CHS and its role in Preventing Sexual Exploitation, Abuse and Harassment

The Core Humanitarian Standard on Quality and Accountability (CHS) makes Nine Commitments to people affected by crisis, letting them know what they should expect of the assistance provided by aid organisations.
In the five years since the Standard was launched, we have seen that we don’t always live up to these commitments. In 2018, the sector was rocked again by safeguarding scandals, highlighting the necessity for the sector to do more and work better for the people it serves.
Two years ago the UK hosted a Safeguarding Summit where NGOs, UN, private sector and donor governments made a number of commitments to improve safeguarding. Significantly, donors committed to “demonstrate adherence to one or both sets of international minimum standards related to PSEA, namely the IASC MoS on PSEA and/or the PSEA elements of the CHS.” The recent Legal Review of the Aid Worker Registration Scheme echoed this call for donor recognition of a common standard.
Since this summit, CHS Alliance has updated our PSEAH index to ensure it reflects best practice on PSEAH, to enable organisations to have the right polices in place and enable the right processes.
This is an important session to attend as we strive to make our organisations safer. You will hear from a donor representative on why the donors made this commitment to the CHS, the progress made, and a look to the future. You will hear from our experts on the changes made to strengthen the CHS PSEAH Index and how the updated PSEAH Implementation Quick Reference Handbook can assist you and your staff.