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History of Inter-Agency Working Group on Reproductive Health in
Crises
Henia Dakkak, MD, MPHDead Sea – Jordan
Feb. 2015
MISSIONIAWG 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.
• Reassessing Priorities, Women’s Commission for Refugee Women and Children
• International Conference on Population and Development in Cairo
1994
“All Migrants, refugees, asylum seekers and displaced persons should receive basic education
and health services”of Action, 1994
The Right to Reproductive Heath
Chapter 10, ICPD Programme of Action
THE IAWG Formed 1995
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
IAWG Field Manual 1999
The MISPComprehensive RHSafe MotherhoodFamily PlanningGender based
ViolenceSTI/HIV/AIDSAdolescents
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
2006 - Sydney East &Southeast Asia& Pacific Regional IAWG
2007 – NairobiEast Africa Regional IAWGWest Africa Regional IAWG
2008 - Cairo Middle East Regional IAWG
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 updatesExtends principles andcontent beyond refugee
situations to Use in diverse crises, incl. conflict and natural disasters
English, French, Spanish, Arabic, Farsi, Indonesia, Russian
Wide distributionField review process
ongoing
2010 - Santa Domingo Latin America and Caribbean Regional IAWG
2011 - Istanbul Eastern Europe and Central Asia Regional IAWG
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
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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