Resources

Discover how to empower children to actively shape the programs that serve them with the first IFRC Child Participation Toolkit. Read more

Protecting Children during Heatwaves: Discover how to transform Child Friendly Spaces into lifesaving Cooling Stations during heatwaves. This essential Guidance Note offers National Societies practical steps to safeguard children from the dangers of extreme heat, such as heat stroke, dehydrat... Read more

IFRC Safeguarding Framework, including 16 Standards for Safeguarding system development and a tool for National Societies to assess their safeguarding risk Read more

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Integrating PGI issues into WASH programming is essential for safe, effective and inclusive services. The tools below provide guidance on how to do that effectively in a Red Cross Red Crescent context. ... Read more

This Operational Framework is the main tool that operationalises the Protection, Gender, and Inclusion (PGI) policy1, the IFRC Strategy 2030 and all related commitments we have made in the IFRC Network2 in recent years to ensure Protection, Gender, and Inclusion in all our actions from 2022–2025.... Read more

The PGI policy was approved by the IFRC General Assembly on the 21st of June 2022. It is the result of two years of consultation with the IFRC Network, based on five years of development of the PGI strategic priority. ... Read more

This case for support sets out the focus for protection, gender and inclusion in the IFRC for 2022 and beyond, both thematically and geographically. Read more

In 2020 UNICEF and the IFRC launched a study to explore the extent of integration of gender considerations, including gender-based violence (GBV) risk mitigation, prevention and response considerations, in national and regional disaster risk management (DRM) legal and policy frameworks in Eastern an... Read more

The purpose of this IFRC Child Safeguarding Policy is to provide a framework for ensuring that IFRC programmes are designed and implemented with the best interests of the child in mind. In particular, it aims to ensure that children are protected from all forms of violence, abuse, exploitation, and ... Read more