Protection: Approaches and Perspectives

In this public lecture, three practitioners will give their perspectives on violence prevention and response programming, and the various approaches and challenges of protection work in complex displacement contexts.  The talks are part of a small group Masterclass on international humanitarian aid for advanced research students and fellows based at ANU. We are opening this session up for others, given the interest.  The views expressed in these lectures are those of the speakers alone and may not necessarily reflect the position of their organizations. 

Image credit: IDP shelter 2012 Garowe-Somalia/M.Godwin 

SPEAKERS

Carol Angir is the Deputy Head of Programs and Humanitarian Lead for ActionAid Australia.  Through this role she has been instrumental in establishing a women-led multi-hazard early warning system in Vanuatu, Women Wetem Weta, which reaches 40% of the population and has created both economic and gender transformative benefits. 

Carol is a feminist with more than three decades of experience working directly with communities and women's rights movements on humanitarian action, Climate Change Adaptation, Disaster Risk Reduction and resilience building. She has also led work on women, peace and security, preventing violence against women and promoting women's access to justice in conflict and post conflict zones. Her experience spans countries across the Pacific, Africa, Eastern Europe and Central and South Asia. ActionAid Australia is part of the Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence on the Elimination of Violence Against Women (CEVAW).

Anthony Nolan is the global Deputy Director (Violence Prevention and Response) for the International Rescue Committee (IRC), one of the world's largest international NGOs.  He has 20 years of experience designing, implementing and monitoring justice, social welfare and violence prevention policy and service delivery initiatives. Prior to joining the IRC, Anthony led the design and roll out of a new protection from violence sector for the Norwegian Refugee Council's (one of the largest displacement focused international NGO, working in over 30 countries).  

He has led a range of protection portfolios for UNICEF, including national juvenile justice reforms in Papua New Guinea, constitutional reform and the national scale up of specialised services for survivors of sexual violence in Zimbabwe; and emergency child protection services in South Sudan, and served as Chief of Child Protection in South Africa. He has a deep understanding of the humanitarian coordination architecture and has contributed to the shift towards more local actor engagement in situations of mass internal displacement and conflict. He recently co-chaired the Global Protection Cluster Strategic Advisory Group, is a former Global Education Cluster Coordinator and Advisor with the Global Child Protection Area of Responsibility. 

Anthony has also worked in the statutory child protection and disability sectors in his home country, Australia. His academic training is in Psychology, holds a Master’s in Human Services and is an accredited safeguarding investigator. He has co-authored several journal articles related to protection, including in Child Abuse and Neglect, Child Indicators Research and the Forced Migration Review. He has lived and worked in the Pacific, Southern and Eastern Africa, Australia and is currently living in Switzerland.

Masumi Yamashina has nearly 20 years of professional experience in Child Protection, Gender-Based Violence (GBV), and livelihoods, primarily within humanitarian contexts with a NGO, Japanese Red Cross, IFRC, and UNICEF. In August 2021, she established the  Tsunagu Network a consulting firm in the Netherlands, with the aim of contributing to a better future for children, women, and their communities. 

Masumi has led and supported a wide range of GBV programmes, coordination mechanisms, advocacy initiatives, research, and capacity strengthening for national civil society organisations, governments, UN agencies, and policy development with governmental bodies. She is particularly recognised for her work on GBV risk mitigation across sectors and has conducted studies and supported the conceptualisation of new areas of work, such as GBV and public health emergencies, and the institutionalisation of GBV risk mitigation with UNICEF.

CHAIR
Michelle Godwin, Research Manager, ARC Centre of Excellence for the Elimination of Violence Against Women (CEVAW)

The public lecture is part of a series of activities that sits at the intersection of Humanitarian emergencies, protection, and displacement projects led by Professor Bina D’Costa and including ARC Future Fellowship (FT210100759) and CEVAW (CE230100004). This lecture is also proudly supported by the Myanmar Research Centre (MRC) at ANU. The views expressed in the lecture may not necessarily reflect those of the ARC, the ANU or the Australian government. 

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