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On Monday, September 14, 2020, four advocacy organizations - Project South, Georgia Detention Watch, Georgia Latino Alliance for Human Rights, South Georgia Immigrant Support Network - filed a complaint with the United States Federal Department of Homeland Security Office of Inspector General outlining concerns from a client, as well as Dawn Wooten, a licensed nurse practitioner, against the ICDC for performing non-consensual hysterectomies on immigrant women, failing to follow COVID-19 safety procedures, as well as other examples of medical neglect.

The Senior Gender Advisor will be part of the Population and Reproductive Health (PRH) Gender Team situated within USAID's Policy, Evaluation, and Communication Division.

On 4 August 2020, a series of explosions in Beirut Port caused an estimated 181 deaths, contributed to at least 6,000 injuries, and displaced an estimated 300,000 people in the Lebanese capital. The World Health Organization estimates than more than 80 primary health centers were severely damaged by the blasts. Within 5 kilometers of the blasts, less than 50 percent of health facilities were able to provide the full package of sexual and reproductive health (SRH) services, according to a UNFPA assessment of 55 primary healthcare sites (UNFPA). The explosion compounds and deepens existing crises in Lebanon that impact women’s access to SRH services, including economic instability, food insecurity, the COVID-19 pandemic, and a population of nearly 1 million displaced persons (UNHCR). IAWG and its members recognize that community-based organizations have been at the forefront of responding to these crises in Lebanon, which will be amplified in the September 2020 edition of IAWG Insider. We aim to echo solidarity with Lebanon and spotlight community-led work by:

The annual call will open on Tuesday, September 15, 2020. This is an open call for research proposals that will strengthen the public health evidence base in humanitarian settings, and contribute to more effective interventions in humanitarian response. To be eligible, applicants will need to have a partnership including a research institution and an operational humanitarian organization. Research partnerships must also include at least one academic research institution from the country or region where the research will take place. Your research team will need to be led by an experienced Principle Investigator(s) and include a research uptake focal point.

We want to know more about our community-based members and the sexual and reproductive health (SRH)-related work they lead in their contexts. Community-based organizations (CBOs) are invited to tell us about their work by submitting a brief form. Organizations may be contacted to be featured in a "CBO Spotlight" in an upcoming edition of "IAWG Insider."