Humanitarian Networks and Partnerships Weeks

Session title: Breaking Barriers, Building Trust: Redefining PSEAH with a survivor focus

Organizer(s): CHS Aliance

2 May 24 14:00-15:30 UTC+2

SessionAbstract

The session focuses on how to implement a victim-centered approach to PSEAH (protection against sexual harassment, exploitation, and harassment), underscoring the importance of integrating the perspectives and needs of victims into PSEAH strategies. Participants will learn from local actors in Ethiopia, Palestine and Bangladesh on how they foster safe, inclusive, and accountable victim-centred responses.

Agenda

Session Outline:

I. Introducing a victim-centered approach to PSEAH

Name of Speaker: Martina Brostrom, CHS Alliance

II. Case Study: Bangladesh

Name of Speaker: Ismat Jahan, PSEAH Project Coordinator,Samaj Kalyan Unnayan Shangstha (SKUS)

III. Case Study: Ethiopia

Name of Speaker: Michael Fistum, Program Coordinator, Women Empowerment Action ( WeAction)

IV. Case Study: Palestine

Name of Speaker: Zein Ateek, PSEAH Project coordinator, Psychosocial Counseling Center for Women

V. Panel Discussion

VI. Conclusion and Future Directions

Name of Speaker: Laura Brinks, MoFA of the Netherlands

Speakers

Ismat Jahan, PSEAH Project Coordinator,Samaj Kalyan Unnayan Shangstha (SKUS)

Michael Fistum, Program Coordinator, Women Empowerment Action ( WeAction)

Zein Ateek, PSEAH Project coordinator, Psychosocial Counseling Center for Women (PSCCW)

Laura Brinks, MoFA of the Netherlands

Martina Brostrom, CHS Alliance