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WELCOME MESSAGE
Dearest SCORA members, SCORA community is growing and growing and your amazing efforts into creating a world where every individual is empowered to exercise their sexual and reproductive health and rights free from stigma and discrimination, are what brings us together. All those efforts are something worth sharing and we’d like to provide a platform to do so. In addition to that, aiming to establish frequent and efficient communication with you and developing at the same time a channel to hold the International Team accountable and increase transparency, we came up with the initiative of issuing a SCORA bimonthly newsletter where you find the most relevant information in the same place and you can get inspired by what’s going on in SCORA all around the globe. We hope you engage and enjoy the reading! Should you have any questions, do not hesitate to reach out to any International Team member for further clarifications and comments. Hugs, Lalu, SCORA Director 2019-2020 On behalf of the International Team and SCORA Programme Coordinators 2019-2020
TABLE OF CONTENTS
5 BIMONTHLY REPORTS 15 REGIONAL MEETINGS 18 SCORA X-CHANGE HOSTS 19 SCORA WORKSHOPS 21 SUB-REGIONAL TRAININGS 24 CSW 25 NECSE 26 HOW TO ENROLL A PROJECT UNDER IFMSA? 28 SCORA GOES TRANSPARENT AND APPROACHABLE 29 WHAT'S COMING SOON? 30 90-90-90: BEYOND THE NUMBERS!
SCORA DIRECTOR LAURA LALUCAT scorad@ifmsa.org
In charge of activities and capacity building of SCORA and supporting the IT Coordinating SCORA sessions at the General Assemblies The link between SCORA members and the Executive Board Anything you don’t know who to reach out for!
Dec
Tasks
Meetings - SISM NGA
- Face to face meeting with LRA
- MM spots for IT and registration management; - pre-MM call for participants; - Ipas MM internal call for IT;
Online meetings:
- Follow up on SCORA Strategy matters;
- With SCORP D
- Follow up on AmRM and ARM;
- With NORA Weekend OC x3
- MM ST selection, feedback and starting up preparations;
- With SCORA RA for Africa regarding ARM
- Proposal of Agenda for MM work;
- With SCORA IT members
- HEAT Manual design;
- With SCORA RA for Asia-Pacific
- preparation for EMR16 and AmRM;
- 1st Monthly SCORA IT OLM
- Preparations for V2V;
- OLM with Standing Committees’ Directors
- Final inputs to ARM;
- Supervising Council Buddy OLM
- Prepared TOM;
- IDEVAW OLM
- PreMM advertisement coordination.
- WAD OLM - VPPRC OLM about publications - OLM with SCDs for CB issues - OLM SWG for Strategy
Jan
Meetings - TOM2
- pre-Winter Camp Egypt
Tasks - MM preparations: Survival Kit creation, tasks distribution and follow up; - call for amendments to SCORA Regulations and proposed amendments as IT; - SCORA strategy Annex finalised;
Online meetings:
- HEAT manual finalised;
- 3rd Monthly SCORA IT OLM: January
- preAPRM workshop proposal;
- 4th Monthly SCORA IT OLM: February
- V2V and Ipas preparations;
- Sup Co Buddie
- Follow up with AmRM outcomes and preparations of EMR.
- Strategy SWG OLMs x5 - Evaluation of AmRM with RA - EMR ST OLMs- MM20 ST - Moodle webinar - CSW delegation - RM preparations with RA AP - one on one OLMs - calls with LRA
LIAISON OFFICER FOR SRHR ISSUES INCL. HIV&AIDS EGLĖ JANUŠONYTĖ lra@ifmsa.org
Focal point with all SRHR external relations Representing SCORA on international level meetings with external partners Coordinating Policy Documents development
Nov
Meetings - ICPD+25
Tasks - ICPD+25: preparations for panel, providing input for language for youth ICPD+25 Statement,
- 24th PMNCH Board Meeting
working in designing the Youth Signature Session, preparing and coordinating social media
- WHO HIV and SRHR linkages meeting
coverage, endorsing Ipas statement, drafting 2 policy briefs, drafting IFMSA commitment;
- Partner Face to Face meetings: Restless
- Correspondence with IAS;
development, IPPF, Women in Global
- Correspondence with Ipas regarding ICPD+25, 19/20 Grant approval, 1-day manual approval,
Health, Women Deliver, WHO Department
drafting CSW side event application together;
of Reproductive Health Research
- Correspondence with UNAIDS: WAD, approving venue for IFMSA side events;
- Face to Face meeting with SCORA-D
- Prepared and released the call for SRHR SWGs; - Prepared CSW call for IFMSA delegates;
Online meetings:
- Press release of IFMSA: co-authored articles and meeting with WHO RHR;
- PMNCH Board Meeting webinar
- Preparation for PMNCH Board Meeting;
- 4 OLMs with VPE
- UN Thematic Commissions Manual coordination;
- OLM with SCORA-D
- Drafting WHS article;
- LOOM
- CPD statement drafting coordination with LPH.
