These IASC guidelines were created in response to Action 1: Services in the Compact for Young People in Humanitarian Action (CYPHA). Launched at the World Humanitarian Summit in May 2016, the CYPHA made a long-term commitment to young people through five key actions that relate to services, participation, capacity, resources, and data.
The toolkit was developed by Family Planning 2020, the International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF), John Snow, Inc., Women’s Refugee Commission, and United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) in collaboration with the Inter-Agency Working Group on Reproductive Health in Crises (IAWG). Speakers include Beth Schlachter, Executive Director, FP2020 and Dr. Natalia Kanem, Executive Director, UNFPA.
This guidance, developed by Dr. Benjamin Black in collaboration with the International Rescue Committee, is a tool for implementers managing Sexual and Reproductive Health activities during the COVID-19 pandemic. It is not in-depth guidance on MISP implementation or comprehensive clinical guidelines for SRH or COVID-19 management. Additional guidance, resources, and clinical tools are embedded.
The Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health (ASRH) Toolkit provides strategies and tools to help close the SRH service provision gap for adolescents by building upon the advocacy endeavors and lessons learned from the past decade to advance SRH prioritization for adolescents in humanitarian contexts. The Toolkit does not promote a one-size-fits-all approach; instead, it calls on humanitarians to prioritize life-saving SRH services throughout the entire program cycle and humanitarian continuum—not only during the crisis phase, but also before its onset, during the recovery, and beyond, toward long-term development.
In this chapter, humanitarian responders will learn about adolescence, the unique needs, capacities, and sexual and reproductive health (SRH) barriers facing different groups of adolescents, and how those factors are different in emergency settings. The chapter comprises two sections, divided up by the following questions: what is adolescent sexual and reproductive health (ASRH) and why should we prioritize ASRH during emergencies?