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The Framework for the Prevention of Conflict-Related Sexual Violence (CRSV) outlines critical considerations for the prevention of CRSV in a clear, comprehensive way, in order to advise the development and support of structural and operational matters. It can be implemented at the regional, national and local levels, adapted to each context, to improve and expand programmatic efforts in CRSV prevention.

The Guttmacher Institute released its Family Planning Investment Impact Calculator, an interactive, web-based tool designed to estimate the positive impacts of investments in family planning services. The calculator estimates the number of modern contraceptive users that would be served, unintended pregnancies and abortions that would be averted, women’s and girls’ lives that would be saved, and cost savings that would accrue for health systems.

The IAWG Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (ASRHR) Sub-Working Group completed its third regional training of trainers' workshops for Central, East, Southern, and West Africa regions from September 19-23, 2022 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

From the early days of the Ukraine response in early-2022, CARE International's Rapid Gender Analyses (RGAs) and other assessments were conducted, leading the Regional Gender Task Force to recognise the emergence of common themes and concerns. It was identified that the solutions required national, regional and cross-border solutions rooted in broad changes in policy and the humanitarian architecture.

Season four of the podcast Inside the FP Story, from USAID's Knowledge Success and MOMENTUM Integrated Health Resilience, focuses on family planning in fragile settings. Guests share examples of their programs, including what works, what does not work, and what is necessary to ensure that all people in these settings receive quality, client-centered family planning and reproductive health services.

This training manual provides training materials to support facilitators to deliver a 5-day training on how to provide first-line support and clinical care to survivors of sexual violence and intimate partner violence – including women, girls, men and boys. The manual also includes training on how to prepare the health facility to provide care and is intended for health care providers working in humanitarian emergencies.

To address the challenges related to the referral of emergency and routine sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) cases, UNFPA, through its partners, implemented a community-based referral transportation project called Referral hub. This paper presents the barriers and facilitators to the implementation of this referral transportation system from the perspectives of the beneficiaries and providers.

This research reviewed the quality of maternal death audits and identified factors contributing to refugee maternal deaths in the East and Horn of Africa from 2017 to 2019 in 43 refugee camps in eight countries. The study found that factors contributing to delays in receiving care highlight the capacity gaps in the provision of emergency obstetric care, including the management of postpartum hemorrhage, requiring urgent additional investments.

The Global Girlhood Report 2022: Girls on the Frontline, highlights the importance of focusing on girls' rights in order to achieve gender equality, takes stock of where the international community currently stands, and calls on policymakers to take action to end child marriage and invest in girls. Arabic, English, French and Spanish translations are available, including a brief focused on West and Central Africa.

In this paper, researchers drew from existing literature, expert judgment, and operational experience to propose an approach to adapt public health indicators for measuring performance of the humanitarian response across varied contexts.

IAWG will be attending the International Conference on Family Planning (ICFP) on 14 - 17 November 2022 in Pattaya City, Thailand. Here is a collection of ICFP events related to sexual and reproductive health (SRH) in emergencies that are hosted by IAWG, our members and partners.

The portal is a joint initiative led by the WHO and UNFPA equipping multiple stakeholders with the necessary evidence and “how to” tools to advance the Sexual Reproductive Health and Universal Health Coverage (SRH-UHC) integration agenda. The portal was created in response to growing calls for integration and increasing access to quality sexual and reproductive health services for all populations, all across the world.