“UNFPA remains firmly committed to supporting the Afghan people and upholding the hard-won rights of women and girls,” said UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem. “A durable peace and sustainable development require the inclusion of all..."
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Brochure on the reproductive health needs of women in humanitarian settings from Save the Children and other humanitarian actors to implement the Minimum Initial Service Package (MISP) for Reproductive Health.
This brief describes Save the Children's efforts to integrate family planning and infant and young child feeding (IYCF) in Rohingya refugee camps in Bangladesh and offers recommendations for future integrated programming.
Infirmiers en Action dans le Milieu Rural (IAMR), which translates to Nurses in Action in Rural Areas, works to serve the sexual and reproductive health (SRH) needs in rural, displaced communities in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), a region with ongoing conflict and political instability. IAMR’s CEO, Benson Ahmed Hussein, said that the small community-based organization offers a range of SRH services, from contraceptive counseling to delivery kit provisions in local maternity wards. IAMR is committed to working with and empowering particularly marginalized communities, including adolescents, people who engage with transactional sex, and people who have experienced unsafe abortions.
The article unravels the importance of sexuality education for young people as a means towards building their capabilities and contributing to the actualization of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.
This blog covers the multi-sectoral process undertaken to create the Newborn Roadmap and reflects on the value of creating the IAWG Newborn initiative, as well as recent activities and progress made by the multi-agency partnership. The blog ends with a call to action to President Kaljulaid and other global stakeholders to work with IAWG, the INI, and partners to build upon the agenda that has been prioritized in the Roadmap, to elevate the importance of working within humanitarian settings, and to advance the work already undertaken/promoted by many of us.