Organised by Centre de Recherche JURISCONSULTE, Network for Empowered Aid Response (NEAR), InterAction and International Council of Voluntary Agencies (ICVA), , this webinar will focus on concrete steps that humanitarian practitioners and policy makers can take to create a more equitable and inclusive protection sector.

Date & Time:

Monday 28 September 2020, 13:00 Geneva Time

As part of the GPC Global Protection Forum 2020, the GBV Guidelines Reference Group and GBV AoR organize a virtual session on GBV risk mitigation integration in Protection Work. This session will highlight good practices and challenges of GBV risk mitigation in Protection work from Protection and CCCM clusters to facilitate peer-learning among field coordinators and provide concrete ideas of how GBV risk mitigation can be implemented within protection programming and coordination.

Organized by OCHA, UNHCR and ICRC, this virtual event will reflect on the role and contribution of field-based Protection Clusters to preventing or responding to protection of civilians (PoC) concerns, including through developing PoC strategies, monitoring, gathering and regular/timely sharing of information, analysis, advocacy and negotiation with relevant stakeholders, including parties to the conflict and weapons bearers, and the direct provision of assistance and specific protection programmes to reduce or respond to the consequences of armed violence. 

The Cash for Protection (C4P) Task Team has recently published the Cash for Protection Stocktaking Paper in order to support a common understanding of the use of CVA in the protection sector, share up-to-date evidence and highlight gaps in knowledge, practice that require critical attention and resources. This session will help protection specialists, including but not limited to GBV specialists, to better understand the potential of using CVA for protection outcomes, evidence and evidence gaps, and key stakeholder actions to tackle gaps in evidence and practice.

Engagement with human rights system is one of the possible responses to address identified human rights and protection issues. Considering available uses of human rights mechanisms should be an integral part of protection strategies and responses. There are a range of human rights mechanisms, and several ways in which PC can engage with them as part of a human rights engagement strategy. Each of the mechanisms have their own advantages and disadvantages.

This event is led by the Global Protection Cluster Task Team on Anti-Trafficking. Participants will be introduced to the Task Team’s new draft guidance on anti-trafficking, learn how to identify/refer/manage trafficking cases, and hear from 3 field protection actors and anti-trafficking experts about how they are responding to trafficking in their operations. Participants will be invited to share their own experiences and challenges in responding to trafficking as we collectively work on improving our global and field level approaches.

"Panel Discussion on Taking Stock of Cash and Voucher Assistance to Achieve Protection Outcomes" is taking place on Wednesday 2 September.

As written on the invitation, the call in information and link will be sent to you upon registration.