When a person is affected by displacement, their gender, age, race, ethnicity, socioeconomic and legal status, sexual orientation, religion, disability, neurodivergence and other characteristics can greatly shape their needs and capacities as well as the risks they are exposed to. Preexisting inequalities and structural disadvantages are frequently amplified during humanitarian crises. Conversely, crises can also provide opportunities for positive change, empowerment and greater equality.
- We ensure that gender and diversity are reflected in our teams and integrated across all our interventions, which improves the quality and effectiveness of our humanitarian services.
- We take steps to make sure that those most in need are not excluded from our programmes, tailoring our responses to meet different needs and priorities.
Promoting safety, dignity and inclusion mitigates the risk of causing unintended harm and helps protect individuals, particularly girls and women. It enables us to better engage and serve the communities we work with. This goes hand in hand with ensuring that our workforce and workplace culture reflect the gender and diversity of the populations we work with. Considering gender and diversity is therefore not only the right thing to do, but the effective thing to do.
This policy sets out NRC’s commitment to promote inclusion and gender equality into every aspect of our work.
