and Communicating with Communities (CwC)
The flux and uncertainty brought on by COVID-19 for both affected populations and implementing agencies makes the need for ongoing dialogue between the two ever more urgent. Mutual understanding of the evolving response environment and service delivery tailored to the expressed needs of the population is required. Internews’ Communicating with Communities (CwC) methodology is recognized by the global humanitarian community as a vital component of humanitarian response. CwC aims to fill the information and communication needs of people affected by crisis. Internews has evolved its methodology since the 2014 response to the Ebola epidemic in Liberia to include pioneering work in rumour and misinformation management in Nepal, Haiti, Greece, South Sudan and the DRC.
Mobilizing action to improve humanitarian assistance for internally displaced persons and achieve durable solutions
This event will explore concrete ways the international community can better support IDPs, host communities and governments to help IDPs move towards durable solutions to internal displacement.
Exploring Digital Platforms for Family Planning during Covid-19
The SRH landscape is changing. In the decade ahead, we anticipate an increased reliance on digital solutions. How will current digital platforms contribute to that shifting landscape? How can we leverage interest in the self-care movement, high-quality contraceptive services, and rights-based approaches in SRH to ensure that women get the right information at the right time about the supplies and services they need? And how will digital health shape markets in the future? Join us for a webinar that explores digital platforms for FP.
Inclusive Humanitarian Action = Effective Humanitarian Action
This ECOSOC side-event will discuss how an inclusive approach and placing equality and non-discrimination at the core of humanitarian response will enhance effectiveness, and how best to ensure that diverse populations and their representative organi
How good practice and lessons learned from community engagement can help beat COVID-19
Bringing together health and humanitarian perspectives, this ECOSOC side event will showcase good practice and lessons learned from community engagement efforts in a range of contexts.
COVID-19 and Maternal & Reproductive Health in Humanitarian Settings
Join us to learn about and discuss the primary and secondary impact of the pandemic on maternal and reproductive health and current mitigation efforts.
Combating and preventing sexual and gender-based violence in humanitarian crises
This high-level ECOSOC side-event will highlight the disproportionate impact of emergencies on women and girls and reinforce the importance of prioritising their experiences, protection, capacities and leadership.
Family Planning in Humanitarian Settings in the context of Covid-19: A Strategic Planning Guide Webinar
This Strategic Planning Guide leads national and sub-national decision-makers through a strategic process to identify actions that improve family planning access in places at risk of, experiencing, and recovering from crisis events. Actions put forward represent learning across countries and agencies that have engaged in emergency preparedness, response, and recovery, and are informed by experts who have worked across these phases of a crisis.
Tracking Progress in Access to Safe Abortion in Humanitarian Settings
The lack of abortion data in humanitarian settings is a critical global issue. University of Ottawa and the National Abortion Federation Canada discuss how their partnership with the WHO and IAWG is addressing the need for critical SRH data.
Designing and Programming for SGBV Among Teen Boys and Girls
This HCDExchange-hosted webinar will discuss how different actors may design and implement more effectively for SGBV prevention, support, and care among teen boys and girls.