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Staying alive: safety and security guidelines for humanitarian volunteers in conflict areas

David Lloyd Roberts International Comitee of the Red Cross (ICRC) (2005) C1

With its expert practical advice on security in situations of armed conflict, this updated set of guidelines will prove invaluable to humanitarian personnel working at the operational level. Following on from the success of the first edition, published in 1999, it addresses new and developing threat... more

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SGBV Prevention and Response: Training Package

UN High Commissioner for Refugees (2016) C1

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Addressing Sexual Violence in Humanitarian Organisations: Good Practices for Improved Prevention Measures, Policies, and Procedures

Report the Abuse (2017) C1

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Guidance Note: Communicating about Sexual Violence Incidents as Humanitarian Organisations

Report the Abuse (2017) C1

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Duty of Care: Protection of Humanitarian Aid Workers from Sexual Violence

Report the Abuse (2017) C1

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Security Facts for Humanitarian Aid Agencies Aid - Gender and Security: The Gendered Nature of Security Events Affecting Aid Workers and Aid Delivery

Christina Wille & Larissa Fast Insecurity Insight (2011) C2

Do men and women experience different types of security events? Are there differences in the attitudes within humanitarian agencies towards the same type of events affecting men or women? In this paper, using the Security in Numbers Database (SiND), the differences and similarities in men’s and wo... more

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A Guide to Sexual and Gender-Based Violence Legal Protection in Acute Emergencies
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War Child International, Women's Refugee Commission (2016) C1

The guide summarizes an assessment of War Child Canada’s three-pronged legal protection model as implemented with South Sudanese refugees in Northern Uganda and uses it to identify the most important lessons for ensuring legal protection mechanisms are in place at the onset of an emergency

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Managing Sexual Violence against Aid Workers: prevention, preparedness, response and aftercare

European Interagency Security Forum (2019) C1

Managing Sexual Violence against Aid Workers aims to support aid agencies in preventing, being prepared for and responding to incidents of sexual violence against their staff. It is intended as a good practice guide to help strengthen existing processes and support organisations as they set up their... more

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Addressing Security and Human Rights Challenges in Complex Environments Toolkit

International Committee of the Red Cross, Geneva Centre for the Democratic Control of Armed Forces (2016) CC

3rd Edition

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Evaluating protection in humanitarian action: Decision-making processes, common issues and challenges

Francesca Bonino and Ian Christoplos ALNAP (2016) CC

Despite the stated centrality of protection in humanitarian action and a growing attention to protection activities, the evaluation of protection has received relatively little attention. This pilot guide seeks to fill this gap, providing insights and guidance to those evaluating protection in the c... more

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Manual de Normas Mínimas para la Protección de la Infancia en la Acción Humanitaria (CPMS) - Resumen

Child Protection Working Group (CPWG) (2019) C2

El Grupo de Trabajo para la Protección de la Infancia define a la protección de la infancia como “la prevención y la respuesta al abuso, negligencia, explotación y violencia contra los niños, niñas y adolescentes”. Complemento al Manual Esfera.

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Summary: Minimum standards for child protection in humanitarian action
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UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Protection Cluster (2019) C1

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Protection and Accountability to Affected Populations in the Humanitarian Programme Cycle: Preliminary Guidance Note

Inter-Agency Standing Committee Emergency Directors Group (EDG) IASC (2016) C3

This note sets out actions to be undertaken throughout the humanitarian programme cycle (HPC) to fulfill commitments on Accountability to Affected Populations (AAP) and to ensure that protection is central to humanitarian response. It sets out the fundamental link between accountability systems and ... more

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Managing Sexual Violence against Aid Workers: prevention, preparedness, response and aftercare. Summary Brief

European Interagency Security Forum (2019) C1

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Limited Access Humanitarian Programming

Sandisan, P. Oxfam (2017) C1

Operational guidance for managing programme quality. These guidelines are about implementing the programme-quality standards of the Core Humanitarian Standard in limited access humanitarian response. They have been developed using approaches and tools tested by Oxfam, other INGOs and the UN in Afgh... more

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Minimum Standards for Child Protection in Humanitarian Action (CPMS)
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Child Protection Working Group (2019) CC

