Franziska Schwarz is Bond’s business and operations manager. Franziska works with CSOs, DFID and other stakeholders to secure sector-wide improvements in the quality and consistency of safeguarding in development and humanitarian aid. Franziska also supports the development and delivery of resources, tools and guidance materials, communications and services, which support CSOs to improve their safeguarding practice.
Before joining Bond she was senior coordinator at Local Trust and the programmes and partnerships manager at ALNAP (Active Learning Network for Accountability and Performance in Humanitarian Action). Prior to that Franziska worked in programme management and support roles at ODI and Amnesty International.
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NGOs have improved safeguarding, but the aid sector needs systemic change to be safer
Our recent safeguarding survey highlights NGOs’ progress and challenges in safeguarding, as well as what we still need for sector-wide transformation.
How do we build an aid worker register to prevent sexual abuse?
A worker registration scheme would help stop perpetrators of sexual exploitation and abuse moving around the aid sector, but could also fundamentally impact how organisations operate if not properly implemented.
5 takeaways from our Safeguarding for Development Conference
Over 200 members came together to address progress and challenges in safeguarding, from structures of power and context to changing organisational cultures.