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Self Report 2019

The self-report on WHS Commitments below is organized according to the 24 transformations of the Agenda for Humanity. It is based on commitments pledged at the time of report submission. Click on the 'Expand' symbol to expand each section and read the reporting inputs by transformation.

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  • 2B
    Ensure full access to and protection of the humanitarian and medical missions

    Individual Commitments (1)

    • Commitment
    • Commitment Type
    • Core Responsibility
    • IPPF commits to improve its operational practices to increase protection in the delivery of humanitarian assistance towards health care workers by December 2020.
    • Operational
    • Uphold the Norms that Safeguard Humanity

    Core Commitments (2)

    • Commitment
    • Core Responsibility
    • Commit to ensure all populations in need receive rapid and unimpeded humanitarian assistance.
    • Uphold the Norms that Safeguard Humanity
    • Commit to promote and enhance efforts to respect and protect medical personnel, transports and facilities, as well as humanitarian relief personnel and assets against attacks, threats or other violent acts.
    • Uphold the Norms that Safeguard Humanity
    1. A. Highlight concrete actions taken between 1 January – 31 December 2018 to implement the commitments which contribute to achieving this transformation. Be as specific as possible and include any relevant data/figures as well as any good practices and examples of innovation.

    International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF) underwent an extensive process in developing a Gender Equality Strategy, based on the conceptual framework around the gender-equality continuum as a management tool, ecological model and life course approach. This strategy also includes consideration of disability and diversity issues and includes humanitarian focus. This process also informed the development of a Humanitarian Gender and Inclusion Guidance Note which focuses on gender-responsive programming and the inclusion of persons with disabilities and sexual and gender minorities. These values are in line with the IPPF strategic framework, as well as the overall Humanitarian Strategy.

    Each IPPF-led humanitarian response framework includes components to ensure gender-responsive measures  are in place.  

    IPPF has currently outsourced the safety and security to a global agency – Drum Cussac, which provides alert on the daily basis for international travellers, including for humanitarian assistance. Currently, this services is limited to Secretariat staff i.e. from Central and Regional Offices, but does not include the Member Association (MA) staff. Based on the experiences and current practices, certain MAs has identified this need and rightly provided insurance cover for the deployed staff e.g. in Indonesia. Personal safety measures are taken in terms of safety gears e.g. life-vest for travelling on boats, essential stocks, and engagement of the local communities as project staff and volunteers to safe-guard the project assets including human resources. Similarly, in Papua New Guinea, humanitarian staff were escorted by the army to the earthquake response site and based on the volatile situation, the project staff had returned multiple times to their Headquarter base. The MAs also keep in touch with the local UN agencies and updates for security advices

    2. A. Please select no more than 3 key challenges faced in implementing the commitments related to this transformation. Only the categories selected by the organisation will be seen below.
    • Human resources/capacity
    • Strengthening national/local systems
    3. What steps or actions are needed to make collective progress to achieve this transformation?

    IPPF has developed a solution framework which includes humanitarian as a key area for expansion and support to Member Associations to scale up. 

    Keywords

    Disability, Gender

  • 2D
    Take concrete steps to improve compliance and accountability

    Individual Commitments (7)

    • Commitment
    • Commitment Type
    • Core Responsibility
    • IPPF commits that all its Member Associations implement GBV and/or gender equality interventions in crisis settings based on assessment and planning processes by December 2020.
    • Operational
    • Uphold the Norms that Safeguard Humanity
    • IPPF commits to advocate at the global, regional and national levels to contribute to hundreds of legislation wins outlawing child marriage, sexual gender based violence (SGBV), and female genital mutilation (FGM) by December 2020.
    • Advocacy
    • Uphold the Norms that Safeguard Humanity
    • IPPF commits to comply with existing gender equality norms enshrined in international legal frameworks governing conflicts, including the Geneva Conventions and its Additional Protocols.
    • Policy
    • Uphold the Norms that Safeguard Humanity
    • IPPF commits to deploy its regional and local GBV experts within 72 hours of a L3 emergency response by 2020.
    • Capacity
    • Uphold the Norms that Safeguard Humanity
    • IPPF commits to develop a minimal sexuality education programme that is responsive to the needs of people living in crisis settings, recognizing the additional risks of early marriage and sexual violence by December 2018.
    • Operational
    • Uphold the Norms that Safeguard Humanity
    • IPPF commits to develop and agree secretariat-wide guidelines, to drive action and accountability on GBV and gender equality, in humanitarian service delivery by December 2017.
    • Policy
    • Uphold the Norms that Safeguard Humanity
    • IPPF commits to developing and implementing interventions engaging men, boys and communities as part of the solution to prevent and respond to gender-based violence in crisis settings by 2020.
    • Operational
    • Uphold the Norms that Safeguard Humanity

