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While safeguarding is not a new concept to the UK, it is increasingly being focused upon within the context of international development discourse and practice, not least due to the emergence of funding schemes such as the Global Challenges Research Fund (GCRF). Safeguarding refers to provisions for the protection of children and ‘vulnerable’ groups and would appear to reflect historical issues in the UK and other industrialised western societies, thus the terminology may not be readily used within most low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) targeted by these schemes. Despite the context-specific historicity of the concept, it is increasingly becoming a standard criterion for international development good practice, as seen in its deployment by research funding bodies, NGOs and academic institutions. In this session, we would like to apply a more critical lens to the conversations so far by exploring the following questions:

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Safeguarding Essentials