Safeguarding Matters

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.

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.

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

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.