IAWG members are addressing sexual and reproductive rights during COVID-19 humanitarian response. Read More>>
Access to voluntary contraception (VC) is often limited during humanitarian settings, when the risk of unintended pregnancy and desire to prevent pregnancy often increases.
Access to contraception often decreases in humanitarian settings as health systems are compromised. New barriers to access come at a time when many people’s desire and need for birth spacing and pregnancy prevention increase. Evidence shows that many recently displaced couples express having no desire to become pregnant for two or more years.
Our work on this issue is led by the Voluntary Contraception Sub-Working Group—a dedicated group of IAWG members who set the priorities and advance research, practice, and advocacy for voluntary contraception in humanitarian settings. Learn about their current objectives, priorities, and latest work.
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.