    Core Commitments (4)

    • Commitment
    • Core Responsibility
    • Commit to promote and enhance respect for international humanitarian law, international human rights law, and refugee law, where applicable.
    • Uphold the Norms that Safeguard Humanity
    • Commit to speak out and systematically condemn serious violations of international humanitarian law and serious violations and abuses of international human rights law and to take concrete steps to ensure accountability of perpetrators when these acts amount to crimes under international law.
    • Uphold the Norms that Safeguard Humanity
    • Implement a coordinated global approach to prevent and respond to gender-based violence in crisis contexts, including through the Call to Action on Protection from Gender-based Violence in Emergencies.
    • Uphold the Norms that Safeguard Humanity
    • Fully comply with humanitarian policies, frameworks and legally binding documents related to gender equality, women's empowerment, and women's rights.
    • Uphold the Norms that Safeguard Humanity Leave No One Behind
    1. A. Highlight concrete actions taken between 1 January – 31 December 2018 to implement the commitments which contribute to achieving this transformation. Be as specific as possible and include any relevant data/figures as well as any good practices and examples of innovation.

    Gender-based violence prevention and response

    International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF) has integrated global standards on sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) prevention and response into existing tools and guidance. Knowledge Attitude and Practice surveys have been conducted with select Member Associations in the Pacific and Asia to measure the capacity to prevent and respond to SGBV, with the intention to guide the development of a scale-up program. IPPF has also delivered tailored training on SGBV Fundamentals (based on the WHO established LIVES approach model) with the aim of strengthening Member Association’s capacity to prevent and respond to SGBV in humanitarian settings.  Sexuality education programmes are implemented in many countries within the Africa Region, with activities conducted in conflict-affected areas in Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of Congo, Mali and Uganda. In the Western Hemisphere region there are a few tangential experiences, for instance, for Zika response, IPPF work with Afro-Colombia organisations to develop culturally appropriate comprehensive sexuality education program for youth. AMAZE is an online sexuality education platform which IPPF has been working to scale in the Latin America and Caribbean region, which could potentially include Sexual and Reproductive Health in Emergencies themes. 

    Other

    In 2018, humanitarian was integrated as a key component of IPPF’s global Advocacy Common Agenda (ACA) guiding actions for 2019 - 2022. ACA outlines five thematic high-level changes, which IPPF will be prioritizing across the federation at secretariat and Member Associations levels globally. Humanitarian components are integrated into each thematic area. This will facilitate advocacy for sexual and reproductive health in emergencies in the humanitarian and development space across the Federation

    IPPF supported key language amendments to the Human Rights Council Resolution 39/10, adopted in September 2018. The final approved language under the clause, “Preventable maternal mortality and morbidity and human rights in humanitarian settings”, connects sexual and reproductive health in humanitarian action with a human rights-based, progressive agenda. Critically, this language is an important tool to hold Governments accountable and can be used as a framework for national and regional advocacy for sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) integration in humanitarian policies and plans. 

    In 2018, IPPF’s achievement include six successful policy initiatives and/or legislative changes in support of SRHR in crisis (legally binding) at National, regional/ global level.

