Co-developed with and co-facilitated by eight young people, IAWG's Adolescent SRH Sub-Working Group presented the “One Stop Workshop: All you need for Adolescent SRH in Emergency Settings” at the USAID Global Health & Science Technical Exchange at the end of April. Use GHTechX’s virtual platform to access the recording.
Abortion with pills is a safe and effective way to end a pregnancy. It allows a woman to manage as much of the abortion process as she wants on her own, with or without the involvement of a health provider. This resource collection provides reliable, evidence-based information about how to safely self-manage an abortion using pills. Available in English, French, and Spanish
MOMENTUM Integrated Health Resilience helps to develop health resilience capacities at individual to national levels to prevent and mitigate vulnerability to shocks and stresses that can affect health and/or health systems, especially in fragile settings. This brief reviews how the project will approach, build, and strengthen health resilience to improve health outcomes for families, communities, and nation-states, particularly in fragile settings.
Analyzing and Improving the Financing of Family Planning Service Delivery in Humanitarian Crises
USAID, Health Policy PlusDespite clear evidence of demand for family planning within humanitarian crises, response efforts suffer from several challenges linked to funding. Further, there is an ongoing debate around financing requirements to support larger and longer crises and the constantly evolving needs within the humanitarian sector. In light of these challenges, HP+ conducted a review of the humanitarian crisis response planning processes, cases, and associated literature to understand how family planning needs are managed and financed across humanitarian crisis contexts. This report presents critical challenges, key lessons learned, and possible opportunities to help improve financing for family planning as part of humanitarian response efforts. The family planning-humanitarian crisis response framework introduced in the report and the discussion of cases and issues can be applied to predict and address problems that affect access, quality, and financial protection for family planning services in future crises.
Impact Series #1: SRHR for Intersex People
IAWG LGBTQIA+ Sub-Working GroupThis video is part of IAWG's Impact Series 2021: LGBTQI+ people and experiences of SRHR in emergency settings.
Contraceptive Services in Humanitarian Settings and in the Humanitarian-Development Nexus: Summary of Gaps and Recommendations from a State-of-the-Field Landscaping Assessment
Women's Refugee CommissionThe Women’s Refugee Commission (WRC) completed a landscaping assessment from 2018–2020 to evaluate and build the evidence base on barriers, opportunities, and effective strategies to provide contraceptive services to women and girls affected by crises. The findings revealed several primary gaps that hinder access to contraceptive programming in humanitarian settings. Both the Report and a Two-Page Summary of Findings and Recommendations are provided.
The COVID-19 Taskforce led our rapid response in sourcing and sharing relevant information, developing programmatic guidance, and engaging in ongoing advocacy efforts. We began developing the Frontlines Implementers Network, an open and trusted virtual platform, that will the self-identified needs of implementers while also supporting IAWG’s efforts to engage, amplify and elevate voices and expertise of local implementers; actively match implementers with donors, policymakers, and technical guidance; and continuously inform IAWG’s global advocacy and development of tools and resources.
The IAWG Training Partnership Initiative led a three-year effort creating workshops and trainings to aid in transitioning from MISP objective to comprehensive SRH services.
The IAWG Training Partnership Initiative revised five clinical training courses to help providers achieve the objectives of the MISP.
The March 2020 redesign of IAWG.net improved site speed, user experience, and site functionality.
This self-instructional learning module increases knowledge of priority SRH services that must be initiated at the onset of a humanitarian crisis and provides the information and tools needed to fully implement the MISP.