This new Gender-Based Violence Area of Responsibility (GBV AoR) learning brief provides GBV actors with basic information about what constitutes bystander interventions and whether they may be used in humanitarian contexts. Bystander intervention is an umbrella term for programming which seeks to encourage those who witness GBV or other harmful acts to intervene to prevent the occurrence of violence.
Between 2020-2021, Ipas conducted qualitative research in Zambezia, Mozambique and Khulna, Bangladesh to understand how women’s experiences with climate change impact their sexual and reproductive health decision-making, behavior, and outcomes in cyclone-prone communities. Mozambique and Bangladesh are both highly vulnerable to cyclones and flooding, making them among the countries most severely impacted by climate change—which in turn exacerbates poverty and poor health outcomes for rural and coastal populations.
Family Planning in the Sierra Leone Ebola Outbreak: Women’s Proximal and Distal Reasoning
Gillian McKay, Luisa Enria, Sara L. Nam, Maseray Fofanah, Suliaman Gbonnie Conteh and Shelley LeesSierra Leone was highly impacted by the 2014–2016 West Africa Ebola outbreak, with 3,955 recorded deaths. Already stressed maternal health services were deeply affected by the outbreak due to fears of viral transmission, reallocation of maternity staff, and broader policies to stop transmission including travel restrictions. This research sought to explore women's perspectives on delaying pregnancy during the Ebola outbreak using family planning methods. Qualitative data collection took place in Kambia District in 2018 and included 35 women participants, with women who were either family planning users or nonusers at the time of the outbreak.
EQUAL, a multi-country research consortium, was formally launched in the DRC with a special event hosted by the Catholic University of Bukavu (UCB) alongside the Ministry of Health (MoH). UCB spoke with several MoH representatives and academic thought leaders about the importance of research in humanitarian settings and the role evidence generation plays in driving improved health outcomes in the DRC.
For World Humanitarian Day, EQUAL led a Q&A with the founder of the Somali Research and Development Institute on the importance of humanitarian health research including addressing the high rates of maternal and neonatal death in Somalia.
IAWG is populating submissions on UN General Assembly events or side-events related to sexual and reproductive health in humanitarian settings or emergencies.
Addressing Urban Disparities in Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights
Population Council, UN-Habitat, PSI, the African Population and Health Research Center (APHRC) Online WebinarA virtual panel discussion regarding urban disparities in Sexual and Reproductive Health Rights, and the challenges and opportunities for leveraging the urban context to tackle these disparities.
Framework for the Prevention of Conflict-Related Sexual Violence
UN Action against Sexual Violence in ConflictThe 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.
Guttmacher Institute Releases Family Planning Investment Impact Calculator
Guttmacher InstituteThe 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.
Africa Training of Trainers' Workshop on ASRHR in Emergencies
IAWG ASRHR Sub-Working GroupThe 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.
Making the Invisible Visible: An evidence-based analysis of gender in the regional response to the war in Ukraine
CARE InternationalFrom 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.