Inclusive Security Management in Humanitarian Action

Changing perspective on gender and security in the humanitarian sector is crucial because traditional approaches often overlook or inadequately address the complex, intersectional risks aid workers face. Initiating this shift allows us to: Recognize Diverse Experiences and Risks; Improve Risk Assessment and Prevention; Support Organizational Duty of Care; Encourage Safer, More Inclusive Work Environments; and Challenge Power Imbalances. A change in perspective is not just about being politically correct—it’s about making humanitarian work safer, more inclusive, and more effective by acknowledging and planning for the real-world risks that different people face based on their gender and identity.

The main course objective is to provide a basic understanding of the significance of gender in security management and the negative consequences for everyone’s safety and security when gender is not considered.

Through interactive learning methods and practical case studies, humanitarian professionals and security managers will examine essential gender concepts, and how gender impacts different aspects of security management, from risk analyses and security policies to incident reporting mechanisms. The course will further delve into how gender and other intersectional considerations are integral to security management, for both individual and organisational security, particularly in fragile deployment environments. Then it will explore how gender can (and should) be mainstreamed into organisations’ security planning. Further, the course will look at how inclusive organisational cultures promote safety and security for all, incl. through safe incident reporting mechanisms and stress and trauma-informed team dynamics.

You are invited to bring your questions and previous experience to the course and exchange ideas with other participants to reflect together on the content taught and use it to assess the gender sensitivity of your organisation’s security policies and practices.

The course is also a recommended complementary module for basic security training, which we offer at aha regularly.

The course would be conducted online on two half days (with a break in between as reflection time).

+++Acknowledging the ongoing global humanitarian funding constraints as well as the fact, that funding for work on gender in humanitarian action has always been limited, the academy for humanitarian action wants to address this issue by reducing the price of this training (from 290 EUR to 200 EUR)+++

+++Staffs and local partners of ADH member organizations are eligible to get reimbursement of the training fee. Please check the respective internal procedure.+++