The Inter-agency Field Manual on Reproductive Health in Humanitarian Settings is the result of a collaborative and consultative process engaging over 100 members from United Nations agencies and non-governmental organizations that make up the Inter-agency Working Group (IAWG) on Reproductive Health in Crises.
The updated information in this Field Manual is based on normative technical guidance of the World Health Organization. It also reflects the good practices documented in crisis settings around the world since the initial field-test version of the Field Manual was released in 1996, followed by the 1999 version, Reproductive Health in Refugee Situations: An Inter-agency Field Manual. This latest edition reflects the wide application of the Field Manual’s principles and technical content beyond refugee situations, extending its use into diverse crises, including conflict zones and natural disasters.
Sexual and Gender-Based Violence against Refugees, Returnees and Internally Displaced Persons is a Guidelines for Prevention and Response. These Guidelines offer practical advice on how to design strategies and carry out activities aimed at preventing and responding to sexual and gender-based violence. They also contain information on basic health, legal, security and human rights issues relevant to those strategies and activities.
The Training Manual for Multisectoral and Interagency Prevention and Response to Gender-based Violence in Populations Affected by Armed Conflict is a draft training manual, the result of five years’ experience conducting, testing, and revising workshops and seminars for planning interventions to address gender-based violence (GBV) in displaced settings around the world. Since 1999, the Technical Advisor of the Global GBV Technical Support Project1 has conducted training and planning workshops in the field with staff and volunteers from NGOs, UN agencies, host governments, and displaced communities. Field sites included countries in East, West, Southern, and Horn of Africa; Eastern Europe; and Central, South, and Southeast Asia. The training and planning include pre-workshop assignments, 1–5-day workshops, and post-training follow up to support development of well-coordinated multisectoral and interagency action for prevention as well as response to survivors and perpetrators.
