In episode #1 of Hear, HERE!, Ed and Marzia sit down to take stock of the state of protection in humanitarian action.

Protection is a core pillar of humanitarian response. Without a proper focus on the rights of crisis-affected people, and the immediate threats that they may still face, humanitarian work risks becoming merely an act of service delivery or charity. Nonetheless, in our work as HERE-Geneva, we have often found protection to be poorly understood among humanitarians, hampering its implementation. As such, it is an ideal first topic for discussion in a podcast aiming to shed light on the gap between policy and humanitarian practice What does the term ‘protection’ in a humanitarian context precisely entail? Who has a protection mandate, and how does this matter?

Why should protection be prioritised in every humanita ...