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.
I recently read an article about the Antarctic explorer Ernest Shackleton in which the authors referred to ‘the brilliant success of failure’. Captain Shackleton and…
In 2018, GISF published a report called Managing the Security of Aid Workers with Diverse Profiles. This research demonstrated how specific profiles affect the…
A few months after the realisation of the first hybrid GISF Forum, Laura Van de Vloet, Project and Membership Officer at GISF shares her reflections on the three days event and how GISF is adapting to the pandemic.
Online courses rapidly show their limits when it comes to teaching hostile environment awareness training (HEAT). In this blog, Michelle Newton, from Clarity Security Training, shares Clarity’s experience of developing a live training in the midst of a pandemic and Megan Hooson, a new starter at GISF, shares her experiences attending it.
Given that the need is greatest in more insecure and fragile areas, it follows that training in personal security is critical to keep staff safe,…
A crisis can be defined in many ways: ‘an emotionally significant event or radical change of status in a person’s life,’ ‘an unstable or…
The security professionals we work with at GISF come in all shapes and sizes, each with their own unique perspectives and experiences. These different viewpoints help us to ensure that security risk management is effective for all staff, whatever their personal profile. Here, on World Humanitarian Day, we share a few of their stories and why the work they do is important to them.
The changing contextual dynamics also include COVID-19’s impact on humanitarian security risk management. Broader security risk management, which also focuses on community acceptance, should too…
While COVID-19’s reach may be practically universal, its impact is far from it. Even before considering the secondary risks associated with the pandemic, the health…
COVID-19 has shifted the important work carried out by health professionals to the forefront of all of our minds. Yet, despite the applause these workers often receive, they remain exposed to many risks. For this instalment of the GISF Blog, we interviewed Christina Wille, Director of Insecurity Insight.