Resource: Professional Standards for Protection Work (3rd Edition)
The Professional Standards for Protection Work (third edition) has been published and was launched in March 2018. These encompass a set of minimum but essential standards for ensuring protection work is safe and effective, reflecting shared thinking and agreed Standards among humanitarian and human rights practitioners. The third edition is …
Discussion Note: Advancing knowledge on the role of civilians in preventing and mitigating mass atrocities
On March 5th, the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum convened a group of academics, practitioners, and policy-makers to take stock of existing knowledge on the role of civil society and civilian self-protection mechanisms in preventing and mitigating violence and mass atrocities, as well as identify gaps in knowledge and areas of …
Document: How to use social media to engage with people affected by crisis
Document: How to use social media to engage with people affected by crisis ICRC, 11 October 2017 Provided the sustained relevance of platforms such as Facebook and Twitter for information exchange during humanitarian emergencies and the opportunities therein to engage those closest to the crisis, the International Committee of the …
Implementing the IASC Protection Policy: Key Resources
The Inter-Agency Standing Committee (IASC) Protection Policy was endorsed by the IASC Principals in October 2016. The Policy outlines the overarching framework for how humanitarian actors can fulfill their responsibility to place protection at the center of all aspects of humanitarian action, spelling out core principles, approaches, roles, and responsibilities …
Research Review: Preventing Household Violence: Promising Strategies for Humanitarian Settings
Khudejha Asghar, Beth Rubenstein, Lindsay Stark, February 2017 Due to a range of competing priorities and cultural norms, household violence against women (VAW) and violence against children (VAC) in humanitarian situations are often not given the attention they deserve. Gender based violence (GBV) and child protection interventions in humanitarian contexts …
Working Paper: Changing Humanitarian Action?
ALNAP, Paul Knox Clarke, February 2017 This working paper, prepared in advance of the Annual ALNAP meeting in Sweden, primarily attempts to reassess the assumptions of how ‘change initiatives’ actually transform the humanitarian ‘system’, seeking to clarify both how change happens and how change can be supported. The most relevant …
ToR: InterAction Missions to Myanmar
In early 2017, InterAction completed two complementary missions in support of humanitarian NGOs’ protection strategies in Myanmar. The first focused on NGO roles in relation to the overall protection leadership, coordination, and strategies, while the second focused on critical methods and approaches NGOs can use to achieve protection outcomes. InterAction …