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“Communicating as humanitarian organisations about the sexual violence experiences of humanitarian aid workers has multiple purposes. It helps to raise the voices of survivors, de- stigmatise their experiences, and open up conversations about the issue. It can change behaviours and…
The Voluntary Guidelines on the Duty of Care to Seconded Civilian Personnel (2017) harmonise an understanding of the implementation of duty of care. They are designed to serve as a basis for clarification and exchange between seconding and receiving organisations…
This guide (2017) aims to be a simple, easy-to-use security resource to help smaller NGOs demystify security risk management. By setting out the elements of a basic security risk management framework, this guide aims to support NGOs in translating their…
ACT have developed these guidelines (2017) to introduce the concept of gender security for all staff, to serve as a tool to ensure duty of care and to allow human resources to ensure equal, unbiased and open employment standards, while…
In different settings, the interaction between humanitarian and military actors ranges from close cooperation to sheer co-existence. Humanitarian-military dialogue at all levels is essential – and the basis for effective humanitarian action on the ground. The UN-CMCoord Field Handbook is…
This aide-memoire aims to provide security guidance to staff undertaking a field visit.
This guidance document (2017) was developed by Harry Linnell who is a Crisis Management Insurance Broker at RKH Specialty. It provides guidance to NGOs on the questions to consider before taking out crisis management insurance.
Sexual violence against and within the humanitarian and development community is only an emergent problem in the sense that it is finally beginning to be openly discussed. Ranging from harassment to unwanted touching to rape, sexual violence in humanitarian and…
The Security Guideline for People with Albinism (2016) provides concrete and specific advice to people with albinism as well as those working with them, to remain safe within the context of where they live. It also provides easy to implement…
In a globalised world in which everyone is more and more mobile, employment law necessarily plays an important role. Some claim rights, others insist on obligations, each knowing they will have to find a way to work together and, from…