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Gestión de la Violencia Sexual contra el Personal Humanitario: prevención, preparación, respuesta y atención posterior

Gender, Human Rights, Inclusivity, Legal Obligations, NGO Security Management, Policy Guidance, Training, Wellbeing

Las agencias humanitarias tienen el deber de cuidado de responder ante incidentes de violencia sexual contra su personal. La violencia sexual, en todas sus formas, vulnera los derechos humanos. Los incidentes de este tipo afligen profundamente a la persona superviviente,…

Guides 2020 Spanish GISF publication

Gestión de la Seguridad del Personal Humanitario con Perfiles Diversos

Gender, Human Rights, Inclusivity, Legal Obligations, NGO Security Management, Policy Guidance, Training, Wellbeing

La seguridad personal de alguien que trabaja en el sector humanitario se ve afectada por la interacción entre dónde está esa persona, quién es, y su función y su organización. Como empleadoras, las organizaciones humanitarias tienen el deber de cuidado…

Paper 2020 Spanish GISF publication

Compounding Crises, Episode 1: Partnerships in Crisis

Acceptance, Access, Localisation, NGO Security Management

In the first episode of Compounding Crises, the third GISF Podcast series, we speak to Léa Moutard, GISF’s Research Advisor. Since joining GISF in August 2019, Léa has been managing a new research project on Partnerships and Security Risk Management:…

Podcast 2020 English GISF publication

Special Edition Podcast: Managing Operations in a COVID-19 World

NGO Security Management

In this one-off podcast, Tara Arthur, GISF’s Projects and Membership Officer (Americas) speaks to Heather Hughes, GISF’s Deputy Director. Since February, Heather has been leading GISF’s activities on COVID-19. During this short release, Tara and Heather discuss some of the…

Podcast 2020 English GISF publication

GISF Publications Catalogue

Acceptance, Access, Civil-Military, Communications, Context Analysis, Gender, Humanitarian Programmatic Issues, Inclusivity, Legal Obligations, Localisation, NGO Security Management, Policy Guidance, Private Security Providers, Safety, Technology, Training

GISF Publications GISF Briefing Papers and Reports GISF Briefing Papers and Reports investigate some of the key conceptual issues facing NGOs and security risk managers in humanitarian operations. The papers aim to consolidate theory in practice; many contain practical tools…

Other 2020 English GISF publication

Security to go: a risk management toolkit for humanitarian aid agencies

Acceptance, Context Analysis, Equipment, Inclusivity, NGO Security Management, Policy Guidance, Safety, Technology

Security to go: a risk management toolkit for humanitarian aid agencies (2015) is intended to provide a simple, easy-to-use guide for non-security experts to quickly set up basic safety, security and risk management systems in new contexts or rapid onset emergency…

Guides 2020 English GISF publication

Mobile Guides: Security Risk Management Toolkit

Context Analysis, NGO Security Management, Policy Guidance, Training

We worked with Disaster Ready to develop a collection of 5 short, interactive mobile guides on critical security topics. Based on our popular Security to Go guide, the mobile guides have been designed to help you protect yourself, your organisation,…

Training Document 2020 English GISF publication

Gestión de riesgos de seguridad: una guía básica para las ONG pequeñas

NGO Security Management, Policy Guidance, Safety

La presente guía (2019) pretende ser un recurso de seguridad sencillo y fácil de usar que sirva a las ONG más pequeñas para romper mitos sobre la gestión de riesgos. Al establecer los elementos de un marco de gestión de…

Guides 2019 Spanish GISF publication

Safeguarding Aid Workers

Gender, Human Rights, Humanitarian Programmatic Issues, Legal Obligations, NGO Security Management, Safety

Considerable attention in the aid world and media is currently directed at the concept of safeguarding. Although the word has mostly been used in reference to the safeguarding of beneficiaries, in this article (2019), Megan Nobert explores the safeguarding of…

Article 2019 English GISF publication

Managing Sexual Violence against Aid Workers: prevention, preparedness, response and aftercare

Gender, Human Rights, Legal Obligations, NGO Security Management, Policy Guidance

Aid agencies have a duty of care to respond to incidents of sexual violence against their staff. Sexual violence in all its forms violates human rights. Incidents of this kind are deeply distressing for the survivor, their family, their colleagues…

Guides 2019 English GISF publication

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