When protecting civilians in humanitarian crises, how do we measure success?
This article as part of the openDemocracy blog series on Evaluation and Human Rights highlights Oxfam’s protection programme in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), its engagement of Community Protection Committees to identify and address threats and measure milestones of change. This underscores the criticality of starting with the …
Community-Based Protection
Rachel Hastie, Protection Adviser, Humanitarian Department, Oxfam Great Britain and member of the Results-Based Protection Learning & Steering Group Community-based approaches to protection (CBP) have largely been developed by NGOs in complement to the often more legalistic and state-centric work of mandated protection actors. NGOs have long worked within communities …
A Call for Change
In 2013, at a high-level event, tucked away in a London-based location, heads of state, ministers, and senior leaders from around the world, met to collectively commit to end violence against women and girls in emergencies. Through a Call to Action, mobilizing various actors to make individual commitments to address …