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Protection from Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (PSEA)
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At Cox’s Bazar level, the Protection from Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (PSEA) network was established in November 2017 following the largest scale influx of Rohingya refugees in August 2017. The UN Resident Coordinator’s responsibility on PSEA in Cox’s Bazar is operationalized daily through the ISCG Principal Coordinator, and the PSEA Network Coordinator who is leading the efforts to eradicate SEA in the humanitarian response.
Total Members: 163 Members (50 INGOs, 12 LNGOs, 77 NNGOs, 13 UN entities, and 11 others)
Current Co-Chairs: UNICEF and Terre Des Hommes.
NGO Champions: ActionAid Bangladesh, Bangladesh Legal Aid & Services Trust (BLAST), BRAC, Community Development Center(CODEC), Danish Refugee Council, Gonoshasthaya Kendra, International Rescue Committee (IRC), Jago Nari Unnayon Sangstha, Mukti Cox’s Bazar, NGO Forum for Public Health, Norwegian Refugee Council-NRC, Plan International Bangladesh
In case if you have any concern or suspicions regarding sexual abuse or exploitation or you are a victim, please report that to: pseabangladesh@un.org
Members (PSEA Focal Points’ contact information)
Upcoming Events
- PSEA Network Monthly Meeting | 07 May 2025 (11:00 AM to 01:00 PM)
PSEA Network Newsletters
Photo Gallery
Latest Updates
- Update of the Global Evidence Review of SEAH in the Aid Sector| RSH| 2025
- Bangladesh Key Findings of Violence Against Women Survey 2024 | Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS) | February 2025
- WHO, #NoExcuse podcast, Episode 29: Exploiting trust: child sexual abuse in the aid sector | 03 April 2025 | audio (podcast)
- CHS Alliance SEAH Investigation Guide (Bengali Translated version)| 2025
- Putting Victims and Survivors First (New Toolkit Out Now) | CHS Alliance | 2024
- Cox’s Bazar PSEA Network’s Bangla Translation of IASC ‘Saying No to Sexual Misconduct’ Now Available on IASC Website (Click to Check)
- IASC Minimum Operating Standards (MOS-PSEA) | August 2024
- OVRA (Office of the Victims' Rights Advocate) Victims' Rights Statement (Bangla version)
Referral Pathway (Services)
Training Links
- Investigating Allegations of Sexual Exploitation and Abuse | Online Training (English Version), UN Partner Portal
- IASC Learning Package on Protection from Sexual Misconduct for UN partner organizations
- CHS Alliance Training
- RSH E-Learning: Safeguarding Matters
- Foundations of SEAH Investigations-Tier 1 (Free)
- Registration Link for the Investigator Qualification Training Scheme (IQTS) Tier 2
- Registration Link for the Investigator Qualification Training Scheme (IQTS) Tier 3
- Keeping Children Safe’s online course 'A Human Rights Based Approach to Child Safeguarding in Peacekeeping operations' (Free)
Strategy Documents
Technical Guidance
- Terms of Reference for PSEA Network Bangladesh | 2025
- Terms of Reference for Cluster/Sector PSEA Focal Point | 2025
- Terms of Reference for Cox's Bazar PSEA Focal Points| 2024
- Terms of Reference for Cox's Bazar PSEA Network Co-Chair| 2024
- Practical PSEA Toolkit for UN Senior Leaders in-Country | November 2024
- CHS Alliance SEAH Investigation Guide (Bengali Translated Version) | 2025
- Interim Guidance - Checklist for Integrating PSEA in Country Preparedness and Response to MPOX | November 2024
- OVRA (Office of the Victims' Rights Advocate) Victims’ Rights Statement (Bangla Version) | 2024
- SEXUAL EXPLOITATION, ABUSE AND HARASSMENT (SEAH) INVESTIGATION GUIDE | CHS Alliance | 2022
- IASC PSEAH Championship Priorities for 2024
- IASC Vision and Strategy: Protection from sexual exploitation and abuse and sexual harassment (PSEAH) 2022−2026
- Victims' Rights Statement| 2023
- IASC Definition & Principles of a Victim/Survivor Centered Approach| 2023
- IASC Guidance Note on Inter-Agency Sexual Exploitation and Abuse Referral Procedures | 2023
- PSEA Network Standard Operating Procedure for SEA Complaint Referral (English Version) | 2023
- PSEA Network Standard Operating Procedure for SEA Complaint Referral (Bangla Version) | 2023
- Gender Based Violence (GBV) and Child Protection (CP) Case Management Guideline, Cox's Bazar | 2022
