Inclusive Security Management in Humanitarian Action

The main course objective is to provide a basic understanding of the significance of gender in security management and the negative consequences for everyone’s safety and security when gender is not considered.

Through interactive learning methods and practical case studies, humanitarian professionals and security managers will examine essential gender concepts, and how gender impacts different aspects of security management, from risk analyses and security policies to incident reporting mechanisms. The course will further delve into how gender and other intersectional considerations are integral to security management, for both individual and organisational security, particularly in fragile deployment environments. Then it will explore how gender can (and should) be mainstreamed into organisations’ security planning. Further, the course will look at how inclusive organisational cultures promote safety and security for all, incl. through safe incident reporting mechanisms and stress and trauma-informed team dynamics.

The course would be conducted online on two half days (with a break in between as reflection time).