- 2 ICPD+25 calls with session organisers - ICPD+25 webinar - OLM for UN Thematic Commissions Manual
Dec
Meetings - ARM
Tasks - Ipas grant - active contact and work towards signature of the grant; - ICPD+25 follow up;
Online meetings:
- Opening CSW call;
- 2nd SCORA IT Monthly OLM
- UNAIDS correspondence;
- OLM for Access to Safe Abortion Policy
- IAS correspondence;
- OLM with SCORA-D x2
- Women Deliver correspondence;-
- Policy Coordinators OLM
Policy work - drafting/overviewing;
- VPE OLM x2
- Preparations for AmRM;
- PreAMR Advocacy to Policy training OLM
- Gender 50/50 verifying IFMSA data;
- ICPD+25 follow up OLM
- Filling in external meetings strategy;
- UHC campaign OLM
- Work on UHC campaign;- Various TO work input.
- OLM with SCORA RA for Africa on ARM - OLM with ExRep RA for Africa on ARM
GENERAL ASSISTANT KLAUDIA SZYMUŚ ga.scora@ifmsa.org
Coordination of SCORA X-Change Providing members with transparency by newsletters, quarterly updates and other general publication means Collecting SCORA IT monthly reports, taking minutes during Online Meetings
Dec
Meetings - SXC Webinar for Americas
Tasks - Selection and emailing SWG members for the
- Coordinated Obstetric Violence Policy
- SXC Webinar for Asia-Pacific
Obstetric Violence Policy Document;
Document work and finalized it;
- SXC Webinar for EMR, Europe and Africa
- Giving input to SCORA IT OLM observers;
- Worked on Access to Safe Abortion Policy
- 2nd SCORA IT Monthly OLM-
- Emailing observers for the OLM;
Document;
OLM for Access to Safe Abortion Policy
- Choosing 2 more members of SXC SWG;
- Coordination of SXC SWG;- Updated the SXC
- OLM 1 with MM20 SCORA Sessions
- Follow-up email after webinars to all NORAs
Database;
Team
and people at the SXC webinars;
- Urgent reminders about last year SXC
- 1:1 OLM with SCORA-D
- Worked on the SCORA Newsletter design;
reports;
- Policy Coordinators OLM
- Updated and shared Transparency Portal;
- SXC 2020 season graphic template
- OLM2 with SXC SWG with PCs
- Adjusted OLMs minutes to be published and
- Created and sent to approval;
- call with SCORA DA CB
shared it;
- Needs assessment on SXC group;
- OLM1 with the SWG for Obstetric
- Created a graphic with highlights of work from
- Communication Guidelines design input for
Violence Policy Document
October and November;
VPPRC team;
- OLM with the SWG for Policy Document
- Requested VPPRC for the cover of SCORA
- Gave input to: SCORA CB regulations, NMO
x2
Newsletter;
activation guide, SCORA Strategy;
- OLM3 with SXC SWG: Advocacy and Soft
- Contacted the SCOPE/SCORE team for
- Sent IT Monthly Reports;
Skills
discussing SXC issues;
- General email and publication work
- call with SCORP-D, SCORA-D and SCORP GA
Jan
Meetings Online meetings:
Tasks - Newsletter #2 draft, design and task
- MM work on sessions and Exchanges fair for
- 3rd Monthly SCORA IT OLM: January
assignment;
SXC;
- 4th Monthly SCORA IT OLM: February
- SWG coordination: follow-up emails, feedback
- EMR sessions preparations;
- SXC webinar for IFMSA-Poland
to sessions;
- Transparency Portal update;
- OLM MM ST x2
- Policy Document for Obstetric Violence SWG -
- Policy Commission work on Ensuring Access
- MM co-facilitators OLM x2
evaluation form sent;
to Safe Abortion Policy;
- Moodle webinar
- SXC publications: graphics and posts, request
- SXC proposals: follow-up to OCs, organizing
- NMO consultation for SHRHR Policy
to FB and IG;
to selection of hosts;
documents webinar
- Newsletter #1 publication;
- Graphic template for all SC having
- OLM for EMR sessions x2
- Finalized Communication Guidelines;
exchanges for distinction;
- OLM with SCORE GA regarding SXC
- Bylaw Change Proposals: call on FB, proposed
- Voting Cards sent to RAs for check up;
- OLM with an SWG member for follow-up
BCPs as IT to SXC and SCORA Regulations,
- Sent IT Monthly Reports;
- OLM with SCOME RA, NORP from Egypt
input form creation and approval;
and NORA from Lebanon for EMR joint session
DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANT FOR CAPACITY BULDING
MOHAMMED HICHEM SMAALI da.scora@ifmsa.org
Organising online trainings and improving existing workshops Creating new manuals, evaluating and following up already issued ones The main contact person regarding Sub-Regional Trainings Connecting trainers
Dec
Meetings Online meetings:
Tasks - SCORA CB Regulations SWG coordination;
- OLM with SCORA DA ME
- Worked Ipas proposal for pre-GA;
- OLM with DAs on SRTs process
- Worked on BEAST proposal for preEuRegMe;
- SCORA CB Regulations SWG OLM x5
- SRTs approvals: V2V and HEAT;
- 2nd SCORA IT Monthly OLM
- Worked on the part in the SCORA Newsletter draft;
- CB OLM- OLM with SCORA-D x2
- Worked on Access to Safe Abortion Policy Document.
