Organisational risks related to sexual exploitation and abuse and sexual harassment (SEAH) can arise from how an organisation is structured, its programme focus and way of operating.

Working mainly through partners, for example, or with significant numbers of service providers, can mean the organisation has less control over its operations.

Organisations that mainly respond to emergencies often need to rapidly mobilise large numbers of staff. Rapid mobilisation and delivery can mean compromises are made on how staff or volunteers are recruited and trained. Safeguarding risks need to be identified and mitigated across all functions of an organisation. Organisations can use a number of tools and approaches to conduct risk assessments and manage identified risks.

Organisations often compile major risks and mitigating actions in a risk register that is regularly monitored by the Board of Directors, Board of Trustees, or other management and governance structures.

This note outlines: (1) what intersectionality is; (2) why taking an intersectional approach is important and; (3) how to integrate an intersectional approach into safeguarding measures. This note is accompanied by a separate infographic on how to…
Manu Samuel Seth is a computer scientist and data analyst and works for Jireh Doo Foundation (JDF) as the Senior Programme Officer in Monitoring Evaluation Accountability and Learning (MEAL). Manu has worked as the MEAL officer on the Nigeria Joint…
Every civil society organisation (CSO) faces a broad range of safeguarding risks and so a detailed risk assessment is central to all CSO's safeguarding measures. The RSH Nigeria hub has developed a safeguarding risk assessment and management tool to…
Every civil society organisation (CSO) faces a broad range of safeguarding risks and a safeguarding risk assessment is central to CSO safeguarding measures. This how-to note is a summary version of the safeguarding risk assessment and management…
The RSH is developing a series of five online training modules called Safeguarding Matters. The modules use scenario-based learning to tell the story of a fictitious civil society organisation called Family Health Frontiers (FHF). Over the five…
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 developed specifically for Oxfam staff it is also be…
This SEAH risk management framework has been developed by the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) for their partners. It should be read on conjunction with DFAT’s Preventing Sexual Exploitation, Abuse and Harassment (PSEAH)…
This resource is intended for staff who are designing programme and campaign objectives and activities, to help them consider the potential negative implications for girls, boys and young people in all their diversity. It provides examples of risks…
This toolkit has been developed to help UN Field Missions to understand the risk of UN personnel committing sexual exploitation and abuse (SEA) of the population and take steps to mitigate these risks. It takes a victim-centered approach, by…
Do you want to learn more about how to assess and mitigate safeguarding risks? In this Q&A session Oge Chukwudozie and Corinne Davey talk about the RSH risk assessment tool that has been developed in Nigeria. The webinar also discusses how…
  This webinar uses case studies to illustrate how risks exist and need to be identified at individual, institutional and sectoral levels. Those in power may not recognise risk at the outset and much work in our sector is based on…

 
 

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