    2. A. Please select no more than 3 key challenges faced in implementing the commitments related to this transformation. Only the categories selected by the organisation will be seen below.
    • Gender and/or vulnerable group inclusion
    • Human resources/capacity
    Keywords

    Gender

  • 3D
    Empower and protect women and girls

    Individual Commitments (18)

    • Commitment
    • Commitment Type
    • Core Responsibility
    • IPPF commits to actively participate in all Inter-agency Working Group Advocacy sub-working groups.
    • Partnership
    • Leave No One Behind
    • IPPF commits to adapt Integrated Package of Essential Services (IPES) for mobile and outreach services by December 2022.
    • Operational
    • Leave No One Behind
    • IPPF commits to adapt the Integrated Package of Essential Services for mobile and outreach services by December 2022.
    • Policy
    • Leave No One Behind
    • IPPF commits to advocate for governments to include sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) from the onset of a crisis










    • Advocacy
    • Leave No One Behind
    • IPPF commits to continuously hold national governments accountable for delivering on international agreements relating to sexual and reproductive health and rights.
    • Advocacy
    • Leave No One Behind
    • IPPF commits to continuously track sexual and reproductive health and rights indicators in fragile states.
    • Operational
    • Leave No One Behind
    • IPPF commits to deliver tens of millions SRHR information and services in conflict and emergency situations, applying a human rights approach, by December 2022.
    • Operational
    • Leave No One Behind
    • IPPF commits to deliver tens of millions to Sexual and Reproductive Health Rights information and services in conflict and emergency situations by December 2022, using a rights based approach. The latter means that all services are free of any forms of discrimination based on sex, sexuality or gender.
    • Operational
    • Leave No One Behind
    • IPPF commits to deploy Minimum Initial Service Package (and surge capacity as required), through its local member associations and partners, within 72 hours from a crises, by December 2020.
    • Operational
    • Leave No One Behind
    • IPPF commits to deploy within 72 hours and deliver tens of millions of gender-sensitive life-saving and life-changing SRH services in crisis settings
    • Operational
    • Leave No One Behind
    • IPPF commits to develop a Gender Strategy in Humanitarian Settings by 2020.
    • Policy
    • Leave No One Behind
    • IPPF commits to enable tens of millions people to act in response to positive SRHR messages by December 2022.
    • Advocacy
    • Leave No One Behind
    • IPPF commits to increase its funding in emergency situations to its local member associations to reach US$ 30 million USD per year by 2020. Most of these funds will be directed towards programmes/projects that target women, girls and boys particularly in fragile situations and in complex emergencies.
    • Financial
    • Leave No One Behind
    • IPPF commits to join or establish a cross agency interest group on Sexual and Reproductive Health Rights in Emergencies (SRHRiE) as well as develop, agree, implement and monitor an advocacy action plan by December 2020.
    • Partnership
    • Leave No One Behind
    • IPPF commits to provide tailored trainings and advocacy to relevant national institutions (ministries of defence), armed forces and military officials on basic sexual and reproductive health service delivery, distribution of reproductive health kits and referral/linkages to nearby health units.
    • Training
    • Leave No One Behind
    • IPPF commits to strengthen partnerships and work with hundreds regional, national and local youth networks as well as women's groups, to foster female and young advocates.
    • Partnership
    • Leave No One Behind
    • IPPF commits to support youth and women's leadership, in the advocacy for sexual and reproductive rights and gender equality, through tailored trainings and mentoring as well as coordinating and maximising advocacy opportunities.
    • Advocacy
    • Leave No One Behind
    • IPPF commits to work with UN agencies and other key stakeholders in SRHR to develop, pilot, and roll out a service package tailored to national and international crises.
    • Operational
    • Leave No One Behind

    Core Commitments (4)

    • Commitment
    • Core Responsibility
    • Empower Women and Girls as change agents and leaders, including by increasing support for local women's groups to participate meaningfully in humanitarian action.
    • Leave No One Behind
    • Ensure universal access to sexual and reproductive health and reproductive rights as agreed in accordance with the Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development and the Beijing Platform for Action and the Outcome documents of their review conferences for all women and adolescent girls in crisis settings.
    • Leave No One Behind
    • Ensure that humanitarian programming is gender responsive.
    • Leave No One Behind
    • Fully comply with humanitarian policies, frameworks and legally binding documents related to gender equality, women's empowerment, and women's rights.
    • Uphold the Norms that Safeguard Humanity Leave No One Behind
    1. A. Highlight concrete actions taken between 1 January – 31 December 2018 to implement the commitments which contribute to achieving this transformation. Be as specific as possible and include any relevant data/figures as well as any good practices and examples of innovation.