- SCORA X-Change SWG OLM: Advocacy and Soft Skills
Jan
Meetings Online meetings:
Tasks -- Follow up with all current SRTs, trainers and coordinators on facebook and drive sheet;
- 3rd Monthly SCORA IT OLM: January
- CB regulations update;
- 4th Monthly SCORA IT OLM: February
- MM work.
- OLM Palestine- OLM HEAT trainers France - OLM MM ST- OLM with SCORA RA for Americas/ Europe / SCORA-D / SCORA GA / Mehek / Stephanie (ST members) - OLM HEAT Peru Coordinator
DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANT FOR MEMBER ENGAGEMENT ABRA ZAHID
da.me.scora@ifmsa.org Activating non-SCORA-active NMOs The main contact person regarding major SCORA campaigns, creation of toolkits and manuals Updating the SCORA Database Coordinating Open Spaces
Dec
Meetings Online meetings:
Tasks - Added comments in Call for Observers in SCORA Monthly OLMs;
- OLM with SCORA RA for EMR on IFMSA
- Worked on the part in the SCORA Newsletter draft;
-Palestine Activation
- Finalised SCORA Activation document and sent for input;
- OLM on UHC (SCORA Representative with
- Coordination in SCORA Strategy SWG;- Answering emails;
LRA for the campaign)
- Coordinated with SCOPH DA on sending calls to DAs for the UHC campaign;
- SXC Webinar for Asia-Pacific
- Discussion with LRA on UHC campaign and designing infographics;
- OLM with SCORA-D x2- 2nd SCORA IT
- Reviewing the evaluation ideas added by team members to design the form to be sent;
Monthly OLM
- Organised the SWG drive to be shared with team members and included Resources and
- OLM for Access to Safe Abortion Policy
material in it;
- OLM with SCORA DA CB for helping a
- Graded SP/ST applications for MM20;
member with HEAT training
- Created a document to collect input on campaigns;
- SCORA X-Change SWG OLM
- SRHR Awareness day campaign thread started;
- SCORA Strategy SWG OLM
- Annex to SCORA Strategic Plan created and sent to team members in a follow-up email;
- OLM with IWD team
- Worked on Access to Safe Abortion Policy Document;
- OLM 1 with MM20 SCORA Sessions Team
- Finalised email to be sent to members for input on strategy evaluation;
- call with a SCORA SWG team member for
- Open space idea input;- Worked on SCORA Palestine activation;
infographics
- SCORA Strategy questions input from IT;
- OLM with PC for Realizing SRHR and
- Input on SCORA CB Regulations.
SCORA RA for Asia-Pacific for campaign concept note for SRHR Awareness Day Campaign
Jan
Meetings Online meetings:
Tasks - Strategic Plan: Annex document sent to IT for input, Background document shared with SWG
- 3rd Monthly SCORA IT OLM: January
to add on their respective working on pillars and final form of Annex shared with Members for
- International Women’s Day SWG
their input; - International Women’s day Campaign: opened calls for SWG, marked the applications, OLM with selected applicants and task division. Rejection emails sent as well; - Input to Dec-January Newsletter on Open space form and IWD SWG; - MM20 sessions preparation.
REGIONAL ASSISTANT FOR AFRICA AREEG ABDALMAGID
ra.scora.africa@ifmsa.org The link between SCORA IT and NMOs from Africa Activating non-SCORA-active NMOs in Africa Coordinating Regional sessions at General Assemblies and SCORA Sessions at African Regional Meeting Assisting in organising Sub-Regional Trainings and solving SCORA-related problems within Africa
Dec
Meetings - ARM
Tasks - ARM Survival Kit; - Sessions delivery at ARM;
Online meetings:
- Updating the NORA's WhatsApp group.
- Regional Team OLM x2 - 2nd SCORA IT Monthly OLM - OLM for Access to Safe Abortion Policy - ARM sessions Team OLM x2 - OLM with NORA from Ghana - OLM with NORA from Malawi - OLM with NORA from Kenya - OLM with NORA from Nigeria
Jan
Meetings Online meetings:
Tasks - Worked on Access to Safe Abortion Policy Document;
-- OLM with Regional team x2
- Finishing the SCORA Newsletter part on the ARM;
- 3rd Monthly SCORA IT OLM: January
- Finalizing the ARM report + Follow up kit;
- 4th Monthly SCORA IT OLM: February
- Opened the SABC call for NMO hosts.
- OLM MM session team x2 - OLM with the NORAs x5
REGIONAL ASSISTANT FOR AMERICAS FATIMA RODRIGUEZ
ra.scora.americas@ifmsa.org The link between SCORA IT and NMOs from Americs Activating non-SCORA-active NMOs in Americas Coordinating Regional sessions at General Assemblies and SCORA Sessions at American Regional Meeting Assisting in organising Sub-Regional Trainings and solving SCORA-related problems within Americas
Dec
Meetings Online meetings:
Tasks - ST selection process for AmRM;
- OLM with ST AmRM x3
- AmRM Agenda preparation;
- 1:1 OLM with SCORA-D
- Survival KIT for AmRM preparation;
- OLM with NORA Chile
- Sessions description and outlines for AmRM;
- OLM NORA IFMSA Panama
- Materials preparation for AmRM;
- OLM with NORA ASCEMCOL
- Pre-AmRM preparations;
- 2nd SCORA IT Monthly OLM
- Worked on the part in the SCORA Newsletter draft.
