HLP: Improving participation and protection of displaced women and girls through camp management practices 2020

Context
This report provides recommendations for scaling the inclusion of women in coordinating humanitarian responses in the context of camps, informal sites, and urban out-of-camp neighborhoods. The intended audience is the CCCM sector at large, and the recommendations provided can be used to improve women’s involvement in addressing HLP and tenure security issues. The research was conducted in the following locations, Kabul, Afghanistan, Herat, Afghanistan, Ramadi, Iraq, Kakuma, Kenya, and Nyarugusu, Tanzania, provides urban informal settlements, peri-urban formal and informal sites, out-of-camp urban neighborhoods, urban informal settlements, formal camps, and formal settlement contexts. 

Summary
The research questions the report aims to answer are particularly relevant to the topic of CCCM actors improving women’s role in HLP:

1. What practical steps can be taken by CM actors to enhance displaced women’s participation in coordination structures, and influence (especially with regard to protection) through participation and coordination?
2. How does women’s role in coordination differ according to the displacement context (formal, informal, and out-of-camp)? 

The report provides a detailed overview of women’s role in coordination, outlining the following key areas where women contribute to CCCM and how they contribute:

• Coordination Meetings and Interaction with Stakeholders;
• Reporting and Information Management;
• Referrals and Service Mapping;
• Assessments and Monitoring

A comprehensive overview of the barriers and enablers to women’s roles in coordination is provided with practical examples from the context countries. One key enabler that CCCM practitioners can support is formalizing and promoting women’s role in coordination. An example of formalizing women’s coordination roles is provided from Nyarugusu and Kenya’s Kakuma and Kalobeyei sites is provided. Another key enabler is a receptive humanitarian responsive to women in leadership coordination roles. An example of a supportive humanitarian response from NRC in Iraq is provided.

Chapter 7 outlines methods for camp management agencies to enhance women’s role in coordination. The methods particularly relevant to CCCM and HLP include: 

• Establishing, formalizing, and promoting coordination and management structures that include women;
• Providing a physical space for coordination;
• Create networks, and consider the establishment of a Women’s Coordination Network;
• Ensure adequate female representation among Camp Management agency staff;