Honouring excellence: SRM professionals on the ground In high-risk environments, frontline security risk management (SRM) professionals play a key role in safeguarding humanitarian workers and the communities they serve.
A Strategic Shift: the new SRM guide Humanitarian security risk management (SRM) has made significant progress over the last 20 years. In the past, SRM efforts often relied on ad hoc field arrangements and questionable practices. Today,…
More than just armoured cars When I joined GISF earlier this year as Admin & Projects Officer, my view of ‘security risk management’ (SRM) was much like the average layperson’s. The term conjured up images of bulletproof vehicles, armed guards…
Neutrality is one of the four humanitarian principles. It states that humanitarian action must not favour any side in an armed conflict or other dispute. Despite being a central component of humanitarianism, the concept of neutrality is…
In short: Last month, the UN General Assembly discussed several critical issues. At the forefront was the protection of aid workers, a topic that has garnered wide attention from Member States. UN…
Unique cyber risks for NGOs In an increasingly volatile and digitised world, managing cyber risk has never been more important. Nowhere is this more apparent than in the NGO sector, where the risk calculus is…
Today’s context of heightened risk Earlier this year, GISF published its State of Practice report, reflecting on the changes that have occurred in humanitarian security risk management over recent years and decades. This was…
No safety net for aid workers Aid workers on the frontlines of humanitarian action put themselves at risk every day. Some may be in conflict settings, where fighting puts them in danger of injury or death. Some may operate in…
GISF at the fourth Annual United Nations Security Symposium Last month, I had the pleasure of being invited to speak at the United Nations Security Symposium in Geneva. A key event in the global security calendar, it…
The power of community There is no other area of work quite like humanitarianism. Professionals in the sector cover every part of the globe. Their skill sets vary widely – from legal, financial and marketing professionals…