- OLM 1 with MM20 SCORA Sessions Team - SXC Webinar for Americas
Jan
Meetings - AmRM
Tasks - Pre AmRM - Ipas workshop (Session Facilitation); - AmRM - Session Facilitation;
Online meetings:
- AmRM - Activities report;
- OLM with NORA IFMSA Brazil
- CoC Commission (coordination in AmRM);
- OLM with NORA IFMSA Chile
- CoC report;
- OLM with NORA IFMSA Guatemala
- SCORA Newsletter: AmRM report
- OLM with NORA ODEM Dominican Republic - OLM with NORA IFMSA Honduras - OLM with NORA IFMSA El Salvador - OLM with OLM HEAT SRT Peru (x2) - OLM with OLM Ipas SRT Quebec - OLM with OLM ST SCORA Camp Peru 2020 - OLM with OLM with SCORA D - Call with SCORA DA CB - OLM Mahek and Sama (ST MM)
REGIONAL ASSISTANT FOR ASIA-PACIFIC SHWETA PODUVAL
ra.scora.asiapacific@ifmsa.org The link between SCORA IT and NMOs from Asia-Pacific Activating non-SCORA-active NMOs in Asia-Pacific Coordinating Regional sessions at General Assemblies and SCORA Sessions at Asia-Pacific Regional Meeting Assisting in organising Sub-Regional Trainings and solving SCORA-related problems within AsiaPacific
Meetings
Dec
Online meetings:
Tasks - SXC Webinar for AP: Coordinated with GA, AP NORAs and members as well as attended and
- 2nd Monthly SCORA IT OLM (partially
facilitated;
attended)
- Planned out contact with AP NORAs for the month of December and scheduled individual
- OLM for Access to Safe Abortion Policy
OLMs with them;
- OLM with PC for Realizing SRHR to
- Graded SP/ST applications for MM20;
brainstorm ideas for SRHR Awareness Day
- Finally established contact with NORA from IFMSA China;
Campaign
- Worked on SRHR Awareness Campaign: Brainstormed on ideas, coordinated with PC for
- OLM with SCORA-D for general updates
Realizing SRHR and SCORA DA ME, worked on campaign concept note;
- SXC Webinar for Asia-Pacific
- Worked on Access to Safe Abortion Policy Document;
- OLM 1 with MM20 SCORA Sessions Team
- Gave input for SCORA Active Guidelines, TO group Agenda for TOM2;
- OLM with NORA IFMSA Pakistan
- Sharing of important calls and messages as well as campaign posts on social media and via
- OLM with PC for Realizing SRHR and
email with AP NORAs and members.
SCORA DA ME for campaign concept note for SRHR Awareness Day Campaign - OLM with NORA IFMSA Japan - OLM with NORA AMSA Hong Kong
Jan
Meetings Online meetings:
Tasks - Coordination with remaining AP NORAs for OLMs;
- 1:1 NORA OLMs: With NORA BMSS
- Input for SCORA Active Guidelines, Input for TO Group Agenda for TOM2;
Bangladesh, NORA IFMSA China, NORA
- SRHR Awareness Campaign: Worked on Campaign Concept Note, distributed work and began
CIMSA ISMKI, NORA IFMSA Thailand &
working on social media posts for the same;
NORA NMSS Nepal
- Reached out to SCORA Active AP NMO Presidents whose NORAs I have not been able to
- 3rd Monthly SCORA IT OLM: January
establish contact with and got in touch with 3 AP NMO NORAs;
- 4th Monthly SCORA IT OLM: February
- MM20: Finalised regional session and SCORA session ideas and outlines;
- AP RT OLM #4
- Worked on SCORA Section for AP View Newsletter;
- OLM with PC RSRHR to discuss way
- Worked on preAPRM Workshop Proposal.
forward with SRHR Awareness Campaign - OLM with PC RSRHR to discuss task distribution for SRHR Awareness Campaign - OLM with SCORA D to discuss APRM preparations and timeline - MM ST OLM - OLM with SCORA RA Europe to for MM20 Session - OLM with PC GBV for MM20 Session - Moodle webinar
REGIONAL ASSISTANT FOR EMR YARA HISHAM OTHMAN ra.scora.emr@ifmsa.org
The link between SCORA IT and NMOs from EMR Activating non-SCORA-active NMOs in EMR Coordinating Regional sessions at General Assemblies and SCORA Sessions at EMR Regional Meeting Assisting in organising Sub-Regional Trainings and solving SCORA-related problems within EMR
Dec
Meetings Online meetings:
Tasks - EMR16 preparations: Sessions Team selection and agenda;
- 2nd Monthly SCORA IT OLM
- Worked on Survival Kit for EMR16;
- Regional Team OLM
- Worked on the part in the SCORA Newsletter draft;
- OLM with SCORA DA ME on IFMSA
- Worked on Access to Safe Abortion Policy Document.
