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Protection from Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (PSEA)
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Established in November 2017 following the Rohingya refugee influx, the Cox’s Bazar PSEA Network supports coordinated PSEA efforts under the leadership of the UN Resident Coordinator, through the Rohingya Coordination Platform (RCP) and the PSEA Network Coordinator.
Total Members: 144 Members (47 INGOs, 09 LNGOs, 63 NNGOs, 13 UN entities, and 12 others)
Current Co-Chairs: WHO and ActionAid Bangladesh.
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: [email protected]
Members
Upcoming Events
- Network Monthly Coordination Meeting| 13 May 2026 (11:00 AM to 12:30 PM) | Online
- PSEA Training for Rohingya Volunteers| Ongoing (expected to be completed by 15 May 2026)
- Training on Victim Assistance Protocol| TBC
Latest Updates
Referral Pathway (Services)
Training Links
- Investigating Allegations of Sexual Exploitation and Abuse | Online Training (English Version), UN Partner Portal
- Managing sexual exploitation and abuse investigations | Online Training (English Version), Interaction (Free)
- 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
- RSH E-Learning: Safeguarding Matters
- CHS Alliance Training
- IASC Learning Package on Protection from Sexual Misconduct for UN partner organizations
- Keeping Children Safe’s online course 'A Human Rights Based Approach to Child Safeguarding in Peacekeeping operations' (Free)
Photo Gallery
PSEA Network Newsletters
Strategy Documents
Technical Guidance
- Terms of Reference for PSEA Network Bangladesh | 2025
- Standard Operating Procedure for SEA Complaint Referral in Bangladesh| 2026
- Terms of Reference for PSEA Focal Points| 2026
- Terms of Reference for Cluster/Sector PSEA Focal Point | 2025
- Terms of Reference for Cox's Bazar PSEA Network Co-Chair| 2024
- INVESTIGATORS’ MANUAL A VICTIM-CENTRED APPROACH TO INVESTIGATION OF SEXUAL EXPLOITATION AND ABUSE COMPLAINTS (IASC)| February 2025
- Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (SEA) Risk Mapping & Mitigation Package for Clusters (IASC) | November 2025
- IASC Minimum Operating Standards - Protection from Sexual Exploitation and Abuse by own Personnel | August 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
- 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
- mTogether We Say No, 2.0 | 2025 (IEC Materials for Community People)
- No Excuse Poster 2026 (English)
- No Excuse Poster 2026 (Burmese)
- No Excuse Poster 2026 (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 Training Materials (Rohingya Volunteers)
- mPSEA Audio Training for Rohingya Volunteers
- mPSEA Audio Training for Rohingya Volunteers: English Scripts
- mCox’s Bazar PSEA Network’s Bangla Translation of IASC ‘Saying No to Sexual Misconduct’ Now Available on IASC Website (Click to Check)
- mSAFE WORK RULES FOR DAY LABOURERS | 2025
- OVRA (Office of the Victims' Rights Advocate) Victims' Rights Statement (Bangla version)
- Key Messages for Humanitarian Workers and the Community People on Protection from Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (PSEA)
- Resource library to support the operationalisation of the UN Protocol on SEA involving Implementing Partners | UN Partner Portal (Website)
- 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
- BANGLADESH SEXUAL EXPLOITATION AND ABUSE (SEA) RISK ASSESSMENT REPORT | 2025
- Cox's Bazar: 2024 Inter-Sector Needs Assessment (ISNA) Full Report
- 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
- No Regular Meeting – 'Webinar on Standard Operating Procedures for SEA Complaint Referral in Bangladesh" Conducted (March 2026)
- PSEA Network Meeting Minutes (February 2026)
- PSEA Network Meeting Minutes (January 2026)
- PSEA Network Meeting Minutes (December 2025)
- No Regular Meeting – 'PSEAH Country Action Plan 2026' Workshop Conducted (November 2025)
- PSEA Network Meeting Minutes (October 2025)
- PSEA Network Meeting Minutes (September 2025)
- No Regular Meeting – PSEA Strategy Workshop Conducted (August 2025)
- PSEA Network Meeting Minutes (July 2025)
- PSEA Network Meeting Minutes (June 2025)
- PSEA Network Meeting Minutes (May 2025)
- PSEA Network Meeting Minutes (April 2025)
- 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)
- No Regular Meetings – PSEA Workshop and ToT Conducted (March & April 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.)
Rohingya Coordination Platform (RCP)
Email:[email protected]
Pudentienne MUSABYIMANA
PSEA Network Co-chair
PRS Coordiantor
World Health Organization Country Office for Bangladesh
Email: [email protected]
Farin Khan
PSEA Network Co-chair
ActionAid Bangladesh
Email: [email protected]