Results-based protection is a problem-solving approach used to address complexity and the ever-changing environment that surrounds protection issues in humanitarian action. It's an approach which aims for results - results which are a reduction in actual risks that people face. It underscores the importance of starting from the perspective of those experiencing violence, coercion, and deliberate deprivation, and embraces aspects of systems-practice, design-thinking, and other comparable methods that emphasize iteration, adaptability, relationships, interconnectedness, and strategic collaboration to achieve protection outcomes.

Watch this video as an introduction to results-based protection – to watch the video in Arabic, French, and Spanish, click here.

Given the current attention on the protection concerns in Myanmar’s Rakhine State and displacement of those fleeing violence into Bangladesh, these two reports may be relevant. InterAction recently conducted two missions to Myanmar — one focused on the methods and approaches actors use to achieve protection outcomes, one focused on NGO roles in relation to the overall protection leadership, coordination, and strategies within the country. Key findings and recommendations are available in the full mission reports here, and here, respectively.

RBP Update – November 2018

December 3, 2018

Webinar: Language in Protective Humanitarian Action: Practical lessons from Myanmar/Bangladesh and Northeast Nigeria

November 30, 2018

Moderator: Jenny McAvoy, Director of Protection at InterAction Presenter: Ellie Kemp, Head of Crisis Response at Translators without Borders Expert Speakers: (1) Tiffany Easthom, Executive Director at Nonviolent Peaceforce (2) Mia Marzotto, Senior Advocacy Officer at Translators without Borders (based in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh); (3) Noreen Omondi, Protection & Rule of Law Coordinator at IRC (based in Maiduguri, Nigeria) Humanitarian actors are often engaged in responses in highly multi-lingual environments, yet translation and language knowledge does not tend to prominently feature in program design and evaluation. Principle 22 from the Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement states the following: Internally... Read more →

RBP Update – September/October 2018

November 1, 2018

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