-Palestine Activation - OLM 1 with MM20 SCORA Sessions Team - OLM with Sessions Team for EMR16
Jan
Meetings - pre-Winter Camp Egypt
Tasks - V2V workshop facilitation; - Pre-EMR and EMR preparations;
Online meetings: - OLM with sessions team individually - Meeting with SCOPH RA for joint session - RT OLM - 3rd Monthly SCORA IT OLM: January - 4th Monthly SCORA IT OLM: February
- Arranging the FGM campaign with PC GBV and NORA Qatar.
REGIONAL ASSISTANT FOR EUROPE IEVA BERANKYTÄ–
ra.scora.europe@ifmsa.org The link between SCORA IT and NMOs from Europe Activating non-SCORA-active NMOs in Europe Coordinating Regional sessions at General Assemblies and SCORA Sessions at European Regional Meeting Assisting in organising Sub-Regional Trainings and solving SCORA-related problems within European
Dec
Meetings Online meetings:
Tasks - Submitted pre-EuRegMe BEAST proposal;
- 2nd SCORA IT Monthly OLM
- Completed Ending GBV policy contributors selection;
- OLM for Access to Safe Abortion Policy
- Finalized Ending GBV Policy draft and citations;
- OLM 1 with MM20 SCORA Sessions Team
- Worked on Access to Safe Abortion Policy Document;
- Policy Coordinators OLM
- Applied and selected to facilitate Ipas in the pre-MM;
- OLMs with Ending GBV Policy
- Filled EuroTeam Quarterly report;
Contributors x2
- Contributed to other IT tasks.
- Monthly EuroTeam OLM
Jan
Meetings Online meetings:
Tasks - Found out previous issues of NECSE;
- 3rd Monthly SCORA IT OLM: January
- Obtained lost minutes of past year's plenary of NECSE;
- 4th Monthly SCORA IT OLM: February
- WAD campaign: content drafted and posted;
- Monthly EuroTeam OLM
- Collaboration & Activities Calendar created and shared with NORAs;
- EuRegMe OC OLMs
- NORA Calendar created and shared;
- OLM with SCORA RA for Asia Pacific
- preEuRegMe20: BEAST proposal submitted with SCORA-D and DA for CB;
- OLM with DA CB
- Worked on EuRegMe and European regional sessions for MM;
- SCORA ST OLM
- General email and administrative work.
- EuroTeam Joint Sessions OLM - OLM with EuRegMe20 Head OC x2 - OLM with Theme Event Team - NMO consultation for SRHR policy documents webinar
What to do after the ARM?
AFRICAN REGIONAL MEETING The ARM was held in Lilongwe, Malawi from the 15th till the 22nd of December. It has the participation of 13 delegates from all over Africa. The sessions were a combination of knowledge, theories, practical part and a small pitch to demonstrate the level of understanding and engagement of the participants. The agendas for our SCORA sessions were based on the prevalence of health issues arising now in the region, with paying special consideration to geographical, social and cultural differences within the region. Achievements of the ARM: 1) Improvement in the understanding of SCORA and SRHR among participants. 2) The ARM served as platform for SRHR SCORA members to share and exchange ideas within and after the ARM. 3) Noticeable improvement in the knowledge of participants on trending SRHR topics and latest advances regionally and internationally. 4) Highlighting attention to other SCORA focus areas. 5) Empowered participants with necessary skills to take action on SRHR issues locally, nationally and internationally.
1) Comprehensive Sexual education in the curriculum should be added and highly advertised in the region. 2) Address stigma on a wider base: raising awareness about HIV, trying to overcome the stigma barrier to even seek preventive methods, treatment and counseling. 3) Work on national policies with NGOs: Enforce the laws that criminalize actions like GBV, FGM and child marriage. 4) Support vulnerable groups: work with institutions that provide support to HIV patients and women suffering GBV. 5) Governmental and non governmental co-operation: In order to establish any community work, you have to get support to guarantee an effective impact and sustainability. 6) Research: activities organized accordingly to the prevalence of issue, monitoring and evaluation built on evidences. 7) Increase social media and online platforms campaigns and awareness activating SCORA Facebook page. 8) Community Awareness: More focus and attention to community awareness and outreach approach to the rural areas trying to overcome the obstacle of centralization.
What's next...? Life after AmRM
AMERICAN REGIONAL MEETING The AmRm was held in Curitiba, Brazil, from January 6th to 11th. It had the participation of 12 delegates from all the Americas and for the first time, it had the participation of all the sub regions of our beautiful region, including the Caribbean. The sessions that took place within the agenda, were prepared according to the social, cultural and political reality that is lived in the countries of the Americas today. With the aim of creating a more entertaining environment and debate among the participants, the sessions had a methodology based on NO SESSIONS THAT LOOK LIKE UNIVERSITY CLASSES, so all had a practical part, adapted to daily life in the Americas; migrant caravan simulations, SWG, debates, interactive games, testimonials, timelines, etc. All this was done, so that participants could better understand the reality of our countries and be able to equip themselves with the tools and knowledge necessary to fight for SRHRs in their respective countries.
