CAPSEAH - Common Approach to Protection from Sexual Exploitation, Sexual Abuse and Sexual Harassment

The Common Approach to Protection from Sexual Exploitation, Sexual Abuse and Sexual Harassment (CAPSEAH) is a short guide to help all people and organisations working in humanitarian, development or peace settings take action to tackle Sexual Exploitation, Sexual Abuse and Sexual Harassment (SEAH). It has been developed by an international steering committee, involving governments, the United Nations, multilateral development banks, civil society and others, and has now been updated following a global consultation which ran from November 2023 to February this year.
By having a Common Approach, we can:
Re-emphasise that humanitarian, development and peace work has zero tolerance for inaction on SEAH.
Improve collective action, partnerships and collaboration on Protection from SEAH (PSEAH) work.
Talk about and tackle challenges as a community, and learn from each other.
The CAPSEAH webpage has the relevant documents and more information.
At the roundtable, Emma Wokowu and cross-sector speakers discuss how CAPSEAH can help broaden and strengthen the dialogue and approach to PSEAH work worldwide.
Participants:
Peter Taylor, Chair of the CAPSEAH Steering Committee
Christian Saunders, UN Special Coordinator on improving the United Nations’ response to Sexual Exploitation and Abuse
Najla Nassif Palma, UN Victims’ Rights Advocate
Alina Potts, Research Scientist, Global Women’s Institute, George Washington University
Gaya Gamhewage, Director, Prevention of and Response to Sexual Misconduct, WHO
Alon Plato, Senior Policy Officer, PSEAH and Diversity, ICVA
Andrea Cullinan, Global Lead, Gender and Gender-Based Violence Program, IFC
Abida Peters, Safeguarding Manager, NIRAS
Coline Rapneau, PSEAH Manager, CHS Alliance
Ferdous Nahid, RSH National Representative for Bangladesh
Chair: Emma Wokowu, RSH Team Leader