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Paper authors	Marta Agosti
In panel on	ProTECt - Community interventions and technological avenues against Sexual Exploitation, Abuse and Harassment (SEAH)
Paper presenter(s) will be presenting	In-Person / Online

Abstract

During consultations with civil society in Palestine to establish a community-based complaint mechanism (CBCM) to report cases of sexual exploitation and abuse (SEA), key actors welcomed the initiative to introduce accountability as core to the action of humanitarian aid. Along reporting SEA, these actors highlighted the importance of strengthening monitoring and assistance of survivors of high-risk cases of SGBV and child protection, which entails important changes in the current SGVB and Child protection agenda.

This paper explores the challenges that arise from addressing global commitments against SEA and the Grand Bargain motto: participation revolution in the current historical context in Palestine. It addresses recent developments in feminist civil society movements and the current practices in the humanitarian mission around Child Protection and SGBV. While the CBCM is a powerful tool that key strategic partners aim to appropriate, yet not always with the scope delimited by global policies. Alignment with the Grand Bargain´s principles, therefore, demands a deeper consideration of the transformative potential that new tools in the mission provide to survivors to reclaim their stories and seek assistance, protection and justice.

The paper expands the scarce literature available on PSEA (see Westendorf 2020; Westestendof and Searle 2007) which mainly focuses in peace keeping operations, bringing forward the case of Palestine as humanitarian, peace and development scenario.

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