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

Every person has a right to live free from violence and fear. Red Cross has a responsibility to ensure the safety of the people we work with and support.
This practice guide is designed to support Red Cross people to identify and respond to family violence concerns they may encounter when working with individuals, families and communities.

Developed by the Australian Red Cros

These guidelines developed by the Australian Red Cross outline the support available to Australian Red Cross people (employees, volunteers, and members) and contractors or sub-contractors, work experience students, trainees and apprentices who may be experiencing domestic or family violence.

The Cayman Islands Red Cross (CIRC) has delivered child-protection and sexuality-education programming for over two decades. The Protection Starts Here initiative was launched to bring together stakeholders working in child safeguarding, raise public awareness of child sexual abuse and to strengthen community capacity to prevent and respond to it. PSH shifted the organization’s focus from risk education to proactive protection, aiming to create a culture where adults take responsibility for the safeguarding of children.

This Guidance Document is designed for anyone in a National Society who is assessing, designing, implementing, or monitoring and evaluating programming that involves UASC.

The Guidance Document is structured so that National Societies can use the sections that are most relevant to them. Some sections are relevant to all National Societies working with UASC, such as those for National Society preparedness, child safeguarding systems, actions for prevention, assessing needs, empowering and engaging UASC. Other sections like those on essential services and humanitarian diplomacy might have some parts more relevant than others depending on the context and focus each National Society is taking.   

Referral Guidelines in Ukrainian

Although it is increasingly recognized that gender-based violence (GBV) is a major feature of many conflicts, its occurrence during disasters is not as well understood. This study, commissioned by the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC), is designed to foster that discussion within both the Red Cross Red Crescent Movement and the larger humanitarian community.

The research addresses three questions:

What characterizes GBV in disasters?
In what ways should legal and policy frameworks, including disaster risk management, be adapted to address GBV in disasters?
How should National Societies and other local actors address GBV in disasters, and what support do they need to fulfil their roles?