Organized by the Task Team on Law and Policy (TTLP), this session will discuss the role of field protection clusters and AoRs in the development and promotion of legal and policy frameworks relating to the protection of IDPs in country of operation, as well as the use of existing frameworks in protection programming and response in practice.
Organized by the GBV AoR, UNHCR, Humanity & Inclusion and HelpAge international, this session will focus on the specific protection risks that persons with disabilities and older persons face in relation to emergencies, particularly focusing on the increased exposure to Gender-Based Violence during COVID-19. Through dialogue, this session aims to provide a contextual mapping of protection risks and barriers faced by persons with disabilities and older persons, particularly in relation to GBV.
Organized by the CP AoR and the CPC Learning Network, this webinar will present the new ‘Children as Partners in Child Protection during COVID-19 Guide’ with the aim to assist humanitarian actors to maintain and strengthen children’s meaningful participation in their work in response to the current COVID-19 pandemic and in preparedness planning. During the webinar, participants will explore ways how children can be engaged as partners and leaders in child protection during the crisis.
This session will focus on the stocktaking done of the IASC Framework on Durable Solutions for Internally Displaced Persons, to mark its 10th anniversary. The presentation will highlight the findings of the stocktaking exercise of the Framework conducted under the auspices of GP20.
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.
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.