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This document contains the introduction video for the Community Based Safeguarding Visual Toolkit

This document from EISF aims to support aid agencies in preventing, being prepared for and responding to incidents of sexual violence against their staff. It is available in English, Spanish, and French.

This research paper from EISF is targeted at staff members within NGOs who have the responsibility for ensuring the security and wellbeing of staff members - for example, security focal points, HR specialists and senior managers. The research aims to better understand whether diversity is systematically addressed by aid organizations within their security risk management systems, and what challenges aid organizations face in relation to managing the security of aid workers while being mindful of their diversity. The research aims to identify good practice, and provide guidance to aid organizations on how to balance staff security and duty of care obligations while still respecting their employees rights to privacy, equality and inclusion.

This toolkit is geared toward national and local organizations. It is primarily designated
for use by the 38 national organizations involved in the SPSEA project. It may be of use
to PSEA, safeguarding and/or protection focal points, where they exist, or staff in other
roles designated to organizational PSEA and safeguarding tasks. It will be of particular
use also to senior managers with the overall responsibility for PSEA and safeguarding.
It can also be useful for program staff and operational or administrative staff to fulfil the
specific PSEA functions related to their roles

In late 2019, InterAction hired Keystone Accountability, an organization specialized in feedback systems, to develop a questionnaire and accompanying guidance notes. This includes:

(1) A full questionnaire of the staff perception survey on sexual exploitation, abuse, and harassment in their organizations.
(2) A facilitation guide for follow-up dialogues with staff.
(3) A guidance note for international NGOs.

This document from InterAction is a brief introduction to instituting PSEA measures in your organization. Please note that this document will be updated soon.

These tools from Action Against Hunger help organizations mainstream PSEA during the employee lifecycle. They include:

Webpage Commitment
Talent Acquisition
Onboarding
Performance Management
Motivation and Retention
Separation
HR & Organization PSEA Guide

This document contains a set of scenario-based questions for HR recruitment interviews
The purpose of these questions is to help recruiters be more discerning with their selection of job candidates and these questions should help interviewees see beyond the usual standard responses by digging much deeper into attitudes, values, and competencies of candidates in this case particularly around SEAH. The guiding questions here are meant to complement good recruitment practices; PSEAH (prevention of sexual abuse, exploitation, and harassment) and thorough
safeguarding practice.

In faith-based organizations (FBOs), these organizational values are often influenced by faith principles. This case study examines and highlights how organizational values within FBOs influence their safeguarding activities and approach. Five InterAction Member organizations participated in this case study: World Vision United States, Islamic Relief USA, Habitat for Humanity International, Food for the Hungry, and Episcopal Relief and Development. Each organization has a unique affiliation with its respective faith and uses this affiliation in creative ways when approaching safeguarding programming.

This workshop guide equips PSHEA and Safeguarding, and Gender equality focal points in CARE country offices with activities to design, deliver, monitor and evaluate awareness raising and training workshops with the purpose of:

reflection and dialogue on the links between inequitable masculinities, power and Sexual Harassment
Exploitation and Abuse (SHEA) in the workplace and in CARE’s programs
contributing to changes in staff attitudes and behavior in support of gender equality, diversity and inclusion for
all, including sexual and gender minorities
building understanding and awareness to ensure that CARE’s workplaces and programmatic interventions are
free from SHEA
strengthening women’s leadership within CARE.

This toolkit has three parts:

Part one: deals with key themes related to organizational culture such as gender, patriarchy, masculinity, and PSHEA/Safeguarding.

Part two: focuses specifically on masculinity and mens role in nurturing a safe organizational culture and work environment.

Part three: focuses specifically on resources, management, and leadership.