The Child Protection handbook provides a synthesis of good practice and learning and enables better advocacy and communication on child protection risks, needs and responses. Standards addressing child protection needs cover core work areas and critical issues. Those addressing strategy relate to ca... more

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No respite: Violence against Health Care in Conflict

Safeguarding Health in Conflict, et al. (2021) CC

This report is documenting the global incidence of attacks and threats against health workers, facilities, and transport around the world. The report cites 806 incidents of violence against or obstruction of health care in 43 countries and territories in ongoing wars and violent conflicts in 2020, r... more

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Shelter and Sustainability

UN High Commissioner for Refugees UNHCR (2021) CC

A technical and environmental comparative overview of common shelter typologies found in settlements across UNHCR operations

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Protection Against Sexual Exploitation and Abuse, Multi-Year Strategy for Ukraine 2023-25
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UN Country Team in Ukraine (2023) CC

The purpose of this multi-year strategy is to guide the strategic direction for the collective work of the Protection against Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (PSEA) Programme in Ukraine. It replaces the 2017 HCT Framework on PSEA in Ukraine, incorporates the priorities set by the IASC Vision and Strat... more

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OCHA Policy Brief on Gendered Drivers, Risks and Impacts of Food Insecurity in the Sahel and the Horn of Africa

UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (2023) CC

It is widely understood that the food insecurity crisis in the Sahel and the Horn of Africa is one of the world’s fastest growing and most neglected crises. It lacks sufficient global focus, resources and urgency. As in so many crises, women and girls are disproportionately affected and shoulder t...he consequences of protracted neglect, with unconscionable impacts on their safety, life chances and agency. Gaining a holistic view of the gendered drivers, risks and impacts of food insecurity in the Sahel and the Horn of Africa is difficult. This is due to a lack of data and prioritization, and the large geographical and socioeconomic terrain covered by both regions. However, what we do know about this crisis is more than enough to urgently address the needs of women and girls. An OCHA discussion paper on this topic (which will be published imminently, and from which this policy brief is drawn) found that there is: A strong risk of profound regression in gender equality gains made to date in the countries of concern, including on education, sexual and reproductive health, and the economic independence of women and girls (with knock-on effects on broader humanitarian and development outcomes). An increasing challenge to reverse what must be recognized as a protracted and growing gender-based violence (GBV) emergency in the Sahel and the Horn of Africa. The food insecurity crisis in the Sahel and the Horn of Africa is protracted, multidimensional and highly gendered, with spiralling impacts on gender equality and food security outcomes. It is driven by interwoven and overlapping factors, including climate change, political instability, conflict, socioeconomic conditions, migration and displacement and, more recently, COVID-19 and the war in Ukraine. Interlinked with these factors are gendered structural drivers of food insecurity, including deeply entrenched gender inequalities and harmful social norms. Gendered risks and impacts of food insecurity include alarming limitations on access to education, sexual and reproductive health rights, women’s agency and participation, and dramatic increases in different existing forms of GBV and the emergence of new ones. Recognition of such gendered dimensions of food insecurity and of the need for a multisectoral approach in the response is key to addressing the crisis, along-side sustained commitment and adequate allocation of resources. This policy brief draws out key findings from the OCHA discussion paper on this topic, which includes a desk review of studies, assessments and reports, and interviews with local women’s organizations on the front lines of the food insecurity crisis in communities across both regions. Below are the most pressing gendered drivers, risks and impacts of food insecurity (not in order of priority), as well as key gaps in the current humanitarian response to food insecurity, and recommendations to take forward. more

A Guide to Sexual and Gender-Based Violence Legal Protection in Acute Emergencies recommended

Summary: Minimum standards for child protection in humanitarian action recommended

Minimum Standards for Child Protection in Humanitarian Action (CPMS) recommended

Protection Against Sexual Exploitation and Abuse, Multi-Year Strategy for Ukraine 2023-25 recommended

A Guide to Sexual and Gender-Based Violence Legal Protection in Acute Emergencies
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Summary: Minimum standards for child protection in humanitarian action
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Minimum Standards for Child Protection in Humanitarian Action (CPMS)
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Protection Against Sexual Exploitation and Abuse, Multi-Year Strategy for Ukraine 2023-25
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