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This short brief by the Gender-Based Violence (GBV) sub-cluster Palestine outlines key messages on GBV support for the COVID-19 Risk Communication and Community Engagement (RCCE) strategy. It…
This one pager complements Oxfam's COVID-19 and SEAH risk identification document. It provides suggestions for how to mitigate the risk of sexual exploitation abuse and sexual harassment (SEAH).…
This short document identifies 10 key risks that Oxfam needs to be aware of in relation to COVID-19 and sexual exploitation abuse and sexual harassment (SEAH) and child abuse. While it has been…
This guidance note aims to provide advice to practitioners, especially those working with at-risk communities, on how to safely and appropriately communicate Safeguarding and Protection from Sexual…
This video gives guidance to safeguarding practitioners about child safeguarding during the COVID-19 pandemic. It covers the child safeguarding risks that can arise during pandemics, such as COVID-19…
This guidance supports organisations to apply the Core Humanitarian Standard on Quality and Accountability (CHS) commitments in their responses to COVID-19. The Core Humanitarian Standard on Quality…
A short guidance looking at adaptations that may need to be made to investigations as a result of restrictions imposed by Covid-19 response. The guidance reiterates that the same basic principles and…
This briefing from Keeping Children Safe sets out how organisations can use the Keeping Children Safe International Child Safeguarding Standards to ensure they do all they can to protect children…
This guidance complements and expands on the Inter-Agency Guidance on Home Quarantine & Isolation in Overcrowded Settings to ensure that special consideration is given for children and adults who…
DFID's Girls Education Challenge (GEC) is the largest global fund dedicated to girls' education. This is a template for GEC projects to use during the COVID-19 outbreak to think though the…
This guidance is to help schools and teachers support pupils’ education at home during the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak. It is designed to be read alongside Coronavirus (COVID-19): safeguarding in…
This document explains that Covid 19 has had adverse effects on safeguarding and protection of children. For instance, closing of schools, isolation or quarantine periods and reduction of food and…
This briefing provides an overview of the main concerns that children and young people have been talking to Childline counsellors about during the coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19). Gaining an insight…
This webinar delivered by the Gender Based Violence Area of Responsibility (GBV AoR) explores how to adapt GBV case management approaches during COVID-19. 
This short guide provides rapid contingency considerations for case management during the COVID-19 crisis. Produced by Terre des hommes, the note provides guidance on how to deal with caseload, align…
DFID's Girls Education Challenge (GEC) is the largest global fund dedicated to girls' education. This guidance note emphasises the importance of keeping in contact with girls safely during the COVID-…
The purpose of this additional ‘companion piece’ is to underline the importance of safeguarding in research in the context of COVID-19, highlight specific issues to consider during the current crisis…
Raising Voices has developed a series of practical Guidance Notes to support activist organizations in adapting and sustaining their Violence Against Women (VAW) prevention activities. These are…
This guidance is designed to provide programmatic guidance for decision making on sexual and reproductive health, including maternal and newborn health services, in fragile and humanitarian settings…
This guidance note aims to provide practical support to service providers operating Women and Girls Safe Spaces (WGSS) on how to adapt programming in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. This note…

 
 

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