Humanitarian & Crisis Settings Subcommittee
ICFP subcommittee and community dedicated to improving access to comprehensive FP as a reproductive right from preparedness through emergency response, protracted crises, and recovery settings
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What do you do?
The COVID-19 pandemic underscores that all countries are vulnerable to emergencies. All countries must therefore be ready to provide essential health services, including SRH, in the face of the strains on health systems.
The community aims to increase awareness among key stakeholders, including donors and other priority audiences, that the prevention of unintended pregnancies is lifesaving, an objective within the MISP, and a standard part of acute emergency response.
Who is involved?
The subcommittee is represented by a range of actors engaged in humanitarian health response including NGOs, INGOs, local and global initiatives, academic institutions, donor organizations, etc.
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About the ICFP Humanitarian & Crisis Settings Subcommittee
Women and Girls Affected by Crises Want and Need Access to Family Planning
When a crisis strikes, women and girls need lifesaving sexual and reproductive health (SRH) information and services, including family planning (FP). The Minimum Initial Service Package (MISP) for SRH, the internationally accepted minimum standard of care for SRH in emergencies, mandates the provision of FP services from the outset of a crisis.
Evidence shows that women and girls affected by crises want and need access to FP, and will use it when available. Evidence also demonstrates that it is feasible to provide comprehensive FP services even in the most challenging humanitarian settings with dedicated funding and efforts. Yet access to FP remains a critical gap in humanitarian settings.
Please check the Inter-Agency Working Group on Reproductive Health in Crises https://iawg.net/ website for more information and events related to SRH in humanitarian settings.
ICFP 2025 Humanitarian & Crisis Settings Co-Chairs
Humanitarian & Crisis Settings Featured Resource
Self-Care for Sexual and Reproductive Health in Humanitarian and Fragile Settings: Barriers, Opportunities and Lessons Learned
“Self-care offers an important and exciting opportunity to ensure access to life-saving sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) services for all people across the humanitarian-development nexus.”
Learn more about barriers, opportunities, and lessons learned in self-care and SRHR within humanitarian & crisis settings in this report below.
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