PIN Protection Programming

Protection gaps in camps - DTM data 82% of sites have no women participating in the Site Management Committee. 77% sites have no separate male and female toilets. 94% have no separate male and female bathing areas. 87% have no reporting/referral mechanism for GBV survivors.

Presentation of Key RGA Findings (May) Survey of 275 women and girls in bode IDP camp on May % reported experiencing some form of bullying or verbal harassment. Three reports of child marriage and one respondent said they had been trafficked. 88% of women said they did not report the SGBV they had experience. 48% of women feel unsafe using the toilet, 24% felt unsafe while sleeping, 7% have access to women-only toilets.

Her Safety Program Rapid Gender Assessment for women/girls in displacement sites. Her Kits: basic kits with menstrual hygiene materials. Project piloted in two displacement sites in Bhaktapur, and will be implemented with IOM funding in eight more camps in Gorkha, Kathmandu and Sindhupalchowk. Adapted to be implemented in VDCs through Ama Samuhas (Mother Groups) in Sindhupalchowk. Currently being implemented in 10 VDCs as having the highest risk of trafficking/SGBV in Sindhupalchowk.

Her Safety: Assumptions & Rationale Women’s security needs are context specific Women need to be empowered to address their own insecurities and have agency to act (even if reporting/sharing is the action). Women need to be perceived as legitimate actors in order to effectively address insecurities. Less severe forms of insecurity and violence need to be pragmatically addressed alongside more serious forms of SGBV.

Timeline Assessment and committee selection (Week 1) Training and risk mapping (Week 2) Code of Conduct (Week 3( Committee consultation (Week 4 onwards) Referral / action tracking (continuous) Security projects (repeated) Community awareness event (repeated as needed) Sustainability & Exit

Mandate and goals for the committee Focal point for women, girls and boy and men in the displacement site To address sources of insecurity through small projects implemented by the committee To address non-criminal issues of insecurity and harassment To monitor the safety and security situation in the displacement site To refer SGBV victims to relevant resources, security actors, etc.

T raining and Committee Selection Selection modality: either consensus or voting for members, representative of each ethnic/caste group and VDCs. Representation from boys and girls, and committee can have up to 25% male participants

Training & Formation Training: various forms of SGBV, social norms around SGBV, legal provisions of SGBV, existing resources, referrals. Risk Mapping: identification of context specific sources of insecurity in and around the camp. Some can later be addressed by security projects. Code of Conduct: Committee outlines the rules and things they will encourage/address within the camp

Example “Code of Conduct” No alcohol abuse within camp. No caste discrimination No verbal violence No witchcraft accusations In case people ask women to work abroad, consult security committee No smoking in public Love children and respect elders Do not participate in or support SGBV. Report to Security Committee Send Children to School. No discrimination between sons and daughters Maintain hygiene and cleanliness in camp…

Case work Much of the committees work is outreach and advocacy within the community. Committees report their work by filling out a case report whenever they formally deal with an incident. Work is both directly linked with SGBV but often committees also address a range of issues affecting women in camps.

Examples of Committee Actions Five women had been recruited by a manpower agency to go work in Iraq; one had already paid 90,000 (900 USD). The committee found out and intervened by speaking with the women. Issue with alcohol abuse and verbal harassment in one of the tents that was also affecting surrounding tents. Committee intervened and resolved the issue. Starting a collection to pay for the cremation of someone who had died in camp, the family could not afford the associated costs with funerary rites. Doing a public awareness / psychosocial referral after an elderly woman suddenly died at night. The local religious official said that the camp was haunted by a ghost and more people will die.

Security Project Modality Committees work with our field staff to fill out a project proposal form for a small project (around 100 USD) that will improve women or girls security situation in camps. Project is reviewed with respect to the risk mapping and what we know about that situation in the particular camp. Project is then implemented by the committee, evaluated by our field staff. The committee is then eligible to receive another round of funding to conduct another project.

Security Project: Case Study During surveys, many women and girls identified lack of lights in and around the toilets as a source of insecurity. Lights were installed in other parts of the camp but not toilets – not prioritized as a safety issue prior to the committee formation. Lights installed in and around toilets and common kitchen areas. Distribution of torches to each tents (88 households). Women have little to do to occupy their times. The remaining project funding was proposed to be used to pay for a trainer to teach women how to knit handicrafts which they can sell.

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