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12/2/2020 Learn More

The Senior Gender Advisor will be part of the PRH Gender Team situated within the Policy, Evaluation, and Communication Division. The Senior Gender Advisor will provide technical leadership and serve as a point person for gender-related issues across all 4 Divisions and the Front Office in PRH. S/he will work with other PRH gender advisors and other PRH staff to support the integration of PRH’s gender priorities (i.e., male engagement, reproductive empowerment, and mitigation of gender-based violence,) across FP/RH programming areas (e.g., research, data collection and analysis, policy and advocacy, service delivery, social and behavior change communication, commodity security and logistics, monitoring and evaluation). S/he will also help advance efforts to mitigate gender-based violence within fragile contexts and integrate gender within health financing and economic empowerment in FP/RH programming.

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12/2/2020 Learn More

The Senior Reproductive Health (RH) Officer is a member of the multidisciplinary public health team and will ensure that UNHCR's reproductive health and HIV programs meet minimum UNHCR and global health standards in order to minimize preventable morbidity and mortality among populations of concern (POC) and towards the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

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5/27/2020 Learn More

Bridging the Gap: Advancing Multipurpose Prevention Technologies from the Lab into the Hands of Women

Bethany Young Holt, James Kiarie, Gregory S Kopf, Kavita Nanda, Anke Hemmerling, Sharon L Achilles

With an array of innovative MPTs in the pipeline for prevention of unintended pregnancy, HIV, and/or other STIs, this is an exciting time for the MPT field. Yet the field faces funding and technical challenges. This is a commentary calls for a product-neutral panel of experts to help guide and advance the MPT field, and is co-authored by colleagues from FHI 360, Magee Women's Research Institute, UCSF, WHO, and the Initiative for MPT. 27 May 2020.

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5/5/2020 Learn More

COVID-19 lays bare stark disparities in power. Among the world’s poorest and conflict-affected populations, these power hierarchies persist, albeit in different forms. In refugee camps, social distancing is a luxury made impossible by living in close quarters. In many low-income communities around the world, the poorest lack access to basic water, sanitation and hygiene to protect themselves from the virus.