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Protection considerations for integrated settlement responses

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Key points
  • Only settle PoCs in safe and secure locations.
  • Work with multi-functional teams, consult members of communities, especially women and girls, and ensure their active participation in decisions that concern them.
  • Comply with local building code and safety standards. Consult members of the community, especially women and girls, on locks, lights and gender segregation.
  • Mitigate GBV risks and promote child protection from the start of an emergency; monitor these issues through all phases of programming.
  • Prevent or mitigate negative environmental impacts, which significantly increase the vulnerability of PoCs.

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