November 2021 marked one year since the conflict between the Government of Ethiopia and forces in its northern Tigray region started, which has thrown the country into turmoil.
That’s one year of a humanitarian crisis aggravated by COVID-19, one year of increased risk of Sexual and Gender Based Violence for millions of women and girls, one year of strain on an already fragile health system and one year of intensified sexual and reproductive healthcare needs of many displaced women and girls.
If immediate access to maternity care is not provided, the risk of complications and mortality is high given the fragile humanitarian settings these women are subjected to including fatigue, the psychological effects of war and displacement, weak health systems, and malnutrition. In 1994, the Programme of Action of the International Conference for Population and Development acknowledged for the first time the importance of SRH services for persons affected by humanitarian crises, particularly women and girls, and of them being protected from SGBV. Although SRH is now integrated into many state and federal Government humanitarian response strategies and is gaining recognition as a crucial health service, there is still an evidential gap in funding.
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