Achievements of the AmRM: 1) ST with representation of all subregions of the Americas 2) Participants from all sub regions of the Americas 3) Two proposals for collaborative work between NMOs 4) Two SWGs on the way (on sexual harassment and gender-based violence) 5) Three Joint sessions, two SCORASCOPH (Pregnancies in adolescents, as a public health problem, IT's in the Americas) and one SCORA-SCORP (Taboos and myths about menstruation, in the indigenous populations of the Americas) 6) Creation of new CB spaces within the region... SRTs and SCORA workshops on the way!
EUROPEAN REGIONAL MEETING Where: Vilnius, Lithuania When: 23-27 April The European Regional Meeting is under the theme Social accountability and Health Workforce. From addressing Regional Priorities to going in-depth on our beloved SCORA topics, we hope that the SCORA Sessions in EuRegMe will blow your mind! If you seek to join the Sessions Team, keep your eyes on the lookout - the call will be out pretty soon!
pre-EuRegMe Unfortunately, for this EuRegMe there are no SCORA workshops performed during pre-EuRegMe. However, you can apply for these workshops instead: - AMET: The Medical Students’ Vision of the European Health Workforce - Climate Action for Peace: An International Training on Disaster Medicine - Global Health Advocates: The future of European Advocates (GHA: European Advocates) Mental Health for Medical Practitioners
SCORA X-CHANGE HOSTS SCORA X-Change is a unilateral exchange focused on Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights. It aims to build the capacity of SCORAngels around the world through workshops, seminars, clinical clerkships and many more activities that develop soft skills and SRHR knowledge. It's also intercultural learning and international experience. The call for participants will be open soon, but before that - check out the proposals here.
Canada
Egypt
France
Ghana
India
Jordan
Lebanon
Morocco
Palestine
Peru
Portugal
Romania
Rwanda
Sudan
Turkey
WHAT IS... V2V? OBJECTIVES
THE CONCEPT
Build
capacity
and
empower
medical students to take on a significant role in contribution to
Violence to Victory is a
fighting gender-based violence
training that has been
(GBV) on
developed
international level.
under
the
local,
national
and
vision of providing a full understanding of gender-
Provide IFMSA members with soft
based violence (GBV) in
skills and knowledge needed to
the efforts of
advocate for tackling GBV.
capacity
building
for
IFMSA
members to contribute to
Deliver information on GBV -
the global impact in the
merits and global situation to
fight against GBV. Its main
give members an overview of the
aim
problem.
is
to
offer
the
necessary soft skills and advocacy
related
knowledge to effectively learn how to deliver the information
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SUB-REGIONAL TRAININGS A Sub Regional Training (SRT) is an international meeting supported by the IFMSA, where members and motivated students from a (sub)region or sometimes even further away can meet and participate in trainings, workshops and small working groups.
HEAT Where: France When: 16.01. - 19.01. This winter, 16 participants were trained on HIV Education and Advocacy (HEAT). This training was established by Ahmed Mahmoud Al Azzam (IFMSAJo) and Juan Jose Manuel Flores Valderrama (IFMSA-Peru). It was also done in partnership with the university professors to focus more on HIV basis and its link with HPV.
SUB-REGIONAL TRAININGS A Sub Regional Training (SRT) is an international meeting supported by the IFMSA, where members and motivated students from a (sub)region or sometimes even further away can meet and participate in trainings, workshops and small working groups.
Pre-Winter Camp Where: Egypt When: 26.01. - 28.01. As part of the Pre-Winter Camp, IFMSA-Egypt has organized the Violence to Victory (V2V) training. It will be delivered by Laura Lalucat (AECS Catalonia), Ahmed Said (IFMSA-Egypt), Iheb Jemel (Associa-Med Tunisia) and Yara Hisham (IFMSA-Egypt). The V2V workshop has a special focus on the necessary advocacy skills in the fight against GBV.
UPCOMING SCORA TRAININGS If you want to apply for any of these workshops, look through SCORA email server to find application forms or contact da.scora@ifmsa.org!
PLACE
DATE
TRAINING
Trujillo, Peru
5-9 February 2020
HIV Education & Advocacy Training (HEAT)
Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada
20-22 March 2020
Ipas
Lahore, Pakistan
21-31 March 2020
Ipas
Thessaloniki, Greece
10-14 April 2020
Training on Advanced Comprehensive Sexuality Education (TACSE)
64TH UN COMMISSION ON THE STATUS OF WOMEN The Commision of the Status of Women is a UN body dedicated to the promotion of gender equality and the empowerment of women. The annual United Nations commission will focus on the review of the Beijing processes and 25th anniversary of women rights acknowledged as human rights.The meeting outcomes will impact the UN General Assembly High-Level Meeting on Beijing. The meeting will take place in UN Headquarters in New York, US between 9th-20th March 2020. After difficult selection process and going through many competent and impressive application, we are happy to announce the delegation for the 64th session on the CSW. We wish the best of luck for the delegation and hope to see them advance IFMSA’s advocacy in SRHR and promote meaningful youth engagement!
