Protection Field Coordination Toolkit - Chapter 9: Advocacy and Communication

Chapter 9: Advocacy and Communication

This chapter is part of the GPC Protection Field Coordination Toolkit. The Toolkit can be used by all Protection Clusters and cluster-like mechanisms – such as Protection Sectors and Protection Working Groups – working within the cluster system framework. This guidance is also available to partners and other organisations who want to understand the principles and practices of protection coordination.

Overview Chapter 9

Advocacy and communication are integral to addressing protection violations, mobilizing resources, and ensuring accountability. Effective advocacy and communication amplify the voices of affected populations and enable stakeholders to prioritize and address critical protection issues.

This chapter contains:

• Developing collective advocacy strategies and action plans.
• Delivering protection briefings to ICCG/HCT and other key stakeholders.
• Engaging and building relationships with donors to support resource mobilization and advocacy efforts.
• Leveraging human rights mechanisms and procedures for advocacy.
• Creating communication products and engaging with media effectively.

Toolkit Chapters:

• Ch.1: Humanitarian Coordination Overview 
• Ch.2: Humanitarian Programme Cycle  
• Ch.3: Internal Displacement 
• Ch.4: Protection in Armed Conflict 
• Ch.5: Centrality of Protection 
• Ch.6: Climate, Disaster, and Sudden Onset Emergencies 
• Ch.7: Durable Solutions 
• Ch.8: Cluster Transition, Deactivation and Reform 
• Ch.9: Advocacy and Communication 
• Ch.10: Data Responsibility and Safe Information Management 
• Ch.11: Cross-Cutting Issues (AGD, MPHSS, AAP, PSEA, Protection Mainstreaming) 
• Ch.12: Understanding Programmatic Approaches and Interventions