Toolkits
Sexual & Reproductive Health Care In Emergencies Toolkit (SRH)
intended users of this toolkit
The toolkit is meant to be used by country-level decision makers and stakeholders—whether in government, national and local organizations (including those led by women and youth), or international agencies—who want to ensure the provision of quality, appropriate SRH services during an emergency. This includes SRH actors looking to become more familiar and engaged with national and subnational emergency preparedness efforts and systems, as well as disaster risk management (DRM) actors who wish to better understand and integrate SRH into emergency management and preparedness work.
The toolkit is intended to align with the work streams of the Grand Bargain, particularly those connected to localization of humanitarian action, participation of affected communities, and collaborative work between humanitarian, development, and government actors.
Glossary of Terms
The following term is adopted directly from the ICPD Programme of Action (1994)
A state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being (not merely the absence of disease and infirmity) in all matters relating to the reproductive system and its functions and processes. SRH therefore implies that people are able to have a satisfying and safe sex life and that they have the capability to reproduce and the freedom to decide if, when, and how often to do so. Implicit in this last condition are people’s rights to be informed and have access to safe, effective, affordable, and acceptable contraceptive methods of their choice, as well as other interventions and strategies for fertility regulation that are not against the law. People should also have the right to access appropriate health care services that will enable women to go safely through pregnancy and childbirth and provide individuals and couples with the best chance of having a healthy infant.
