A feminist approach to safe spaces for women and girls in humanitarian response

This is an analysis of safe spaces for women and girls within the context of humanitarian emergency response, showing why they’re important and demonstrating how they can achieve transformative change. We outline ActionAid’s women-led approach to safe spaces, how to establish them, and how to manage the risks involved, with case studies from Haiti after Hurricane Matthew, Cox’s Bazar in Bangladesh with Rohingya women and girls, and Syrian refugees in Jordan and Lebanon.