With regular contributions from the GISF Secretariat and guest experts, the GISF Blog explores a range of topical, contextual and theoretical developments affecting the practice of humanitarian SRM.
Hi, I’m Pablo, an intern at the Global Interagency Security Forum. I’m currently studying for a master’s in Peace and Conflict Studies at Uppsala University,…
My name is Awil Bihi, a security management professional with over 18 years of experience in humanitarian security, access, and operational risk. As Risk and…
As headline sponsor of the GISF Global Security Conference 2026, ILS was proud to join humanitarian organisations, donors, UN agencies, and security…
Following GISF’s Global Security Conference last month, we spoke to a representative from the Venezuelan human rights organisation Center for Human Rights Defenders and Justice.
As humanitarian organisations face increasingly complex threats and shrinking operating environments, collective approaches to security have become more essential than ever. Ahead of GISF’s…
The risk environment for lawyers and human rights defenders in 2026 In mid-February it emerged that Alexi Navalny, the late Russian opposition leader, had been…
Disruption continues to reshape the aid sector in ways that challenge even the most experienced humanitarian leaders. Trust in international organisations is under strain, donor…
Insights from Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger Insecurity Insight’s new report, The Humanitarian Space on Social Media: Learning from Social…
Recent commitments from the UK and a group of UN member states on aid worker safety raise questions about what this means for our sector,…
In social meetings of humanitarians, there’s usually a moment when the group starts swapping stories about safety/security staff from the past. Vignettes…