In their statement, the IASC Principals express their alarm at the deterioration of the humanitarian situation in Yemen, they call for a sustained cessation of hostilities and for unimpeded access to people in need.
This scale-up plan for protection from sexual exploitation and abuse (PSEA) is based on the Inter-Agency Standing Committee’s Championship Strategy on PSEA and Sexual Harassment and its PSEA commitments. The scale-up plan presents a call for collective action and investment by IASC members in all countries with Humanitarian Response Plans or Refugee Response Plans.1 The plan seeks to achieve three key outcomes for PSEA: 1) safe and accessible reporting, 2) quality assistance for the survivors of sexual exploitation and abuse (SEA), and 3) enhanced accountability, including investigations.
In recognition of the need for sustained political engagement and the shift of attention towards the relevance of the Grand Bargain (GB) Commitments to field operations, the first “demonstrator country” Field Mission of the Localization Workstream was held in Bangladesh between 9 to 13 September 2018.
IASC Task Team Progress Report 2018: IASC Task Team on Accountability to Affected Populations, and Protection from
Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (AAP/PSEA).
See page 2 for key achievements from 2018.