Ahmed Said Elolimy Ahmed Omar IFMSA-Egypt
Grace Paidamoyo Gwini ZiMSA Zimbabwe
Mauli Mehta MSAI-India
Mariel Omayra Carrasco Quintero IFMSA Panama
Hanne Dahl Vonen NMSA Norway
Ouedraogo Sirina Sompingda AEM Burkina Faso
Judith Kruse bvmd Germany
Jian Feng Sun IFMSA-Québec
Laura Lalucat García-Valdés AECS Catalonia
Natalie Ward AMSA Australia
Eglė Janušonytė LiMSA Lithuania
NECSE 2020 NECSE, or the Northern European Conference on Sexuality Education projects, aims to create a platform for the improvement of Comprehensive Sexuality Education projects in the participant organizations. NECSE currently has fourteen NMOs as members present their Comprehensive Sexuality education methods. This year, the event is taking place near Hannover, Germany, hosted by the lovely bvmd. This year the theme of the event is based on a discussion about pornography and how it can become inclusive, sex-positive and non-discriminatory. For a more detailed description, be sure to check the invitation package.
Methods exchange The method exchange will be distributed among member NMOs under these umbrella topics: Sex and Pleasure - First Time(s) Relationships and Consent SOGIESC Sex in the (Social) Media Age A method for every subject Body Image Back to Basics
HOW TO ENROLL A PROJECT UNDER IFMSA? “Thinking Globally, Acting Locally” has always been a slogan for IFMSA. But the question that we will answer in this article is how to connect what we, as medical students. do locally with what we wish to implement locally? The answer to this question was found a couple of years ago which is adopting the IFMSA Programs system. The system that will promote NMOs collaboration not only to IFMSA but to each other as well. By enrolling your activity, you actually tell the world that “Hey! I made an achievement, and I’m letting you know about it”. With more Activity Coordinators sharing (enrolling) their activities, the impact IFMSA makes becomes more visible and more importantly, the more we learn from each other. So, have you ever asked how to enroll your activity? Well, it’s quite a common question, however, the process is really easy to follow. In the following lines, we will learn all about it. First of all, you need to make sure which program to enroll your activity under. IFMSA has 13 programs, with each targeting a specific set of Focus Areas, in which you can fit your activity. The focus areas a specific, but quite flexible as well. You can find the focus areas of each IFMSA Program on this page. Next, you should fill in the Enrollment Candidature Form and get it signed and stamped by your NMO President. This candidature form helps us make sure the enrolled activity is actually organized by a living NMO, because you know we can’t attribute to IFMSA something not done by IFMSA or one of its NMOs. when you fill in the candidature form, please make sure to write the name of the activity in English and make sure you write the correct name of the program you are applying to enroll your activity under. You can find the Candidature Form here.
Further comes the most important step, which is getting your enrollment application form submitted. In this form, you will find 3 sections. The first section aims at receiving your consent for GDPR related reasons. In the second, you will be delivering your activity related general information, such as the timeline, attaching your signed and stamped Candidature Form and choosing the program you wish to enroll your activity under. The third section should include all your activity related information; such as problem statement that should be supported with some evidence, objectives that need to be SMART, indicators of success for each objective, Evaluation plan to ensure you fulfilled your objectives and met your indicators, the implementation Methodology that we expect to be thorough to help interested other Activity Coordinators to replicate your activity in their NMO. You can always find the Enrollment Form in this document.
How to
Enroll Your Activity
under an IFMSA Program
Select the program according to the Focus Areas in this page
Fill in this Enrollment Candidature Form and get it signed and stamped by your NMO President
Fill in this Activity Enrollment Form thoroughly
Submit the form and stay tuned for the Program Coordinator's response within
As simple as it is, this is how to enroll an activity under an IFMSA Program. It’s the same process for all programs regardless its Focus Area and there is no specific deadline for enrollment. This means you can actually enroll your activity anytime over the term, and even before, during or after your activity is concluded. Yet to mention, each enrolled activity needs to be reported within one month from its completion. How to report your enrolled activity will be the topic of a coming article in the following newsletter.
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For more information, please feel free to reach out to: programsupport@ifmsa.org
Thank you for reading and your interest in helping IFMSA measure the impact we make to our world.
MARCH MEETING 2020 SCORA SESSIONS In less than two weeks we will gather in Rwanda and the SCORA Sessions Team is working hard to provide you high quality sessions that will perfectly balance skills, practice, exchange of ideas, discussions and new knowledge for all participants. That's it from our side...what about you? Are you ready? Make sure you take a look at the following: Check all the information regarding the MM20 included in the Survival Kit. Communication channels: join the Facebook Group MM20 SCORA Sessions so you don't miss any bit of information. A WhatsApp group will be out soon! SCORA Activities Fair: make sure you pack your posters and materials to share with us the activities you carry out back home! Check the email server for all the information. Voting rights: check with your NORA and the SCORA Submissions email in the server. Questions? email scorad@ifmsa.org
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Didn't you check the MM20 Participation Opportunities yet? Providing spaces where you all can be heard and comfortable enough to raise your voices is one of the Sessions Team goals. With this purpose, we created three spaces in which we need your contributions and your help to make them happen and we are opening a call to participate in three different spaces: Living library: SRHR criminalization around the globe. t We’ll go through the highlights of diverse SRHR criminalization cases around the globe in the hopes of creating empathy towards these cases amongst participants. We are looking for 8 storytellers or living books that will present to different Small Working Groups different cases of SRHR criminalization in their countries.
