Safeguarding Matters

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 learning points from this podcast

• Find Faith Associates in our Safeguarding Consultants Directory  

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 the podcast below:

• Take a look at the Nigeria Hub website.
• Email us with general enquiries: info@safeguardingsupporthub.org
• Email us to Ask an Expert: askanexpertnigeria@rshub.org.uk  
• Follow us on social media: Facebook / Twitter / LinkedIn
• Register for the Safeguarding 101 webinar.

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 ስርአትና ተጠቂዎችን ማእከል ባደረገ መልኩ የሚደረግ ጥሩ የምርመራ ተሞክሮን ታካፍላለች፡፡

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 explore what the sector can learn from this experience. Find our top takeaways below and share your own reflections and learning on our Online Community

A summary of the Top Takeaways from this podcast:

1. Engage communities from the start: Communicate with communities on their rights, expectations and the ways to report concerns.
2. Provide incentives to report: Explain exactly what happens to reports.
3. Strengthen recruitment processes: Consider candidates as potential prey as well as perpetrators

4. Give weight to safeguarding or PSEAH focal points: A direct link to management will enable real change.

5. Be proactive: It’s not good enough to sit and wait for reports. Go out there and talk to people.

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 አስተባባሪ (Women Empowerment Programme Coordinator) እና የጥቃት ጥበቃ ተጠሪ (safeguarding focal) ከሆነችው ካሰች አበጋዝ ጋር የጥቃት ጥበቃ ተጠሪዎች ሚናና ኃላፊነትን ምን እንደሆነ እንወያያለን፡፡  

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 your thoughts @SafeguardingRSH

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 cultures and strengthening safeguarding. Some of the materials referenced in the podcast are linked below.

Abusing Power: Exploring root causes and issues for safeguarding - power, privilege, gender and intersectionality – Full webinar recording or video summary, RSH

How feminist leadership can strengthen global development’s approach to safeguarding – blog, Leila Billing

All About Power – Report, CREA (Srilatha Batliwala)

How we practice feminism at work – Report, ActionAid

Case study: How Feminist Leadership Can Enhance Safeguarding – Case studies, Bond