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The I’m Here Approach helps organizations reach the most vulnerable adolescents and adapt programming to be responsive to diverse needs and priorities. The I’m Here Playbook consists of steps and tools to ensure humanitarian programs include and respond to adolescents affected by crisis or displacement.

The Sibling Support to Adolescent Girls in Emergencies (SSAGE) project aims to reduce violence against adolescent girls in humanitarian settings through a 12-week curriculum that is delivered simultaneously to adolescent girls, their male and female caregivers, and older male siblings. The SSAGE Resource Hub is a collection of key program materials and tools to support humanitarian actors in their work to prevent violence against adolescent girls and bolster their protection in humanitarian settings.

The Global Refugee Youth Network (GRYN) is an independent youth-led network that supports young refugees to develop their capacities, empower and help themselves, and lead initiatives to respond to their communities’ needs and advocate locally, nationally, regionally, and globally for the changes they feel are important. GRYN is housed at WRC as part of the organization’s larger effort since 2015 to work with young refugees to create and strengthen mechanisms that empower them.

WRC, the Inter-Agency Working Group on Reproductive Health in Crises (IAWG), and FP2030 developed targeted recommendations to advance access to contraceptive services for people affected by crises.

From 2017-2021, WRC partnered with the government of Borno State, Nigeria, and other local partners to design and implement an integrated package of community and primary health interventions. This brief synthesizes findings from the localized consortium-based approach, including successes, challenges, and recommendations, based on an external evaluation and WRC’s internal reflections and learning.

The Family Planning Association of Nepal (FPAN), the Nepal Disabled Women Association (NDWA), the Senior Citizen Care Society (SCCS), and WRC worked together to conduct participatory research in partnership with older people and people with disabilities to learn more about their priorities for disaster preparedness and SRH care.

The Inter-Agency Working Group on Reproductive Health in Crises (IAWG) is a global coalition of organizations and individuals committed to advancing sexual and reproductive health and rights in humanitarian settings. Its members form a highly collaborative and diverse network of more than 2,500 experts from over 120 countries and territories. The IAWG secretariat is based at the Women’s Refugee Commission, which serves as its organizational host.

From 2018 to 2021, WRC, in partnership with the Johns Hopkins Center for Humanitarian Health, joined forces with a broad consortium of UN agencies, international NGOs, and academic institutions to examine the prevalence and drivers of child marriage in humanitarian contexts. Learnings from these foundational studies provide key recommendations for practitioners, researchers, and policymakers engaged in efforts to end child marriage and support the needs of married girls globally.

Beginning in 2021, WRC, Rozaria Memorial Trust, and King’s College London engaged feminist and women’s rights organizations based in the region to identify key aspects of programming that support or hinder positive health outcomes for adolescent girls. The initiative culminated in a measurable and actionable five-year road map to expedite progress towards ending child marriage by 2027.

WRC has been working to close the evidence gap on the impact of cash and voucher assistance (CVA) on the prevention of and response to gender-based violence (GBV) in humanitarian settings. This resource hub shares evidence from Colombia, Ecuador, and northwest Syria, along with documentation of operational learning and recommendations and selected program tools from the program models evaluated.