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Before COVID-19, investments in health systems—and especially female health workers—were too low. This leads to underprepared systems for future health shocks. The report highlights case studies and lessons learned from 20 countries during COVID-19.

An event in July 2022 hosted by the Wilson Center and UNFPA, in collaboration with IAWG and the White Ribbon Alliance, focused on maternal and newborn health in humanitarian settings and the important role of midwives in humanitarian contexts. Panelists shared strategies to strengthen midwifery-led health care through targeted investment, training, and improved collaboration and referral pathways.

This study is undertaken to examine the connections between child marriage and menstrual discrimination in policies and practices at national, regional and global levels.

This features an interview with Dr. Henia Dakkak, Head of Policy and Liaison Unit, Humanitarian Unit, United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), who spoke about the lasting effects of conflict, trauma, and displacement on the health of Ukrainian women and girls.

Options a mené une étude pour explorer les obstacles que les personnes handicapées et les groupes vulnérables rencontrent pour accéder aux services de santé sexuelle et reproductive, et le contexte dans lequel les services de SSR/PF sont offerts aux personnes handicapées. Cette note présente un résumé des principales conclusions de cette étude et des recommandations appropriées aux différents acteurs travaillant dans le secteur de la SSR/PF en RDC.

This report dives into the humanitarian-development nexus (HDN) and its application to reproductive, maternal, and child health interventions in fragile settings. This landscape analysis and framework reviews existing frameworks, explores the HDN from a health perspective, and introduces a framework for maternal, newborn, and child health, family planning, and reproductive health (MNCH/FP/RH) in the HDN.

Sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) leads to severe sequelae for individuals and communities. Lack of cross-sector coordination inhibits effective medical-legal support and justice for survivors. To address this issue, multisectoral trainings for health, legal, and law enforcement professionals on survivor-centered SGBV care were conducted in Kenya during 2012-2018.

The researchers conducted high-quality, trauma-informed medicolegal trainings amongst multisectoral professionals in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, and sought to describe changes in knowledge of conflict-related sexual and gender-based violence after training and perceived training acceptability.

This September 2022 published book describes, explores, and promotes the power of groupwork for refugees and survivors of human rights abuses in a range of contexts. Drawing on multiple theoretical approaches, the book is relevant to those working in rehabilitation, community, mental health, and humanitarian fields and are interested in using groupwork as part of their services.