As the world struggles to tackle the Covid-19 pandemic, organisations in the aid sector are racing to respond to its impact and the new challenges and risks it brings. Some are delivering aid in new ways, engaging with communities remotely, developing online resources and mapping out new support pathways. Others are using their networks and structures to support efforts to tackle this social, economic and public health challenge.
As the crisis unfolds and the responses are developed, it is critical that the sector’s commitment to protect people from Sexual Exploitation, Abuse and Sexual Harassment is not only maintained, but scaled up. Evidence shows that the risks of SEAH tend to rise during emergencies, so aid agencies need to take even greater care and vigilance in preventing harm as a result of their operations.
We have developed this page to bring together emerging guidance, materials and resources to support the sector in responding to SEAH risks and issues in the Covid-19 context. Please help us by sharing any materials you have developed with us so that we can upload them here for onwards sharing with the sector. You can send them to veronica@rshub.org.uk.
This brief highlights emerging trends and impacts of COVID-19 on online and ICT facilitated violence against women and girls (VAWG). It is a living document that draws on the expertise of a wide…
This guidance note produced by the Lebanon In-Country PSEA Network provides guidance for UN, INGOs and NGOs in Lebanon on Protection from Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (PSEA) in the context of COVID-…
This research, based on existing published and grey literature, documents nine main pathways linking pandemics and Violence Against Women (VAW): 1) economic insecurity and poverty-related stress…
- Somalia Child Protection Cluster - Global Social Services Workforce Alliance
This technical guidance aims to support Child Protection agencies providing case management services in the humanitarian response in Somalia to be prepared and to adapt their interventions in…
- The Alliance for Child Protection in Humanitarian Action
The aim of this brief is to support child protection practitioners to better respond to the child protection risks during a COVID-19 pandemic. The brief recognises that infectious diseases like COVID…
This is an interim technical note which is designed to prompt organisations to consider the increased or different risks of Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (SEA) of beneficiaries during the COVID-19…
- International Committee for the Red Cross (ICRC)
This guidance is intended to support the ICRC’s delegations and métiers in their response to COVID-19. The guidance focuses on the initial phases of the response, including contingency planning,…
This guidance note provides information for DFID Fund Manager (FM) staff and for DFID funded projects on integrating safeguarding effectively in projects. The guidance note describes reflections on…
The guidance note by International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) explores how to consider protection, gender and inclusion in the global response to the COVID-19 outbreak…
- The Alliance for Child Protection in Humanitarian Action
This webinar hosts a discussion on child protection in the context of COVID-19. It introduces the technical note, Protection of Children During COVID-19. Sara Lim Bertrand starts with a presentation…
This document provides guidance to case workers on how best to adopt the remote Gender Based Violence (GBV) case management processes during the COVID-19 outbreak, in line with the GBV minimum…
- The Alliance for Child Protection in Humanitarian Action
This guidance provides information for professionals working in Lebanon on four priority areas that case management agencies should be focusing on:
1) awareness;
2) referrals;
3) case management;…
This guidance provides information on the role of Gender Based Violence (GBV) coordination groups in inter-agency contingency planning. It includes how to contingency plan using a participatory…
- International Committee for the Red Cross (ICRC)
This guidance is a set of recommendations for preventing and responding to sexual and gender-based violence in quarantine centres. The recommendations are based on international standards, good…
This document provides recommendations on how employers can strengthen support for families during the COVID-19 pandemic. Produced by UNICEF, International Labour Organisation and UN Women, it…
The GBV Area of Responsibility (GBV AoR) has produced a template for mapping remote services. The template provides guidance for GBV sub clusters and service providers on how to map and assess the…
This toolkit is designed to ease the process of setting up channels for two-way communication with communities. It is intended to provide humanitarian organisations with guidance on how to select…
This technical guidance aims to support Child Protection agencies providing case management services in the humanitarian response in Cox’s Bazar to be prepared and to adapt their interventions in…
- Child Protection in Emergencies Working Group Lebanon - PSS Committee
These guidelines serve as a recommendation for professional workers with experience in providing psychosocial support to provide remote individual and group psychosocial support including guiding…
This is a review of evidence on how COVID-19 is impacting violence against women and girls (VAWG). It covers what might be necessary to increase safeguards within gender-based violence (GBV)…