sightsavers
“Working with Jess has given us real confidence that we’re following proper consent procedures in all the many multitudes of situations we come across during content collection activity. We’ve now got a clear direction on when we do and don’t need to collect evidence of consent, and who can give permission on behalf of children or groups. It’s been invaluable from both a legal and ethical standpoint.”
As an expert in the area of consent from both a legal and an ethical standpoint, Sightsavers asked for help reviewing and creating a consent process for their overseas content gathering.
My approach is to review existing work, and then gather input from across the various teams involved in gathering consent, most importantly the communications and programmatic areas of the organisation. With that information I was able to create a process and the accompanying forms and field guidance to help Sightsavers be legally compliant, as well as ethically contributor focused.