    Gender equality programming

    Memorandum of Understanding with RedR to access surge support was established and a gender-based violence (GBV) advisor has been deployed in the Pacific for 12 months.

    International Planned Parenthood Federation's (IPPF) activation system was revised, updated and distributed to regional offices within the Federation in 2018. In addition, the Hub identified the need to update and strengthen IPPF operational policies such as Safety and Security, Safeguarding, Finance and Human Resources and articulated this to senior management. Strengthening these operational policies are included in the humanitarian solutions team work stream and will improve IPPF’s ability to respond with agile and quicker systems. 

    • Gender Equality Orientations conducted for Member Associations in Nepal, Philippines and Sri Lanka. 
    • Advisors provided technical input to the IPPF gender equality toolkit, serving as a self-assessment tool for Member Associations to identify mechanisms to ensure gender transformative programming. This is another example of integration and mainstreaming of humanitarian tools and strategies into development and stable setting systems.  
    • Gender, as a theme is a central feature of the Pacific Niu Vaka Strategy straddling the development humanitarian nexus.

    Sexual and reproductive health

    Eleven of the 14 Member Associations (79 per cent) have put in place activities to institutionalize humanitarian into their organisation and systems. Examples include integration into strategic frameworks, setting up emergency Standard Operating Procedures and/or establishing humanitarian teams from headquarters to field level to be activated during response. This has helped to ensure prioritisation of response work, and ease transition where there has been turn-over of SPRINT (sexual and reproductive health in crisis and post-crisis situations) focal points such as in Afghanistan, Myanmar, Nepal and Sri Lanka.

    Twelve out of 14 Member Associations now participate in Sexual and Reproductive Health, Health and Protection coordination mechanisms during preparedness and response. In Indonesia and Pakistan, strong coordination at the national level has facilitated the establishment of sub-national coordination mechanisms during response.

     

    Other

    In 2018, International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF) continued to be an active member of the Inter-agency Working Group on Reproductive Health in Crises (IAWG); on the steering committee, present in all Sub-Working Groups and co-chair two Sub-working groups: gender-based violence (GBV) and lesbian, gay, bisexual, intersex, trans and queer (LGBITQ). 

    • In 2018, IPPF hosted webinars highlighting lessons learned on GBV and LGBITQ integration in humanitarian settings, reviewed global resources for Maternal Neonatal Health (MNH) guidance, and acted as a knowledge management hub and facilitator for key actors globally. 
    • Provision of technical support to the UN Population Fund-led Reproductive Health Kit revision to complement the updated Inter-agency Field Manual 2019.
    • As a member of the sub-working group on GBV, provided technical input to GBV (Minimum Guidelines and GBV Handbook) to bridge information gaps and duplication between IAWG GBV and GBV Area Of Responsibilty. 
    • On behalf of IAWG, IPPF led the launch of the revised Minimal Initial Service Package during the Global Protection Cluster consultation in Bangkok, and the revised Inter-agency Field Manual during Asia-Pacific Partnership Week in Bangkok in December 2018.
    • Co-developed the dissemination strategy for Inter-agency Field Manual and Minimum Initial Services Package launches in Norway, Sweden, Denmark and Geneva.
    Keywords

    Gender, Humanitarian-development nexus, Local action

  • 4A
    Reinforce, do not replace, national and local systems

    Individual Commitments (1)

    • Commitment
    • Commitment Type
    • Core Responsibility
    • IPPF commits to create a dedicated humanitarian department in Bangkok, Thailand (as a Central Office Department) with sub-hubs in the Pacific (Fiji or PNG), Arab World (Tunis) and Africa (Nairobi) to provide tailored technical and financial support to local Member Associations involved in humanitarian response by December 2016
    • Operational
    • Change People's Lives: From Delivering Aid to Ending Need

    Core Commitments (2)

    • Commitment
    • Core Responsibility
    • Commit to increase substantially and diversify global support and share of resources for humanitarian assistance aimed to address the differentiated needs of populations affected by humanitarian crises in fragile situations and complex emergencies, including increasing cash-based programming in situations where relevant.
    • Change People's Lives: From Delivering Aid to Ending Need Invest in Humanity
    • Commit to empower national and local humanitarian action by increasing the share of financing accessible to local and national humanitarian actors and supporting the enhancement of their national delivery systems, capacities and preparedness planning.
    • Change People's Lives: From Delivering Aid to Ending Need Invest in Humanity
    1. A. Highlight concrete actions taken between 1 January – 31 December 2018 to implement the commitments which contribute to achieving this transformation. Be as specific as possible and include any relevant data/figures as well as any good practices and examples of innovation.

