In 2022, the Global Protection Cluster (GPC) has undertaken a focused effort to better understand how access constraints globally are impacting protection action specifically and what can be done to address these challenges. Based on a series of consultations, events, and reflections throughout the year, the GPC has developed two priority areas for change, reflecting the opportunity to further ensure that humanitarian access is centered around protection objectives - Priority 1: Protection as a Collective Objective and Outcome of Access Efforts - Negotiating with Duty Bearers, and Protection at the Core of Access Mechanisms; and Priority 2: Sustainable and Quality Access for Protection -  Communities’ Capacities with Strong Backing, and Evidence-based, Robust Advocacy. Each of the two priorities represents an aspect through which the GPC, together with Protection Clusters and other stakeholders – including Humanitarian Country Teams and Access Working Groups – can help ‘move the needle’ on the kind of sustained, quality access that is critical for protection. They complement and align with existing initiatives, bringing forward the overarching objective of protection that all humanitarians share.