The study has conducted survey on experiences, practices and tools used by development partners in India and Myanmar on PSEAH (Protection from Sexual Exploitation, Abuse and Harassment). The key survey objectives are as follows:

  • Collect and review the ongoing PSEAH experiences and the practice of Non-Government Organizations (NGOs) in India and Myanmar. 
  • Analyse the existing practices to suggest action points for Japanese NGOs to introduce measures related to PSEAH as part of raising quality and accountability of projects.
  • Provide analysis of existing practices on training of PSEAH to management level and recipient community which Japan Quality and Accountability Network (JQAN) can use to develop training modules.

The assessment has taken India and Myanmar as its study area. Development sector partners (NGOs and UN agencies, INGO having branch and full-time staffs in India and Myanmar) are selected from those conducting humanitarian response in areas of technical chapters on WASH, Shelter, Nutrition and Health, or those engaged in development activities under sustainable development goals (SDGs) goals, mainly poverty reduction, education, health, and community development. These NGOs, INGOS, United Nations (UN) agencies are registered organizations and have certain scale, annual budget minimum 0.5 million US and have fulltime staff in the country of survey.