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History of Inter-Agency Working Group on Reproductive Health in Crises Henia Dakkak, MD, MPH Dead Sea – Jordan Feb. 2015
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MISSION IAWG IS A BROAD-BASED, HIGHLY COLLABORATIVE COALITION THAT WORKS TO EXPAND AND STRENGTHEN ACCESS TO QUALITY SEXUAL AND REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH SERVICES FOR PEOPLE AFFECTED BY CONFLICT AND NATURAL DISASTER.
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Guidelines on Protection of Refugee Women, UNHCR 1991
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Reassessing Priorities, Women’s Commission for Refugee Women and Children International Conference on Population and Development in Cairo
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“All Migrants, refugees, asylum seekers and displaced persons should receive basic education and health services” of Action, 1994 Chapter 10, ICPD Programme of Action
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Preparatory Meetings Geneva14-15 December 1994 Geneva 5-6 April 1995 Nairobi 10-11 May 1995 INTER AGENCY SYMPOSIUM ON REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH IN REFUGEE SITUATIONS, Geneva, June 1995 Nafis Sadik and Sadako Ogata Making reproductive health activities a reality in refugee situations Legal, ethical and human rights issues on Reproductive health in refugee situations Integration of reproductive health into existing programs for refugees Community participation Minimum Initial Service Package Information, education and communication Human resources for reproductive health
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IAWG Field Manual 1999 The MISP Comprehensive RH Safe Motherhood Family Planning Gender based Violence STI/HIV/AIDS Adolescents
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IAWG RH Kits
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Minimum Standards in Health Action services – sexual and reproductive health standard People have access to the priority reproductive health services of the Minimum Initial Service Package (MISP) at the onset of an emergency
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IASC Guidelines
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2004 IAWG Evaluation
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Training Materials www.rhrc.org
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2006 - Sydney East &Southeast Asia & Pacific Regional IAWG 2007 – Nairobi East Africa Regional IAWG West Africa Regional IAWG 2008 - Cairo Middle East Regional IAWG
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Field Manual Revised, 2010 Significant technical updates Extends principles and content beyond refugee situations to us i divers crises, incl. conflic natural disasters English, French, Spanish, Arabi Farsi Indonesia, Russian Wide distribution Field review process ongoing Significant Technical updates Extends principles and content beyond refugee situations to Use in diverse crises, incl. conflict and natural disasters English, French, Spanish, Arabic, Farsi, Indonesia, Russian Wide distribution Field review process ongoing
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2010 - Santa Domingo Latin America and Caribbean Regional IAWG 2011 - Istanbul Eastern Europe and Central Asia Regional IAWG
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May 31 – June 1, 2013 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 14th Annual Meeting
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2013 - 2014 Another Mile Stones Reproductive Health in Crises’ 2002-2014 Global Evaluation A Formal Steering Group was created and coordinator was hired and hosted at Women’s Refugee Committee SRH Standby Roster was created managed by NRC
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2015 Global and Regional Annual Meetings in Jordan Abu Dhabi Expert Consultative Meeting took place 10 and 11 of Feb. 2015 with IAWG full participation bringing humanitarian and development experts producing the Abu Dhabi Declaration (Every Woman Every Child Every Where) was drafted to update the UNSG global strategy Every Woman Every Child 2016 - 2030
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