Pride Month 2022: how can we keep our LGBTQIA+ colleagues safe
Inclusivity
To mark this year’s pride month, GISF aimed to examine the specific risks faced by LGBTQIA+ colleagues in the humanitarian sector and how…
28 Jun 2022
Blog
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.
Quo Vadis: technologies and Innovations in Humanitarian SRM – reflections on GISF’s Spring Forum
Technology
Keeping up with the technological innovations and new services in the humanitarian security risk management (SRM) sector has been identified as a key…
31 May 2022
The Big Picture: geopolitical trends driving humanitarian security challenges (Part 2)
NGO Security Management
Humanitarian space is constantly being negotiated, and today's security managers are having to make ethical considerations as they work to keep aid workers safe. In part two of this blog series, based on Hugo Slim's keynote speech at the 2021 HNPW session: 'SRM in the Changing Global and Humanitarian Context', Slim explores the evolution of the humanitarian footprint, and the ethics of security risk management.
17 May 2022
The Big Picture: geopolitical trends driving humanitarian security challenges (Part 1)
NGO Security Management
When we’re speaking about humanitarian security risk management, we’re talking about keeping people safe when they’re engaged in humanitarian action around the world. It’s…
3 May 2022
Storytelling for Learning: using engaging, ethical Stories for effective security training
Inclusivity, Technology, Training
Security training over the past 20+ years has mostly followed linear teaching methods that rely on the provision of information and/or technical tools as…
19 Apr 2022
Faith-Based Organisations and Security: building acceptance for security risk management
Acceptance, NGO Security Management
Context and complexity: Key findings Our study examined current issues, trends, questions, positive and negative impacts, and challenges raised in…
5 Apr 2022
The Afghanistan Crisis of 2021: a Black Swan?
Humanitarian Programmatic Issues, NGO Security Management
When the Taliban ramped up their offensive in May 2021, there were few indicators that it would lead to an immediate collapse of the…
23 Mar 2022
International Women’s Day 2022: ‘breaking the bias’ in humanitarian security risk management
Gender, Inclusivity, NGO Security Management, Duty of Care
This year’s International Women’s Day seeks to ‘break the bias’, moving past biases and stereotypes to create a world that recognises, involves and enables women…
8 Mar 2022
Trends from GISF’s COVID-19 Benchmarking Survey: vaccine inequality and mandatory vaccinations
NGO Security Management, Policy Guidance, Covid-19
Humanitarian programmes have been forced to slow down and adjust to staff and resource shortages while adhering to COVID-19 guidelines. Balancing Duty of Care…
16 Feb 2022
Security, Resilience, and the Humanitarian Sector
Training, Wellbeing
What is resilience? Resilience is a term that is increasingly used in the humanitarian sector, whether in relation to security risk management (SRM), staff well-being…
26 Jan 2022