    Other

    The management and organisation of International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF) humanitarian work has progressed in 2018 with maintenance of leadership and advisory capacity in the Bangkok and Fiji humanitarian hubs, recruitment of additional program adviser capacity in Fiji and Bangkok and gender-based violence capacity in Fiji. Links to IPPF Central Office (CO) teams including the Technical team and Resource Mobilisation and New Business Development teams has been strengthened. The Hub supports capacity building of regional humanitarian focal persons and teams in each of the six IPPF Regional Offices (ROs). Key strategies along with high technical capacities have guided the federation and priority countries on the new journey of mainstreaming humanitarian into the federation’s work moving away from the “project model”.

    Keywords

    Strengthening local systems

  • 4B
    Anticipate, do not wait, for crises

    Individual Commitments (1)

    • Commitment
    • Commitment Type
    • Core Responsibility
    • IPPF commits to direct technical and core financial resources in disaster risk reduction processes using right based approaches. Working with communities it will seek to address root causes of vulnerability, particularly with regards to women and girls in fragile states.
    • Financial
    • Change People's Lives: From Delivering Aid to Ending Need
    1. A. Highlight concrete actions taken between 1 January – 31 December 2018 to implement the commitments which contribute to achieving this transformation. Be as specific as possible and include any relevant data/figures as well as any good practices and examples of innovation.

    Preparedness

    International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF) commits to build dedicated resource mobilization capacity in humanitarian funding streams by 2020. This will be done through increased capacities in staff, that focuses on core funding application, as well as by creating a business development team that will undertake restricted bid submissions.

    International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF) chairs the Inter-Agency Working Group on Reproductive Health in Crisis Sub-Working Group on Preparedness.

    Keywords

    Preparedness

  • 5A
    Invest in local capacities

    Individual Commitments (2)

    • Commitment
    • Commitment Type
    • Core Responsibility
    • IPPF commits to build capacities of its local member associations to establish and enforce relationships with national and international donors in their country.
    • Capacity
    • Invest in Humanity
    • IPPF commits to train regional and local programme staff to build field level donor relationships and design donor responsive humanitarian programmes.
    • Training
    • Invest in Humanity

    Core Commitments (1)

    • Commitment
    • Core Responsibility
    • Commit to empower national and local humanitarian action by increasing the share of financing accessible to local and national humanitarian actors and supporting the enhancement of their national delivery systems, capacities and preparedness planning.
    • Change People's Lives: From Delivering Aid to Ending Need Invest in Humanity
    1. A. Highlight concrete actions taken between 1 January – 31 December 2018 to implement the commitments which contribute to achieving this transformation. Be as specific as possible and include any relevant data/figures as well as any good practices and examples of innovation.

    Capacity building of national/local actors

    ​International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF) commits to train programme staff to build field-level donor relationships and design donor responsive humanitarian programmes.

    Within the humanitarian programme, IPPF ensures that national Member Associations are connected with donors, through Embassies, at country level. For instance, within SPRINT, International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF) continuously invited the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade to events and provide guidance to Member associations on donor requirements for response.

    Keywords

    Local action

  • 5D
    Finance outcomes, not fragmentation: shift from funding to financing

    Individual Commitments (1)

    • Commitment
    • Commitment Type
    • Core Responsibility

    • IPPF commits to build dedicated resource mobilization capacity in humanitarian funding streams by 2020. This will be done through increased capacities in staff, that focuses on core funding application, as well as by creating a business development team that will undertake restricted bid submissions.


