Ethiopia Protection Cluster Strategy 2026-2028

The mission of the Ethiopia National Protection Cluster and its Technical Working Groups (TWGs) is to reinforce a protective environment in Ethiopia, ensuring the safeguarding of people, respect of their rights, and the finding of solutions in accordance with international law. We aim to guarantee a well-coordinated, effective, and principled approach to protection preparedness and response, with protection as the centre of in all humanitarian action and acknowledged as essential in the nexus of development and peace.

This strategy encompasses and is informed by the work and the strategic directions of Child Protection, Gender-Based Violence, Mine Action, and Housing, Land and Property. The strategy forms the basis of the Cluster’s coordinated response to the complex protection crisis in Ethiopia. It provides direction to the membership of the Protection Cluster and the wider humanitarian community.