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      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 (2020) 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

      Contracting Private Security Providers

      NGO Security Management, Private Security Providers

      Contracting Private Security Providers is the latest module added to GISF Security to go: a risk management toolkit for humanitarian aid agencies. This new module provides easy to follow guidance on how to contract private security providers (PSPs), including how to select…

      Guides 2020 English GISF publication

      Gérer la Violence Sexuelle à l’encontre du Personnel Humanitaire : prévention, préparation, réponse et suivi

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

      Les agences humanitaires ont des obligations de sécurité envers leur personnel, communément désignées par l’expression anglaise « duty of care », au titre desquelles elles se doivent de répondre aux incidents de violence sexuelle visant leurs employés. La violence sexuelle,…

      Guides 2020 French GISF publication

      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 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

      Abduction and Kidnap Risk Management Guide

      Legal Obligations, NGO Security Management, Policy Guidance, Private Security Providers

      Abduction and Kidnap Risk Management provides a concise summary of key information for non-governmental organisations facing the threat of a potential or actual abduction of one of their staff members or other individuals under their responsibility, for example, consultants or volunteers. Abductions…

      Guides 2017 English GISF publication

      Security Risk Management: a basic guide for smaller NGOs

      Legal Obligations, NGO Security Management, Policy Guidance, Safety

      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…

      Guides, Guidance Material 2017 English GISF publication