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.

Guidelines on Protection of Refugee Women, UNHCR 1991

• 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

IAWG RH Kits

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

IASC Guidelines

2004 IAWG Evaluation

Training Materials www.rhrc.org

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

May 31 – June 1, 2013

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

14th Annual Meeting

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