GPC Key Messages, Protection Crisis in Central Sahel, October 2020

Topline Recommendations for G12+ donors following the Global Protection Cluster Briefing on the Protection Crisis in Central Sahel Briefing date were published on Wednesday 7th October 2020. 

  1. The impact of the militarised approach to the crisis on the protection environment
  2. Despite recognition as a protection crisis, protection is under-funded and under prioritised.
  3. Grave violations have been recorded throughout the region, including the recruitment of children and sexual violence, used in the context of conflict and violence.