As the world struggles to tackle the Covid-19 pandemic, organisations in the aid sector are racing to respond to its impact and the new challenges and risks it brings. Some are delivering aid in new ways, engaging with communities remotely, developing online resources and mapping out new support pathways. Others are using their networks and structures to support efforts to tackle this social, economic and public health challenge.
As the crisis unfolds and the responses are developed, it is critical that the sector’s commitment to protect people from Sexual Exploitation, Abuse and Sexual Harassment is not only maintained, but scaled up. Evidence shows that the risks of SEAH tend to rise during emergencies, so aid agencies need to take even greater care and vigilance in preventing harm as a result of their operations.
We have developed this page to bring together emerging guidance, materials and resources to support the sector in responding to SEAH risks and issues in the Covid-19 context. Please help us by sharing any materials you have developed with us so that we can upload them here for onwards sharing with the sector. You can send them to veronica@rshub.org.uk.
This guidance complements and expands on the Inter-Agency Guidance on Home Quarantine & Isolation in Overcrowded Settings to ensure that special consideration is given for children and adults who…
This guidance is intended to support humanitarian agencies as they consider remote Child Protection Case Management during COVID-19. The guidance describes the considerable amount of preparation,…
This webinar delivered by the Gender Based Violence Area of Responsibility (GBV AoR) explores how to adapt GBV case management approaches during COVID-19.
This tip sheet produced by the PSEA Network in Myanmar sets out six key steps that PSEA Network members in Myanmar should take during COVID-19. These include:
1. Ensure key staff are still working…
This short guide provides rapid contingency considerations for case management during the COVID-19 crisis. Produced by Terre des hommes, the note provides guidance on how to deal with caseload, align…
This UNICEF note provides suggestions of how to reach survivors who cannot easily access phone-based gender-based violence (GBV) support given the mobility restrictions associated with COVID-19.…
This note aims to provide practical support to Gender-Based Violence (GBV) practitioners to adapt GBV case management service delivery models quickly and ethically during the current COVID-19…
- Somalia Child Protection Cluster - Global Social Services Workforce Alliance
This technical guidance aims to support Child Protection agencies providing case management services in the humanitarian response in Somalia to be prepared and to adapt their interventions in…
This document provides guidance to case workers on how best to adopt the remote Gender Based Violence (GBV) case management processes during the COVID-19 outbreak, in line with the GBV minimum…
- The Alliance for Child Protection in Humanitarian Action
This guidance provides information for professionals working in Lebanon on four priority areas that case management agencies should be focusing on:
1) awareness;
2) referrals;
3) case management;…
The GBV Area of Responsibility (GBV AoR) has produced a template for mapping remote services. The template provides guidance for GBV sub clusters and service providers on how to map and assess the…
This technical guidance aims to support Child Protection agencies providing case management services in the humanitarian response in Cox’s Bazar to be prepared and to adapt their interventions in…
- Himaya, International Rescue Committee (IRC), Save the Children, UNHCR, UNICEF
This guidance note aims to support case workers to provide remote child protection case management during the COVID-19 outbreak response in Lebanon. The note emphasises the importance of continuing…
- National Network to End Domestic Violence, Safety Net Project
This guidance supports organisations to consider how to use technology to communicate with survivors during a public health crisis. It includes a list of tools that organisations can consider for…
- National Network to End Domestic Violence, Safety Net Project
This guidance supports organisations to consider how to safely use texting for messaging survivors. It complements the resource Using Technology to Communicate with Survivors During a Public Health…