Safeguarding Matters

Discussion with Tamba Aliyu, global safeguarding manager at Restless Development, who talks about the importance of raising awareness around safeguarding among community members, and how to do it effectively, using drama, role play and infographics.

There are standards and procedures available for conducting safeguarding investigations. However in reality, investigations are often more complex than the procedures allow. Issues such as risks to the survivor, local norms and culture and safety and security mean that investigations are rarely straightforward and often require us to make some really difficult decisions. This podcast takes an hone...

In this podcast, Nastasya Gecim talks to Bintu Mansaray, a medical doctor and social science researcher, about why it’s so important to make research safe. She shares learning from her research with survivors about simple measure to keep both research participants and data collectors safe.

In this podcast, Dr Eleanor Nwadinobi talks to Lauren Watters of Able Child Africa about how organisations can make their programmes safe for people with disabilities. Learn about the simple and low cost steps you can take to integrate disability inclusion to your safeguarding approach – from culture to training.     Download our infographic to see the key learning points from this podcast Find th...

In this podcast, Nastasya Gecim talks to Shaukat Warraich of Faith Associates, about how he saw a gap in safeguarding support in his faith community, and developed an organisation to address it.  Learn how Faith Associates work with mosques, madrassas and other faith institutions around the world to support them to be the best they can be at safeguarding.   Download our infographic to see the key...

This podcast provides the basics on safeguarding for professionals working in non-governmental organisations in Pidgin.

In this episode, Dr Eleanor Nwadinobi (RSH Nigeria Hub Senior Advisor) talks to Oge Chukudozie (RSH Nigeria Hub National Associate) about the Safeguarding Resource and Support Hub (RSH) programme. You’ll find out what is available on the Nigeria Hub website and what support your organisation can get to make improvements on safeguarding. You can find direct links to everything that is mentioned in...

Part 3: Reporting and investigation – a human resource professional and trained investigator of sexual exploitation, harassment and abuse, Jalelie Djiregna walks us through good practices for dealing with sexual harassment incidents, and what helps in conducting a survivor-centered investigation.   ክፍል 3፡ የሠው ሀይል አስተዳደር ባለሙያና የሠለጠነች የወሲባዊ ጥቃት፣ ብዝበዛና ትንኮሳ መርማሪ የሆነችው ጃለሌ ጅሬኛ የወሲባዊ ትንኮሳ ቅሬታ አቀራረብ ስርአ...

Part 2: Organisational culture – We look at examples of what organisations can do to create and sustain a zero-tolerance culture for sexual harassment in the workplace. We talk with CARE Ethiopia gender and diversity staff Hilawit Worku and Helen Degefa.   ክፍል 2፡ የኬር ኢትዮጵያ የስራተ ፆታ እና ብዝሃነት ሠራተኞች የሆኑት ህላዊት ወርቁ እና ሄለን ደገፋ ድርጅቶች ወሲባዊ ትንኮሳን የማይደግፍና የማይደራደር ድርጅታዊ አሠራርን ለማጠናከር የሚረዱ ምሳሌዎችን ያብራራሉ፡፡

What is sexual harassment  –  definitions. In this episode, women’s rights advocate and lawyer Hibret Abahoy provides a detailed description of what sexual harassment means and how it is addressed in the labour law.   ክፍል 1፡ በዚህ ክፍል የሴቶች መብት ተሟጋች እና የህግ ባለሙያ የሆነችው ህብረት አባሆይ ስለ ወሲባዊ ትንኮሳ ዝርዝር ትርጉምና በሠራተኛ አሰሪ ህጉ ስለተቀመጠበት ዝርዝር ታብራራለች፡፡

In September 2020, the New Humanitarian and the Thomson Reuters Foundation revealed that ‘ More than 50 women accuse aid workers of sex abuse in Congo Ebola crisis .’ On this episode, Dr Eleanor Nwadinobi talks to Nellie Peyton, one of the journalist who uncovered the story, to understand what happened in the DRC and how. Ester Dross, an experienced safeguarding advisor, also joins to help us expl...

In this podcast we will discuss the role and responsibilities of safeguarding focals with CAFOD, SCIAF and Trócaire Joint Office (CST) Women Empowerment Programme Coordinator and safeguarding focal, Kassach Abegaz. እ.ኤ.አ. ሴፕቴምበር 2020 በማዕከላችን የተደረገ የፍላጎት ምዘና ጥናት፤ በኢትዮጵያ ሲቪል ማኅበረሰብ ደርጅቶች ውስጥ የጥቃት ጥበቃ ተጠሪዎች ሚናና ኃላፊነት ግልጽ አለመሆኑን አመልክቷል። በዚህ ፖድካስት በካፎድ፤ ስኪያፍና ትሮክረ የጋራ ቢሮ (CST) የውሜን ኢምፓወርመንት ፕሮግራም አስተባባ...

On this episode, we reflect on challenges the aid sector has faced in keeping people safe and what it will take to make real improvements and restore trust. Nastasya Gecim talks to Hannah Clare, Head of PSEA & Safeguarding at Norwegian Refugee Council, and Dr. Faith Mwangi-Powell, the CEO of Girls not Brides. They make a powerful case for learning, partnerships and accountability. Tweet us with yo...

On this episode, Nastasya Gecim talks to Leila Billing, a gender and development consultant who specialises in Feminist Leadership, and Lillian Bogonko, a leadership coach and organisation transformation specialist who is leading ActionAid on their journey to implementing Feminist Leadership. We’ll find out what Feminist Leadership is, how it can be implemented, and what it means for creating safe...

ይህ ፓድካስት ዓለም አቀፍ መሥፈርትን በተከተለና የጥቃት ሰለባዎችን ፍላጎት ባከበረ መልኩ ምርመራ ማድረግን እንዲሁም ስለ ምርመራ መሠረታዊ መርሆዎች ላይ ግንዛቤ ይሰጣል። እባክዎን እዚህ ያዳምጡ።

Why is Sexual Exploitation, Abuse, and Sexual Harassment (SEAH) such a key issue in the aid sector, and what is being done to address it? Paul Nolan interviews Natalie Versteeg and Gwilym Jones from the Safeguarding Unit at the Department for International Development (DFID) to learn more about the importance of the Safeguarding Summit in 2018, why the Hub was established and what other safeguardi...