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Safeguarding Matters Module 1: Getting started This is the first module of a five-part e-learning series on safeguarding. The series introduces key safeguarding concepts through the story of Family Health Frontiers (FHF) - a national civil society…
The Open University in partnership with the UK Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) has launched a collection of three supported online training courses focused on safeguarding for the international aid sector. The third and…
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Call for proposals is open for Ethiopia until 9th January 2022. The full details are attached. 
Safeguarding Matters Module 5: Safe Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MEL) This is the fifth and last module of the RSH e-learning series on safeguarding. The series introduces key safeguarding concepts through the fictional story of Family…
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Officials are investigating sexual abuse allegations against Gabonese UN peacekeepers in the Central African Republic (CAR) involving 32 victims, including eight children, a UN spokesman said on Friday. The UN Senior Victims’ Rights Advocate in the…
Unfortunately, the WHO case of allegations of sexual exploitation and abuse is just the latest in a long list of sexual exploitation scandals within the UN and humanitarian systems since the 1990s. The United Nations and…
More than 50 women have accused Ebola aid workers from the World Health Organization and leading NGOs of sexual exploitation and abuse in the Democratic Republic of Congo, an investigation by The New Humanitarian and the Thomson Reuters Foundation…
A damning report has found that the World Health Organization failed to prevent and tackle widespread sexual abuse during the Ebola reponse in Congo – a probe triggered by an investigation by The New Humanitarian and the Thomson…
Independent investigators mandated by the World Health Organization (WHO) to probe allegations of sexual abuse by its staff in the DR Congo cited “clear structural failures” and “individual negligence”. The abuses were committed by personnel hired…
Building on the discussion from our monthly network meeting last week, we would like to inform you that we have scheduled a webinar to further introduce our newest tool, SARA, the Self-Awareness Raising App, which has been developed…
World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said he takes “ultimate responsibility” for the behavior of aid workers employed by WHO who were accused of sexual exploitation and abuse while responding to the 10th Ebola…
The Open University (@OpenUniversity) has launched the first module in a package of free Safeguarding Leadership Training courses, aimed at those working in the international development sector. (@FutureLearn) The three courses will help those…
The RSH is seeking to learn from our users about what’s working well and not so well. We would like to know what you like best about the hub, what aspects have been most, and least, helpful in supporting you on your journey to improve your…
The Ethiopia Safeguarding Resource and Support Hub (RSH) is working to support organizations, primarily, in the aid sector to strengthen their safeguarding policy and practice against Sexual Exploitation, Abuse and Sexual Harassment (SEAH). The Hub…
Rape serves as a potent weapon of war because of the shame and psychological harm it inflicts on its victims. And as with other forms of attack in conflict settings, humanitarian workers are not immune.  While some surveys of aid…
Sexual exploitation and abuse (SEA) is a breach of the provisions of ST/SGB/2003/13 (Secretary-General’s bulletin ’Special measures for protection from sexual exploitation and sexual abuse’).Sexual exploitation is any actual or attempted abuse of…
Eight displaced women living in Burkina Faso’s northern town of Kaya told The New Humanitarian they were approached for sex by local men – some of them community leaders – who said they were registering people in need of food aid. More than a dozen…
The Inter-Agency Standing Committee has published a set of guides and key messages for speakers who addresses the importance of dealing with sexual harassment in humanitarian aid. All these are included in a presentation, along with suggested…
The present report of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Violence against Children is submitted pursuant to General Assembly 64/146. In the report, the Special Representative describes trends, issues of concern and progress made…
A wave of new sexual abuse allegations made my 20 Congolese women against aid workers engaged in response to Ebola crisis in Congo confronts the humanitarian sector. The claims come as donors pressure aid groups to do more to prevent sexual…

 
 

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