Sexual and reproductive health and rights in humanitarian and fragile settings

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By World VisionThis report pairs data from World Vision’s Youth Healthy Behaviour Survey with global literature to better understand the conditions...

Two young boys walking in fields in Tanzania

By UNFPAThis article by UNFPA advocates for raising more funds to support humanitarian settings during COVID-19. Women and girls in these settings are...

A multi-racial group of university students cheerfully walk down a sidewalk together. One student is carrying his boyfriend on his back.

This guidance document highlights key interventions at policy, financial and service level to maintain essential SRHR.Produced by: FIGOLearn more

By Girls Not BridesThe COVID-19 pandemic is laying bare the precarious reality of Latin America and Caribbean. In this lived experience piece, the author...

By ICRCThis document describes the challenges faced when addressing violence against women in armed conflict areas and advocates for ways the international...

Partners provide psychosocial support and GBV case management as needed in the referral centre of the UNFPA-supported reproductive health facility in Anbar

By UNThis article sheds the light on rising health issue which is the conflict-related sexual violence during COVID-19 pandemic and its impact on the survivors.More...

A child looks out at the camera during a UNICEF team visit to Indira Gandhi Children's Hospital in Kabul

By Save the ChildrenThis article describes the effect of COVID-19 in increasing the number of child marriages and child pregnancies and advocates for steps...

Man and woman holding hands in hospital

By IRCIn this article IRC shed lights on Gender-based violence and sexual violence as an urgent health concern to be addressed especially in countries...

This guidance document identifies recommendations to protect children from sexual exploitation and violence during the COVID-19 pandemic.Produced by: IASC,...

By Plan InternationalThe COVID-19 outbreak will deeply affect the environment in which children and young people grow and develop, from the earliest years...

This Policy brief provides governments and stakeholders with practical guidance for an improved understanding of safe and inclusive access to services...

By UN WomenThis policy brief advocates for different interventions to better respond for women's health, livelihoods, and bodily integrity during COVID-19. More...

Amid a surge in calls for help, counsellors and police are pivoting to new modes of communication.

By International Peace InstituteThis article showcases how community providers delivered services for people affected by gender-based violence in conflict...

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Guidance resources

This document provides programmatic guidance for governments to maintain essential services with regard to family planning and contraceptive supplies....

By Global Protection Cluster and Inter-Agency Standing CommitteeThis brief offers guidance for non-GBV specialist actors working in humanitarian contexts...

By IAWGThe Toolkit’s vision is for all adolescents to exercise making informed and autonomous decisions about their sexual and reproductive health...

A man in Bulgaria shows a HIV self-test stick

This guide provides tips for governments to take into consideration when preparing their response to COVID-19. Their responses must ensure the inclusion...

By WHOThis document provides guidance on how to maintain essential healthcare and nutrition services during COVID-19 and highlights the importance of these...

By IASCThe following guidance document highlights how the pandemic has aggravated preexisting gender inequalities that women and girls face in humanitarian...

Contextualized resources

By Afghanistan Public Health InstituteThis policy brief includes recommendations on how the healthcare authorities in Afghanistan can continue to improve...

By UN womenThrough the story of a GBV survivor in Kenya, UN Women illustrates the aim of their programmes. They aim at tackling GBV and support victims...

By The Global FundThis document showcases the response of Eswatini civil society and community organizations to the COVID-19 pandemic.More information

By Save the ChildrenThis article emphasizes on the importance of including domestic violence and gender-based violence in the response plan for COVID-19...

Nurse Peace (right) counsels a patient before she gets screened for cervical cancer at the RAiSE Foundation office in Niger State on 24 February 2021.

By UNFPAThis article by UNFPA shows the response of UNFPA teams in safeguarding health and rights of women in different setting through COVID-19 pandemic....

By UNAIDSThis conference room paper presents examples of specific actions by the Joint Programmed to mitigate the risks the COVID-19 pandemic poses to...

By UN WomenThis article explains how UN Women team adapted their services to victims of gender-based violence in the times of COVID-19 pandemic.More information

By UNFPAThe COVID-19 pandemic and restrictions has further aggravated women and young girls' lack of access to sanitation and hygiene products in conflict...

pandemic domestic violence

By UNFPAUNFPA responded to GBV incidents in Sudan in the time of COVID-19 pandemic through working closely with the community and raising awareness about...

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