In collaboration with the Reproductive Health Access, Information and Services in Emergencies (RAISE) Initiative at Columbia University, International Medical Corps conducted a cross-sectional mixed-methods evaluation of the midwifery education program to determine its strengths and weaknesses in 2022. The evaluation sought to understand perceptions of midwife graduates and their current supervisors, key stakeholders and South Sudanese women who received care from midwifery school graduates.
In the last decade, Venezuela has experienced a complex humanitarian crisis that has limited access to healthcare. Through an online survey in July 2020 among Venezuelan women, the researchers set out to describe Venezuelan women's experiences accessing sexual and reproductive health services, including abortion, which is heavily restricted by law. It found that Venezuela is a harsh context with limited access to sexual and reproductive health services.
Mitigating Risk of GBV in Cash Assistance in Humanitarian Settings: M&E Indicators and Guidance Note
In 2022, UNFPA and the Global Women's Institute launched a collaboration to examine gender-based violence (GBV) risk in relation to cash assistance. This collaboration resulted in an indicators guide that offers proxy indicators for use by non-GBV specialists, such as cash, monitoring and evaluation (M&E), or sectoral/program actors, for assessing GBV risks to women in cash interventions. The accompanying case study explores the findings and implications of the operational field research conducted in Iraq and Colombia to inform the development of these indicators.
To understand the pathway to care of women with severe abortion-related events in a fragile context, the researchers conducted in-depth semi-structured interviews with women who obtained treatment at a referral hospital in Jigawa State, Nigeria, in 2020–2021, using the Three Delays Model (Thaddeus & Maine, 1994) to examine impediments in reaching care.
Please join JSI for a technical discussion on tools and practices that improve workforce performance for managing humanitarian health supply chains. The webinar will share practices that nurture high-performing teams in crisis settings, and connect expert knowledge in managing human resources from global and local levels.
A powerful earthquake hit Afghanistan, 7 October, causing widespread destruction and devastating loss of lives. CARE Afghanistan Deputy Country Director Reshma Azmi described the impacts in the country as well as CARE's emergency response.
This earthquake has only worsened the plight of these vulnerable communities. The situation is especially dire for women and children, who now face increased risks of exploitation and abuse in their displacement, further intensifying their vulnerability.
To document the COVID-19 response of a global SRHR programme (the Women’s Integrated Sexual Health programme), in-depth interviews were conducted between April and July 2021 with 22 key informants from implementing partners in Sierra Leone, Ethiopia and central or regional offices, the UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office and the third-party monitoring partner. This study has identified important lessons that can inform programming in future crises, including the need for immediate recognition of SRHR as essential, sustained support for staff, use of multiple mechanisms to reach marginalised groups, adequate funding for equity goals, and a better balance between the burden of reporting and accountability needs.
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency is urgently appealing for US $14.4 million to address the immediate, emergency needs of people affected by the earthquake in Afghanistan’s Herat Province.
UNFPA estimates nearly 7,500 pregnant women have been affected by the quakes. To support them and others devastated by the disaster, the agency has deployed eight mobile health teams to Herat. Nearly 20,000 people were reached within ten days of the quake.
16 October 2023 statement by UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem on the situation in Gaza
21 October 2023 joint statement by UNDP, UNFPA, UNICEF, WFP and WHO on humanitarian supplies crossing into Gaza