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Senior Technical Specialist - Safeguarding

The Senior Technical Specialist role sits within the technical team at SDDirect, a cutting edge and growing international social development organisation. This is a senior-level role in one of the UK’s leading international consultancy and research organisations in the field of social development…

National Representative Safeguarding - Romania - Resource and Support Hub

As the war in Ukraine has led to millions of displaced, traumatised, and vulnerable persons inside Ukraine and in surrounding countries, the Safeguarding Resource and Support Hub (RSH) is in discussions with the Disasters Emergency Committee (DEC), via Save the Children and Plan International to…

National Representative Safeguarding - Poland - Resource and Support Hub

Evidence Digest, Focus Issue: LGBTIQ+ and disability inclusion

To celebrate Pride month, the Disability Inclusion Helpdesk has produced an evidence digest on LGBTIQ+ and disability inclusion. Whilst there is a shortage of evidence and guidance available on the experiences and needs of LGBTIQ+ people with disabilities, the available evidence suggests that…

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Our organisational approach to climate justice: developing greener practices

As part of our climate justice blog series we think it is important to reflect on our day to day work as a social enterprise and its effect on global health, climate and nature. We hope our reflections on recent steps taken to green our systems and processes can inspire other small businesses in…

Evidence Digest, Issue 11: Focus on youth and disability inclusion

What is safeguarding? An animation

This animated video introduces definitions, key concepts and processes related to safeguarding. It is also available in Amharic, Arabic, French, Hausa, Igbo, Oromo, Somali, Swahili and Tigrigna.

Evidence Digest, Issue 10: Social protection and disability inclusion

Harnessing Technology to Prevent, Mitigate and Respond to Gender-Based Violence in Emergencies (GBViE)

Guidance note which aims to build knowledge and understanding on technology's use and impact on Gender-Based Violence (GBV) programming in humanitarian settings. It identifies good practices, lessons and challenges in using technology within the GBV research community.

Annotated Bibliography of Arabic Gender-Based Violence in Emergencies Resources

Annotated bibliography of Gender-Based Violence in Emergencies (GBViE) Resources, produced in Arabic.

Towards more inclusive and feminist approaches in evaluation of HIV programming - transforming principles into practice

In 2020, Social Development Direct was contracted by UNAIDS Evaluation Office to conduct an evaluation of the Joint Programme’s work on addressing the linkages between HIV and VAWG – where violence can be an indirect and direct factor for increased HIV risk for women and girls, and violence can be…

Responding to Violence Against Women and Girls with Diverse Sexual Orientatons, Gender Identitites, and Expressions

Annotated bibliography on how to respond to Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) with diverse sexual orientations, gender identities and expressions.

Exploring the Links between Gender-Based Violence and Food Insecurity in Conflict-Affected Settings

Providing a brief overview of research, evidence and learning on the links between food insecurity and Gender-Based Violence (GBV) in fragile and conflict-affected settings (FCAS).

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Climate change and gender-based violence: what are the issues and what can we do about it?

During COP26, Naomi Clugston, Technical Specialist at SDDirect spoke with Dr Nahid Rezwana, Associate Professor at Dhaka University; Rumana Khan, the Gender-Based Violence (GBV) Cluster Coordinator for United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA); and Murshida Akhter, a Humanitarian Specialist for UNFPA…

COP26 Gender Day Showcase

SDDirect showcased our expertise in Gender and Social Inclusion (GESI) within climate action at the UK Presidency Pavilion in Glasgow. Our section of the video shares key messages on how decision makers can support climate action and promote GESI. It also shows some of our work on climate justice…

Preventing and Responding to Gender-based Violence in Faith-based Communities: An Annotated Bibliography of Recommended Resources

This annotated bibliography provides recommended resources on preventing and responding to Gender-Based Violence (GBV) in faith-based commmunities. It identifies two approaches (public health and scriptual/theological) as important and effective ways of addressing GBV with faith leaders and…

Disability Inclusion Helpdesk: Evidence Digest on Climate Change

This evidence digest includes a guest blog on prioritising disability inclusion in climate action, and the latest evidence and guidance on disability inclusion, at time of writing. This includes programme learning, the impacts of COVID-19, and finance for disability inclusion.

Learning Series on Technology-Facilitated Gender-Based Violence

Learning briefs on responding to Technology-Facilitated Gender-Based Violence (TFGBV), which aim to: Build knowledge on TFGBV Highlight strategies which can be used to prevent TFGBV in emergency/fragile settings Suggest priority actions for stakeholders to address TFGBV

Joint evaluation of the UN Joint Programme on Aids on preventing and responding to violence against women and girls

Assessing the Joint Programme's accountability to end Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) and address the bi-directional nature of VAWG and HIV (where VAWG can be an indirect/direct factor for increased HIV risk, and HIV status and disclosure can lead to violence).

Gender Inclusion Power and Politics (GIPP) Analysis Toolkit

The SDDirect-Christian Aid Gender Inclusion Power and Politics (GIPP) analysis toolkit was developed as part of the UK Aid Connect Evidence and Collaboration for Inclusive Development programme implemented in Nigeria, Myanmar, and Zimbabwe. It integrates traditional Political Economy Analysis (PEA…