Protection Cluster
Featured Documents
- Protection Cluster Monthly Report_September 2019
- Ethiopia: Protection Strategy 2016 - 2019
- EHCT Protection Strategy_01 Aug 2019-Dec 2020 - Final Endorsed
- Somali Region Protection Cluster_Strategy_2018-2020
- EHCT Guidelines on Targeting in Displacement Areas - March 2019
- Ethiopia- Immediate Humanitarian Funding Priorities - 1April-30June2019
- Protection Cluster Operational Guidance_IDP Returns and Response - 04 June 2019
- Common Guidance for Ethiopia HCT Engagement on Aid Delivery - April 2019
- HLP Work Plan for Ethiopia - 2019 - Endorsed
- Protection Cluster Advocacy Messages on Gender Based Violence
- Position Paper - Returns of Internally Displaced Persons in Ethiopia - 25 MAR 2019
Other Key Documents
- Joint UN Protection Monitoring Report_West Guji - July 2019
- Joint UN IDP Protection Monitoring Report West Gugi - June 2019
- SMS Operational Dashboard - East Harerge - June 2019
- Joint UN IDP Protection Monitoring Dashboard - West Guji - Jan-Mar 2019
- Protection Cluster Monthly Report_July 2019
- Women’s Land Rights and Tenure Security in the Context of the SDGs
- Protection Cluster Key Messages July 2019
- Protection Cluster Monthly Report_June 2019
- Protection Cluster Monthly Report_May 2019
- Interagency Rapid Protection Assessment_Gondar Amhara Region_11-14 March 2019
Welcome to the Ethiopia Protection Cluster Webpage
The Ethiopia Protection Cluster has been active since 2008 following the global roll out of the cluster approach. In 2016, for the first time, a protection component was included in the Ethiopia Humanitarian Requirements Document (HRD). In 2019, for the first time, a Humanitarian Needs Overview (HNO) was prepared which cited 3.19 million Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs).
Key protection concerns faced by Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) and other affected populations in Ethiopia include sexual and gender based violence, physical violence, child marriage, family separation (including unaccompanied and separated children), psycho-social distress and trauma, persons with specific needs not receiving or being able to access life-saving services, persons without adequate shelter and living in collective sites, persons missing documentation and having no legal redress for lost property, livelihood or human rights violations.
The Ethiopia Protection Cluster (EPC) includes the Child-Protection (CP) and Gender-Based Violence (GBV) Areas of Responsibility (CP/GBV AoR), co-led by UNICEF, UNFPA and the Ministry of Women and Children Affairs (MoWCA); the Housing, Land and Property Working Group (HLP WG), co-led by UNHCR and NRC, and the Site Management Support Working Group (SMS WG), co-led by UNHCR and IOM.
The Protection Cluster membership includes Government Institutions, UN agencies, donors, national and international NGOs.
The Protection Cluster meetings are held twice per month on Thursday.
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Protection Cluster Meeting Minutes
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