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This Sexual Abuse and Sexual Violence Awareness week, we’re highlighting how intersecting personal characteristics can affect an aid worker’s vulnerability to sexual violence. Our Managing Sexual…
When I worked on humanitarian and development programmes, I was acutely aware of two things: that most of us were perfectionists, and that…
The GISF Snapshot Annual Report January – December 2022 features some of GISF’s highlights of 2022 and serves to inform members, donors and stakeholders of the impact GISF has had on NGO security management during the reporting period. This is…
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,…
The Current State of Practice, the Pathway Forward Unfortunately, the answer to the above question is that HNS…
Project Soteria is bringing law enforcement and the aid sector together to: Prevent sexual offenders from using their positions to access and offend against children and vulnerable adults; and Strengthen the capacity of law enforcement to investigate, prosecute and arrest…
Module A7: December 2022: COVID-19 – Where are we now? The pandemic has impacted not only the security risks that NGOs may face but also the way risk treatment measures are developed, implemented and communicated to staff. As we got…
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…
Global humanitarian needs are at their highest level since World War II. Today, more than 300 million people need assistance. The number…
This paper by Hugo Slim explores how resistance humanitarianism can contribute to efforts to tackle humanitarian crises. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the return of military dictatorship in Myanmar have reminded the world of the importance of humanitarian resistance. In…