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NCA's Humanitarian Action Agenda: Enhancing Human Dignity and Rights

Explore the NCA Emergency Division's focus on human dignity, rights, and gender sensitivity in humanitarian action. Learn about the challenges, trends, figures, and legal frameworks shaping their efforts globally.

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NCA's Humanitarian Action Agenda: Enhancing Human Dignity and Rights

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  1. THE NCA EMERGENCY DIVISION MEETING WITH REGIONAL CONTACTS SUNDVOLDEN 2010

  2. Human dignity – what does it entail? • Development. Freedom from want. • Security. Freedom from fear. Protection against abuse, violence and torture • Rights.Men and women are enjoying basic rights and freedom that are obtained through a well funtioning state, law and order, social justice and good governance • A gender sensitive and rights based approach

  3. NCA’s Added value in humanitarian action A holistic approach A rights based approach A gender sensitive approach A partner approach A faith based basis

  4. NCA challenge 2008-2011: Developing emergency preparedness and assistance in all offices • Norwegian Church Aid : • strengthening of ACT • Increased cooperation UN-organisations • Developing operational response capacity within ACT • Protection and Gender based violence, including HIV and AIDS • External actors contribution to reduced security and natural disasters • Developing an agenda in Norway and globally for political advocacy on humanitarian issues • Lifting up ‘ignored emergencies’ • Local capacity building, including response capacity and cooperation with international actors • Communication of human dignity and human resources of people hit by emergencies • Holistic approach – faith based identity

  5. NCA challenge continued… • Trends we see internationally • International operationalisation still trend leader despite Code of Conduct (The Red Cross Code of conduct) • Growing awareness of the need for local actors, local capacity building, local participation and involvement • Increased partisan and political use of humanitarian needs, assistance and interventions • UN integrated missions • Considerable challenge for ACT/NCA to form an independent and viable position

  6. NCA challenge continued.. • Trends: • Genocide and crime against humanity vitalised as concepts and instruments – 1325 - 1820 • Establishment of states/ interstate controlled Trust fund for reconstruction post-conflict. Consequence: larger space for international, contract oriented NGOs • Global political conditions as root causes for humanitarian crisis; political, economic, climate

  7. TRENDS • More: • Frames and routines in the initial phase • Secondment of own staff • Focus upon security and protection • Greater in house ability for evaluation • Focus upon Code of Conduct and integrated approaches • Focus upon prevention and planning • Focus upon a rights based and integrated approach

  8. Some figures showing the situation in the world • Refugees : 9,3 mill • IDP’s: 25 mill. • Refugees from Burma 500 000 • Vest Sahara (since 1949); 165 000 • Darfur; • 2,1 mill IDP’s of app. 5,5 mill • South-Sudan; ca 2 mill IDP’s of ca 5 mill More than 80 % are women and children

  9. Legal framework for NCA including protection • 1948 The Refugee convention, rights and responsibilities, Revised recently. • 1949 The Geneva convensjonen, about parties in war • 1951 Roma treaty (Crimes against humanity), pregnancies, sexual abuses (sterilisation etc)o.a • 1979 Convention on the Elimination of all forms of discrimination against women, CEDAW • 1989 The Convention on the right of the child • 1998 Guiding Principles for IDPs • UN SCR 1325 – Women, Peace and Security • The Code of conduct for the Red Cross and NGO’s in disaster relief from 1993 + Sphere min.standards. ACT CoC Dec. 2002, NCA 2003

  10. 1325- UN- Security council resolution from Oct.31st 2000 and UNSCR 1820Women,peace and security • WOMEN’S PARTICIPATIONat all levels in peace building • WOMEN AND CHILDREN AFFECTED SPECIFICALLY IN WAR AND CONFLICT • THEIR NEED FOR PROTECTION AGAINST ABUSES,VIOLENCE AND EXPLOITATION

  11. Why it was a need for the new resolution • Increasing amount of conflicts where rape is used as a war strategy – often together with the burned earth strategy. • Rape has always been a part of war, but not always as a strategy. • New “Bad Guys”: Burma, Bosnia, Congo, Darfur, Liberia, (Sierra Leone), Tsjetsjenia)

  12. PARTICIPATION OF WOMEN • More women recruited in international work, involved in peacebuilding and conflict resolution. • More women in decision making positions national,regional and international • More women in decision making positions in emergency/ humanitarian –peacebuilding organisations, prosesses and deliberations. • Gender perspectives and analysis needed, in material developed, rights and protection needs more clearly spelled out. • Clear condemnation of sexual abuses of women and girls and boys in conflicts, especially rape and sexual exploitation. Reporting structures in place. • Trafficking- prostitution, zero -tolerance for UN personell, peacebuilding forces and NGO personnell. • Emphasise upon the connection: security – protection – participation.

