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In a year of unexpected and unprecedented challenges, IAWG was pushed to envision new ways of working. We adapted new and existing tools and resources to better serve those at the frontlines of advancing SRHR in humanitarian settings, we leveraged our collective voice to advocate for sexual and reproductive health and rights, and we found new ways to connect and build community in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic.

With more than one billion young people in the world, we can’t afford to overlook youth if we hope to achieve universal healthcare. Youth leaders share their thoughts on youth, healthcare, and improving access to self-care on a new and dynamic podcast.

A majority of maternal-related deaths worldwide occur due to preventable, pregnancy-related complications. Therefore ‘delay’ to seek care is a significant contributing factor to death. Delays in seeking timely maternity care from health care professionals are crucial to address among the Rohingya population where many preventable pregnancy-related deaths occur within the camps when care is not sought. To mitigate the challenges related to the referral of emergency and routine Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR) cases, UNFPA, through its partners, is implementing “Referral hub” and “Shuttle service”, respectively. These components offer free transport services to women with SRHR needs to access the facilities. The current study by BRAC James P Grant School of Public Health explores the fidelity of referral hub for emergency obstetric services and shuttle service for routine care to improve utilization of SRHR services among the Rohingya population, and their barrier and facilitators.

In Pakistan, with support from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and an anonymous donor, the Women’s Refugee Commission (WRC) completed a contractual partnership with the IPPF’s South Asia Region and its member association Rahnuma-Family Planning Association of Pakistan (Rahnuma-FPAP). The partnership aimed to build the capacity of the community health workforce to prepare and respond to SRH needs and risks in three select crisis-prone provinces and districts and six Union Councils in Pakistan. Rahnuma-FPAP completed an end-of-project evaluation, including documentation of best practices, lessons learned, and case stories. The findings are summarized in a four-page document.

InterAction has launched its GBV PEF to help agencies design results-oriented programs to develop measurement frameworks and evaluation approaches to measure GBV issues. Contact Jessica Lenz (jlenz@interaction.org) for more information.

This technical paper examines obligations under international law and commitments made by states at the UN regarding access to sexual and reproductive health information and services for civilians in humanitarian settings, including in armed conflict. Despite the growing numbers of persons living in humanitarian settings, including armed conflict, and the growing recognition of the need to ensure the sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) of persons living in these contexts, gaps in the provision of sexual and reproductive health (SRH) services persist, with dire consequences.

This article highlights some of the work done in the humanitarian sector by Reproductive Health Uganda (RHU) and illustrates how the vulnerable, underserved people now receive free tests and treatment in Kikuube district, Kyangwali refugee camp for the Congolese refugees.

This article argues that critical sexual and reproductive health (SRH) services are demanded and needed in humanitarian settings. However, current investment and awareness of SRH in humanitarian settings is lacking, despite commitments made by Governments and humanitarian organisations to prioritise these services.

Helping Babies Survive is a growing suite of evidence-based, hands-on programs developed to reduce neonatal mortality in resource-limited environments. Programs are supported and implemented by many global partners including the US Agency for International Development (USAID), Save the Children, Laerdal Global Health, Latter-day Saint Charities, and Johnson & John​son. Together, the HBS programs address the three most common causes of preventable neonatal deaths: complications during childbirth, complications from preterm birth, and neonatal infections​.

All birthing parents lose some blood after birth. Some, however, lose too much blood. This video will show how to recognize when a patient is bleeding too much, and how to give first care for the three main causes: a soft uterus, tissue left inside the uterus and tears.

In honor of World Refugee Day, the IAWG Newborn Initiative interviewed Ms. Annes Mboya, a nurse-midwife working in Kenya’s Kakuma Refugee Camp, who shares her insights into the challenges faced by providers, as well as mothers and newborns, in Kakuma.

IAWG calls on the international community to ensure that the sexual and reproductive health needs and rights of women, adolescents, girls, and other groups facing discrimination affected by the ongoing violence in the Tigray region of northern Ethiopia are addressed.