Programme Description
This programme seeks to assist partners in aligning themselves and their processes with the protocol requirements of the United Nations, including its funds and programmes (collectively, the United Nations (UN), when working with implementing partners, to ensure adequate safeguards and appropriate action related to sexual exploitation and abuse (SEA).
South Africa – Rest of Africa
The goal of Give a Child a Family Africa is to assess and support organisations in Eastern and Southern Africa within the AU to improve their capacity, policies and processes around safeguarding in order to align them with current UN requirements.
Problem Statement
Sexual exploitation and sexual abuse violate universally recognised international legal norms and standards.
To protect the most vulnerable populations, especially women and children, specific standards that reiterate existing general obligations are promulgated. The failure of entities or individuals to take preventive measures against sexual exploitation or sexual abuse, to investigate allegations thereof, or to take corrective action when sexual exploitation or sexual abuse has occurred, shall constitute grounds for termination of any cooperative arrangement with the Unted Nations (UN). This is to be translated and developed for the African Union (AU)
Target Group
This protocol outlines the requirements of the UN, when working with implementing partners, to ensure adequate safeguards and appropriate action related to sexual exploitation and abuse (SEA).