Your Point of View: What worries, angers or pushes you to keep going? During this session a row of 6 min speeches showcasing unique experiences or opinions that answer the title of the session's questions surrounding the topic of Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity, Gender Expression or Sex characteristics. We are looking for some motivated members that are willing to share their points of view on SOGIE related matters in front of an audience. The content can go from personal experiences to witnessed situations in your communities to any facts you feel like sharing related to the theme.
Access to Safe Abortion and Universal Health Coverage Round Table. We are looking for an extra SPEAKER! I'm in! What should I do? Fill this form before the 18th of February 23:59 GMT. https://forms.gle/3K2hnBCv2GhW68t49
SCORA GOES TRANSPARENT AND APPROACHABLE TRANSPARENCY PORTAL The idea of Transparency Portal popped up to make members more familiar with our work - what SCORA IT members do and what are their tasks, so it becomes easier for members to approach us on any matter they need help with. It also ensures transparency of our actions. You can check bimonthly updates by accessing this link.
COMMUNICATION GUIDELINES Communication Guidelines is a document issued by SCORA IT which aims to unify sharing content and give an overview of our communication tools and how to use them. It is for a common use by SCORAngels. Document is available here.
OPEN SPACES INPUT FORM Open Space gives you the opportunity to safely and anonymously contact SCORA IT and PCs regarding any questions you have. It will be answered monthly through SCORA email server. Also, it's a chance for us to receive feedback on our work from every SCORAngel establishing a communication channel you can always use and that will be constantly reviewed in order to implement the inputs in a timely manner. Click here to check the form.
WHAT'S COMING SOON?
INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY It is celebrated on the 8th of March and the Small Working Group is already working on it!
SCORA X-CHANGE CALL FOR PARTICIPANTS It will start soon after all hosting NMOs promote themselves. Stay tuned while adding yourself to the SCORA X-Change group here.
WOMEN DELIVER Connecting passionate SRHR advocates and young leaders. Join the program to build a gender-egual world together and apply here. The deadline is 13th of March.
CALL FOR AMEE STUDENTS TASK FORCE If you are a SRHR advocate as well as a research passionate, you might be interested in applying here! The deadline is 15th of March.
90-90-90: BEYOND THE NUMBERS!
Article by Arsène Koumbem PC for HIV, AIDS and other STIs
By 2020, 90% diagnosed, 90% on treatment, 90% virally suppressed! UNAIDS in adopting this international strategy aimed to motivate the countries of the world to take a big leap forward in HIV Response. The different communities really take ownership of this strategy and make efforts to allow these objectives to be achieved. However, despite all these efforts, the big question is this: more than these numbers, what should we see?
By 2020, 90% of all People Living with HIV (PLHIV) will have known their HIV status. At first glance, a very ambitious goal in a world where the stigma towards PLHIV is a sad reality. This fact added to the lack of real information on new antiretroviral therapy (ART) discourage many people to take the test to know their status. Then, the action of several National Member Organizations (NMOs) of IFMSA and other associations / Non-Governmental Organisations takes on its full meaning: it is necessary to educate the general population and to convince every single person to carry out their screening test. Still with the aim of promoting these screenings, WHO has proposed a self-testing approach allowing people to collect their sample, perform and interpret their HIV test results themselves. But so far only 77 of the 123 countries in the World (62.6%) have adopted HIV self-testing.
By 2020, 90% of all people diagnosed with HIV infection will receive sustained ART. This second point shows the need to work with all components of society in order to erase inequalities in the supply of care for diagnosed people. The different social groups have specificities which must be taken into account in the development of our local actions. In Togo for example, an NGO created an approach to support sex workers within the Medico Social Center by integrating the concept of “mediators managing individual cases”. Each sex worker who is referred to the Medico Social Center for a screening test is automatically paired with a mediator who will aim to reassure him/her and facilitate his/her enrolment in the care circuit. In 3 years of practice, the goal of 90% on treatment has been reached within the Medico Social Center. Here is a good example to follow in the process of using specific methods to each component of the community. By 2020, 90% of all people receiving ART should have viral suppression. Last but not the least: to ensure the quality and accessibility of treatment on the one hand and the observation of patients in taking ART on the other hand. This last point inevitably goes through the simplification of ART combinations as well as their accessibility, allowing PLHIV to obtain them easily, confidentially and to experience the least negative side effects due to the drugs. The statistics provided by UNAIDS for the year 2018 presented the global results of 79-62-53. It is therefore important that we increase our efforts by two-fold in order to eradicate HIV by 2030. Do not hesitate to contact hivaids@ifmsa.org for any initiatives that you would like to plan or implement within your NMOs.
Resources: https://www.who.int/hiv/topics/self-testing/en/ https://www.who.int/hiv/pub/self-testing/hiv-self-testing-guidelines/en/ https://www.unaids.org/fr/resources/fact-sheet/ · https://www.who.int/hiv/pub/journal_articles/community-hiv-testing-partners-notificationvietnam/en/