  13. What kind of sexual abuses do we see?: • Rape- as a war strategy • Internalisation • Cooks, assistants, sex-slaves (child soldier equivalents) • Trafficking – with promises of work and money • Slavery • Beating, violence • Payment in the form of sexual services for emergency support • Sugar daddies (ex. School fees.)

  14. What does a perpetrator want to achieve? • Humiliate, create fear • Oppress, create obedience • Kill –primarily men, make women more defenceless. • Destroy infrastructure and community structures, houses, homes, schools. • Destroy life existence and economical structures. • Destroy the ethnical group. (Make the Sudanese women bear Arabic children)etc. • Destroy culture – create shame • Satisfy “sexual needs”

  15. Background for Code of conduct:The West Africa Report • UNCHR/Save the Children UK 2002 • Extensive sexual exploitation and abuse revealed • 70 individual cases – 40 organisations • A WAKE UP CALL

  16. “I sleep with mostly NGO workers because I have to eat and feed my child” - Teenage mother- Liberia ”What everyone knew about, but didn't recognise as an issue” - Humanitarian Worker

  17. Emergency preparedness in emergency situations • Save and protect life • Deliver necessary and adequate assistance in a gender sensitive way • Support local communities ability to meet emergencies and crises

  18. How do we work?Darfur Case: • NCA is assisting 500,000 IDP’s in Darfur within 9 sectors (Water/ Sanitation, Health, NFI/Shelter, Protection, Psychosocial, Nutrition, Education, Agriculture, Advocacy) • ~ 25 airplanes lifted to Darfur over the last 3 years

  19. How do we work?Pakistan Case: • NCA is assisting primarily with Water/Sanitation and hygiene promotion in Refugee Camps • 4 airplanes [2 Jumbo Jets]with emergency goods (tents, blankets, plastic sheeting, water/sanitation equipment etc.) lifted in 2005 • Protection is an important part of the work

  20. Water tapstation Meira camp

  21. COMMODITIES: • Medicines • Medical Equipment • Water/Sanitation Equipment • Food • Tents • Plastic Sheeting • Blankets • Chemicals • Clothing • Spare Parts • Consumables • etc. etc. • Computer Equipment • Generators • Pumps • Drilling Equipment • Electrical Equipment • Furniture • Tools • Vehicles • Communication Equipment • Presentation Equipment • Literature • Squatting Plates

  22. Head of Division Arild Isaksen ProcLog WatSan Emergency roster, Recruitment & Personnel Emergency roster, Training & Gender Special Advisors Harald Glevoll Luke Dokter Irene Wenaas Holte Filip Grimmer Manfred Arlt Trond Sigurd Briseid Emergency Preparedness Division: Core Team Ragna Eskeland Security Eirik Kirkerud Emergency Preparedness Group (approx. 100 people)

  23. The emergency roster • In total: +/- 100 • Categories: • WatSan • Coordination • Admin/finance • Logistics • Psychosocial • Primary health care, hygiene promotion • Nutrition • Core group • Others

  24. HVA GJØR VI MED HAITI • Jobber tett med seksjonen. De har lokalkunnskapen • Katastrofeutvalgsmøter hver dag • Avtaler med Viva Rio, LWS, etterhvert FN • 4 menn og 2 kvinner er sendt ut • 10 Mill fra UD,4 Mill fra FinChurchAid • 1 fly er snart landet i den Dominikanske republikk • Vi har midler til ett fly til • Vår hovedpartner er Viva Rio og LWS • Spesielt fokus på vann,sanitær, beskyttelse og psykososialt

  25. Where God cries – to bring hope Together for a just world

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