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Safeguarding Matters is a podcast series hosted by the Safeguarding Resource and Support Hub where we discuss matters relating to safeguarding and Sexual Exploitation, Abuse and Sexual Harassment in the aid sector. We have conversations with thought leaders and practitioners who can offer insights that can help us all to better understand safeguarding and improve our practices.
Episodes

Wednesday Sep 08, 2021
Let‘s be honest about investigations
Wednesday Sep 08, 2021
Wednesday Sep 08, 2021
There are standards and procedures available for conducting safeguarding investigations. However in reality, investigations are often more complex than the procedures allow. Issues such as risks to the survivor, local norms and culture and safety and security mean that investigations are rarely straightforward and often require us to make some really difficult decisions.
This podcast takes an honest look at these challenges, and how we can begin to have open conversations to address them.

Thursday Aug 19, 2021
Spotlight On monitoring safeguarding in research
Thursday Aug 19, 2021
Thursday Aug 19, 2021
In this podcast, Nastasya Gecim talks to Bintu Mansaray, a medical doctor and social science researcher, about why it’s so important to make research safe. She shares learning from her research with survivors about simple measure to keep both research participants and data collectors safe.

Monday Jul 19, 2021
Spotlight on disability inclusion in safeguarding
Monday Jul 19, 2021
Monday Jul 19, 2021
In this podcast, Dr Eleanor Nwadinobi talks to Lauren Watters of Able Child Africa about how organisations can make their programmes safe for people with disabilities. Learn about the simple and low cost steps you can take to integrate disability inclusion to your safeguarding approach – from culture to training.
- Download our infographic to see the key learning points from this podcast
- Find the disability-inclusive child safeguarding guidelines in our resource library

Monday Jul 19, 2021
Spotlight on safeguarding in faith communities
Monday Jul 19, 2021
Monday Jul 19, 2021
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

Wednesday Jul 07, 2021
Pidgin Podcast on Safeguarding for Non Safeguarding Professionals
Wednesday Jul 07, 2021
Wednesday Jul 07, 2021
This podcast provides the basics on safeguarding for professionals working in non-governmental organisations in Pidgin.

Tuesday Apr 13, 2021
Safeguarding Matters: Introduction to the RSH Nigeria Hub podcast
Tuesday Apr 13, 2021
Tuesday Apr 13, 2021
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.

Wednesday Apr 07, 2021
Wednesday Apr 07, 2021
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፡፡

Wednesday Apr 07, 2021
"Sexual Harassment in the Workplace" Part 2: Working on organisational culture
Wednesday Apr 07, 2021
Wednesday Apr 07, 2021
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፡፡

Wednesday Apr 07, 2021
"Sexual Harassment in the Workplace" Part 1: Definitions and examples
Wednesday Apr 07, 2021
Wednesday Apr 07, 2021
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፡፡

Monday Jan 18, 2021
New Ways of Working Post-DRC
Monday Jan 18, 2021
Monday Jan 18, 2021
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:
- Engage communities from the start: Communicate with communities on their rights, expectations and the ways to report concerns.
- Provide incentives to report: Explain exactly what happens to reports.
- Strengthen recruitment processes: Consider candidates as potential prey as well as perpetrators
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Give weight to safeguarding or PSEAH focal points: A direct link to management will enable real change.
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Be proactive: It’s not good enough to sit and wait for reports. Go out there and talk to people.