Protection Mainstreaming Learning Event

Representatives of over 20 NGOs and the US Government met at InterAction in January to discuss protection mainstreaming approaches, challenges and objectives. The purpose of the meeting was to share protection mainstreaming approaches and field level implementation across the NGO humanitarian community, discuss new trends, and identify gaps/areas where support is required going forward. Among the agencies represented, it was clear that there is not one agreed upon definition of, or scope of programming around, “protection mainstreaming”. However, there was common understanding, if not full agreement, around the different modalities of protection mainstreaming and the challenges that the community is facing.

 

This document provides a short summary of the discussion, questions and ideas raised during the event.