IAWG

Thirteenth Annual Meeting of the Inter-agency Working Group (IAWG) on Reproductive Health in Crises

Istanbul, Turkey, 14-16 November 2011
General Meeting Information

View this page in Turkish here.

Associated training scheduled for 17 November 2011

Click here for the meeting report, here for the revised Terms of Reference, here for the meeting agenda, and here to view the presentations.

Objectives of the IAWG Annual Meeting in Istanbul, Turkey

• Review progress towards achieving the programmatic goals and future steps outlined in the Terms of Reference following the 2010 IAWG meeting held in Santo Domingo (click here for the 2010 meeting report).
• Share information, plan next steps and determine areas of coordination and collaboration for 2012-2013.
• Establish a regional IAWG forum for the Eastern European/Central Asia region to share information and lessons learned across projects and enable synergistic partnerships.

Proposed Meeting Participants
The meeting participants will consist of a combination of:

• Regional/local grass-roots organizations, women’s groups, NGOs and reproductive health centers.
• United Nations agencies and international NGOs.
• Governments (Departments of Health, Emergency Preparedness and Response, Disaster Mitigation).
• Training institutions providing training and academic programs on reproductive health.
• Donors funding or intending to fund reproductive health initiatives in the region.

The meeting will bring together individuals dedicated to improving the reproductive health outcomes of those affected by conflict or natural disasters. Organizations working in reproductive health or in crisis-affected settings are encouraged to attend, including new members to the IAWG and particularly those working in Eastern Europe and Central Asia.

Requirements
All agencies are requested to submit a one A4 page summary (single-sided) in word on their work on reproductive health in crisis, for distribution at the annual meeting. Please coordinate with colleagues from your agency if you are aware that multiple staff will be attending the meeting and send your one-pager to info@iawg.net by November 9.

All participants are highly encouraged to take the Minimum Initial Service Package (MISP) Module before the IAWG meeting. The MISP for reproductive health is a coordinated set of priority activities to be implemented at the onset of every emergency, and the module aims to increase humanitarian actors' knowledge of the priority reproductive health services. The module takes approximately 4 hours to complete, and scoring 80% or higher on the post-test will enable you to become certified in the MISP module. The module is accessible from http://misp.rhrc.org.

For more information, please contact info@iawg.net.