    • Capacity
    • Invest in Humanity

    Core Commitments (2)

    • Commitment
    • Core Responsibility
    • Commit to promote and increase predictable, multi-year, unearmarked, collaborative and flexible humanitarian funding toward greater efficiency, effectiveness, transparency and accountability of humanitarian action for affected people.
    • Invest in Humanity
    • Commit to broaden and adapt the global instruments and approaches to meet urgent needs, reduce risk and vulnerability and increase resilience, without adverse impact on humanitarian principles and overall action (as also proposed in Round Table on "Changing Lives").
    • Invest in Humanity
    1. A. Highlight concrete actions taken between 1 January – 31 December 2018 to implement the commitments which contribute to achieving this transformation. Be as specific as possible and include any relevant data/figures as well as any good practices and examples of innovation.

    In 2018, International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF) business development team was created and led a number of large, successful bids targeting fragile countries and contexts. In 2019 , the business development team will continue to invest in IPPF income generation capabilities for both humanitarian and development donors, including building a bid pipeline for humanitarian funding and funding in fragile contexts.

    November 2018, IPPF submitted 2 proposals to Global Affairs Canada for the regional Venezuela crisis which included targeted gender-based violence prevention and response activities in accordance with the Inter-agency Standing Committee guidelines. IPPF and Member Associations carried out needs assessments, incorporating tools and methodologies to analyse gender inequality and inform the design of gender sensitive responses. The targets and indicators have been designed with a gender sensitive lens. A bid for advancing gender equality strategies, with emphasis on fragile settings and preventing and responding to gender-based violence was submitted to the European Commission for four countries in Africa region ( Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Chad and Democratic Republic of the Congo). Throughout 2018 IPPF’s Humanitarian Hub continuously worked in tandem with regional humanitarian leads and Member Associations to facilitate mainstreaming of humanitarian across the Federation. This partnership has strengthened humanitarian capacity, and helped enable the Federation to secure additional humanitarian funding in Latin America (Venezuela and Colombia), Arab World (Yemen, Lebanon, Palestine) and in Africa (Cameroon, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Uganda and Togo). AUD 6.8 million of new humanitarian funding was confirmed in 2018.

    Keywords

    Gender, Humanitarian-development nexus

  • 5E
    Diversify the resource base and increase cost-efficiency

    Individual Commitments (2)

    • Commitment
    • Commitment Type
    • Core Responsibility
    • IPPF commits to an emergency reserve fund to respond immediately when an emergency arises.
    • Financial
    • Invest in Humanity
    • IPPF commits to develop and agree on a monitoring and evaluation framework for crisis settings and embed in service statistics and global indicators, to drive allocation of funds, by 2020.
    • Operational
    • Invest in Humanity

    Core Commitments (2)

    • Commitment
    • Core Responsibility
    • Commit to increase substantially and diversify global support and share of resources for humanitarian assistance aimed to address the differentiated needs of populations affected by humanitarian crises in fragile situations and complex emergencies, including increasing cash-based programming in situations where relevant.
    • Change People's Lives: From Delivering Aid to Ending Need Invest in Humanity
    • Commit to promote and increase predictable, multi-year, unearmarked, collaborative and flexible humanitarian funding toward greater efficiency, effectiveness, transparency and accountability of humanitarian action for affected people.
    • Invest in Humanity
    1. A. Highlight concrete actions taken between 1 January – 31 December 2018 to implement the commitments which contribute to achieving this transformation. Be as specific as possible and include any relevant data/figures as well as any good practices and examples of innovation.

    Based on the review by the Humanitarian Hub with the Central and Regional Offices, there is an imperative need felt for a reserve pool of funding to be available at the IPPF Central and Regional Offices to support of un-anticipated crisis for the Member Associations to respond timely and effectively. Accordingly, advocacy with the Regional Offices is underway for mainstreaming a humanitarian component into their core Annual Program Budgeting (APB) for such contingency funds. Similarly, such funds will be made available through the humanitarian solutions team work stream and in 2018 grants amounting to USD 6.1 million through Regional and Central Office Emergency contingency funds were provided to those Member Associations approaching the Regional Offices for the various crises responses. 

    Keywords

    Emergency Response, Humanitarian-development nexus