Safeguarding Incident Reporting

Bangladesh Business and Disability Network (BBDN) has always considered the safety of its stakeholders (partners/downstream organizations) as well as the safety of BBDN’s representatives, are defined as trustees, employees (permanent or temporary), consultants, volunteers who work directly for BBDN and donors travelling on BBDN’s business as a matter of utmost importance and urgency.

Scope of BBDN Safeguarding Policy:

  • Protect all its employees and beneficiaries against abuse, that is, against sexual harassment, child and adolescent abuse, intimidation and violence, bullying, humiliation and discrimination, neglect and exploitation.
  • Six different categories of people that are more at risk than others and therefore deserve extra efforts to protect them. These six categories are: children, adolescents, people with disabilities women among the beneficiaries; adults with special needs and women among the employees.
  • BBDN acknowledges that its safeguarding responsibilities do not end within its own organizational boundaries. It will continue to seek a dialogue with members, partners, suppliers and client organizations about safeguarding. It will include conditions regarding safeguarding in the contractual relations it enters into.
  • BBDN will also continue to reach out into the communities it serves and the societies where it works to fight sexual harassment, intimidation and violence, bullying, humiliation and discrimination, neglect and exploitation.

In order to report any incident which can be brought under Safeguarding issue needs to be raised, please click the here to download the Safeguarding Incident Reporting Form. Detail Instructions for communication have been clearly mentioned there.

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