- Technical Note on the Implementation of the UN Protocol on the Provision of Assistance to Victims of SEA (ENG) | 2021
- UN Implementing Partner PSEA Capacity Assessment Tool | 2020
- United Nations Protocol on The Provision of Assistance to Victims of Sexual Exploitation and Abuse | 2019
- September 2019 Revision: IASC Six Core Principles Relating to Sexual Exploitation and Abuse | 2019
- UN Protocol on Allegation of Sexual Exploitation and Abuse involving Implementing Partners | 2018
- Protection from Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (PSEA) - Statement from the UN Resident Coordinator in Bangladesh | 2017
- Special measures for protection from sexual exploitation and abuse: a new approach-Report of the Secretary-General| 2017
- Minimum Operating Standards - Protection from Sexual Exploitation and Abuse by own Personnel| 2012
- Secretary-General’s Bulletin - Special measures for protection from sexual exploitation and sexual abuse | 2003
Resources & Links
- mIASC Learning Package on Protection from Sexual Misconduct (Bangla version)
- mPSEA Network IEC Materials
- No Excuse Poster 2023 (English)
- No Excuse Poster 2023 (Bangla)
- No Excuse Card 2023 (English)
- No Excuse Card 2023 (Bangla)
- Razia's Story (PSEA animation video in Rohingya with English subtitles)
- Jaba's Story (PSEA animation video, in Rohingya with English subtitles)
- Shamim's Story (PSEA animation video, in Rohingya with English subtitles)
- mPSEA Training Materials (Field Staff & Beneficiaries)
- mPSEA Audio Training for Rohingya Volunteers
- mPSEA Audio Training for Rohingya Volunteers: English Scripts
- Key Messages for Humanitarian Workers and the Community People on Protection from Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (PSEA)
- PSEA Community Outreach and Communication Fund Deliverables Database | ICVA (Website)
- mPSEA AT THE FRONTLINE-Together We Say No-IEC Materials
- IASC PSEA Core Indicators Guidance Note 2nd Edition 2024
- Global PSEA Resources(Website)
- #NoExcuse podcast_WHO (Website)
- PSEA at the Frontline-TOGETHER WE SAY NO (Website)
- UN - Preventing Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (Website)
- United Nations| Preventing Sexual Exploitation and Abuse| Secretary-General's Reports
- UN|Victims' Rights First (Website)
- Office of the Victims' Rights Advocate-OVRA (Website)
- Data on Allegations: UN System-wide (Website)
- IASC PSEA page (Website)
- Region of Asia and the Pacific AAP & PSEA Working Group (Website)
- PSEA Network | Myanmar (Website)
- Safeguarding Resource & Support Hub-RSH (Website)
- CHS Alliance-PSEAH Page (Website)
- Misconduct Disclosure Scheme (Website)
- Translators without Borders (TWB)|Supporting the Rohingya response in Bangladesh (Website)
Assessments
- Assessment Report: Awareness of Reporting Mechanisms for Reporting General and Sensitive Issues in the Rohingya Camps (May 2023-June 2023)
- PSEA: Awareness of Reporting Mechanisms for Sensitive Issues in the Rohingya Camps (August 2022-September 2022)
- PSEA: Awareness of Reporting Mechanisms for Sensitive Issues in the Rohingya Camps (December 2021 - January 2022)
Meetings
Meeting Minutes
- PSEA Network Meeting Minutes (March 2025)
- PSEA Network Meeting Minutes (February 2025)
- PSEA Network Meeting Minutes (January 2025)
- PSEA Network Meeting Minutes (December 2024)
- PSEA Network Meeting Minutes (November 2024)
- PSEA Network Meeting Minutes (October 2024)
- PSEA Network Meeting Minutes (September 2024)
- PSEA Network Meeting Minutes (August 2024)
- PSEA Network Meeting Minutes (July 2024)
- PSEA Network Meeting Minutes (June 2024)
- PSEA Network Meeting Minutes (May 2024)
- PSEA Network Meeting Minutes (February 2024)
- PSEA Network Meeting Minutes (January 2024)
- PSEA Network Meeting Minutes (December 2023)
- PSEA Network Meeting Minutes (November 2023)
- PSEA Network Meeting Minutes (October 2023)
- PSEA Network Meeting Minutes (September 2023)
- PSEA Network Meeting Minutes (August 2023)
- PSEA Network Meeting Minutes (July 2023)
Contacts
Rajib Rahman
PSEA Network Coordinator (a.i.)
PSEA Network Associate
Inter Sector Coordination Group – Bangladesh (ISCG)
Email: rajib@iscgcxb.org
Richa Silvia Biswas
PSEA Network Co-chair
PSEA Manager
United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF)
Email: rbiswas@unicef.org
Mahiratul Jannat
PSEA Network Co-chair
Email: mahiratul.jannat@tdh.org