What are humanitarian access impediments? Humanitarian access impediments are any obstacles or restrictions that hinder the ability of humanitarian agencies to provide assistance or prevent crisis-affected populations from accessing services and protection. Access constraints can…
This year, International Women’s Day is campaigning for people everywhere to ‘embrace equity’. We spoke to some of our members and other humanitarians about what equitable security risk management (SRM) looks like, and why it is essential to enable safe,…
The threats facing the humanitarian and development sector For organisations working in fragile or conflict states, the risks from cyber-attacks are even more acute and consequential. A pattern of attacks suggests growing evidence of authoritarian governments…
In this blog, NetHope's James Eaton-Lee explores the digital risks that NGOs responding in the context need to be aware of, and how they can manage these risks for reliable and safe connectivity and information sharing.
When I worked on humanitarian and development programmes, I was acutely aware of two things: that most of us were perfectionists, and that most of us were very good at suppressing or overriding our emotional struggles to get…
The interesting basis for this query is how, at relatively the same time, numerous organisations have concluded that security risk management (SRM) needs attention. Certainly, current world events, prolonged conflicts in Mozambique, Yemen or the Central African Republic, or the…
The Current State of Practice, the Pathway Forward Unfortunately, the answer to the above question is that HNS is exceptionally complex, unleashing a pandora’s box of vexing challenges and dilemmas. Yet, a widespread…
We recently spoke with Prospery Raymond, the country representative for several NGOs operating in Haiti, who shared insights on the current operating environment. Q: How have challenges in Haiti impacted your ability to operate? Prospery: Firstly,…
The opinions expressed here are the author’s own and do not reflect the views of the International Rescue Committee. For over a decade, the International Rescue Committee (IRC) has released its annual Emergency Watchlist. The Watchlist is about risk and…
Global humanitarian needs are at their highest level since World War II. Today, more than 300 million people need assistance. The number of countries affected by conflict has doubled in the last decade while the current…