IAWG members are addressing sexual and reproductive rights during COVID-19 humanitarian response. Read More>>
COVID-19 threatens to disrupt the delivery of sexual and reproductive health (SRH) services in humanitarian and fragile settings. The Inter-Agency Working Group (IAWG) on Reproductive Health in Crisis urges governments, humanitarian actors, and the private sector to work together to incorporate women’s and girls’ access to essential and rights-fulfilling SRH services during the COVID-19 public health response. We have provided a suite of advocacy tools, including:
This document provides a brief summary of the seven policy recommendations IAWG suggests for the incorporation of women’s and girls’ access to essential and rights-fulfilling sexual and reproductive health services during the COVID-19 public health response.
This advocacy document urges the incorporation of women’s and girls’ access to essential and rights-fulfilling sexual and reproductive health services during the COVID-19 public health response. It includes a detailed set of policy recommendations extensively reviewed and validated by IAWG technical experts, policy specialists, and operational agencies working on the front-lines of the COVID-19 response.
A suite of social media tools is available for download, including graphics and text to amplify SRH needs in COVID-19 response over Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram.
Building on the overarching need for humanitarian actors to coordinate and plan to ensure that sexual and reproductive health is integrated into the pandemic preparedness and response, there are four prongs on how to mitigate the impact of COVID-19 on mortality and morbidity due to sexual and reproductive health conditions in crisis and in fragile settings.
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.