Field Operation

Venezuela

The Protection Cluster is a broad-based participatory forum of protection partners which brings together United Nations agencies, human rights and development organisations and actors, as well as local and international non-governmental organisations. The Protection Cluster is led by UNHCR.

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Venezuela

Protection Issues

  • Gender-based violence
  • Psychological/emotional abuse or inflicted distress
  • Trafficking in persons, forced labour or slavery-like practices
  • Abduction, kidnapping, enforced disappearance, arbitrary or unlawful arrest and/or detention
  • Attacks on civilians and other unlawful killings, and attacks on civilian objects
  • Child and forced family separation
  • Child, early or forced marriage
  • Disinformation and denial of access to information
  • Forced recruitment and association of children in armed forces and groups
  • Impediments and/or restrictions to access to legal identity, remedies and justice
  • Discrimination and stigmatization, denial of resources, opportunities, services and/or humanitarian access
  • Presence of Mine and other explosive ordnance
  • Theft, extortion, forced eviction or destruction of personal property
  • Torture or cruel, inhuman, degrading treatment or punishment
  • Unlawful impediments or restrictions to freedom of movement, siege and forced displacement
Latest Update: Wed, 06/28/2023 - 18:24
4.28M
People in Need 2022
4.75M
People Targeted 2022
79.10M
Funding Requirements (US$)
0.00M
Funded 2022
Venezuela

Cluster Operation

The Protection Cluster in Venezuela was activated to ensure the coordination of protection interventions in emergencies and to respond to the protection needs of persons affected by conflict and disasters. It is composed of the Gender-Based Violence (GBV) Area of Responsibility (AoR), and the Child Protection (CP) Area of Responsibility (AoR). The Protection Cluster is led by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). 

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Latest Video

Sobre el vídeo: accede a la información completa en la cuenta de @acnurvenezuela

El Clúster de Protección, liderado por ACNUR, apoya a organizaciones que ayudan a cambiar vidas en Venezuela.

@fundacionhabiles es una de las más de 145 organizaciones socias del Clúster de Protección en Venezuela.

Desde 2015, esta organización se ha dedicado a brindar atención a personas con discapacidad intelectual y física en la comunidad de La Pastora, Caracas, donde ha logrado mejorar la calidad de vida de más de 1,100 personas.

Conoces más acerca de su trabajo en este video.

#ACNUResProtección

Créditos vídeo: ACNUR / Claudia Uribe (2022)

 

Activity monitoring dashboard, with activities from partners through the end of October. You may apply filters as needed and select multiple with "Ctrl" key. Not selecting any filters will result in all selected by default.

 

Protection service mapping, produced by the Protection Cluster and the two AoRs. You may access the tool separately using this page: https://bit.ly/ClusterProteccion_mapeoservicios.

 

Protection Cluster Team

Alice Contini

Protection Cluster Coordinator
UNHCR
Mail: continia@unhcr.org

Adriana Ramirez

Assistant Information Management Officer
UNHCR
Mail: ramiread@unhcr.org

Patricia Bosco

Protection Associate
UNHCR
Mail: boscoleo@unhcr.org

Norma Ferrer

Counter-Trafficking Consultant
IOM
Mail: noferrer@iom.int

Kimberly Sarkis

Protection Assistant
UNHCR
Mail: sarkisne@unhcr.org

Subnational Protection Cluster Team

Yasmin Lapeira

Subnational Coordinator (Maracaibo)
UNHCR
Mail: lapeirad@unhcr.org

Dailyn Moreno

Subnational Coordinator (Ciudad Guayana)
UNHCR
Mail: morenosi@unhcr.org

Nathalia Rivas

Subnational Coordinator (San Cristóbal)
UNHCR
Mail: rivas@unhcr.org

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