Duty of Care: delusions and solutions
A new blog from by the Centre for Safety and Development explores Duty of Care and introduces the new Duty of Care Matrix by Coalition of Care.
3 May 2019 News
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Call for research proposals
GISF is seeking to hire a research consultant to carry out research for its forthcoming publication on Partnerships and Security Risk Management: from the local partner perspective.
15 Apr 2019 News
The Humanitarian Metadata Problem: “Doing no harm” in the Digital Era
New technologies continue to present great risks and opportunities for humanitarian action. To ensure that their use does not result in any harm, humanitarian organisations must develop and implement appropriate data protection standards, including robust risk assessments. However, this requires…
12 Apr 2019 Resource
Urban safety and security: Lessons from the last two decades and emergent issues
This report synthesises the conference Reviewing the State of Safety in World Cities: Safer Cities +20, held in Geneva from 6-8 July 2016. The United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat) established the Global Safer Cities Programme in 1996. Twenty years…
12 Apr 2019 Resource
Safeguarding Aid Workers
Considerable attention in the aid world and media is currently directed at the concept of safeguarding. Although the word has mostly been used in reference to the safeguarding of beneficiaries, in this article (2019), Megan Nobert explores the safeguarding of…
10 Apr 2019 Resource
New GISF Article: Safeguarding Aid Workers
New GISF article 'Safeguarding Aid Workers' published open-access.
10 Apr 2019 News
Responding to Sexual Assault Procedures
This guide (2019) aims to help Peace Corps staff to be prepared to respond effectively, compassionately, and in a trauma-informed way to Volunteers who have been the victim of sexual assault. This document focuses on the reporting of incidents and…
2 Apr 2019 Resource
Managing Sexual Violence Against Aid Workers: prevention, preparedness, response and aftercare
Aid agencies have a duty of care to respond to incidents of sexual violence against their staff. Sexual violence in all its forms violates human rights. Incidents of this kind are deeply distressing for the survivor, their family, their colleagues…
21 Mar 2019 Resource
Launch of new GISF guide on how to manage sexual violence against aid workers
GISF is proud to launch its new guide: Managing Sexual Violence against Aid Workers: prevention, preparedness, response and aftercare.
21 Mar 2019 News
Women responders: Placing local action at the centre of humanitarian protection programming
This global research report by Helen Lindley-Jones (2018) aims to answer a key question: How is the humanitarian protection sector ensuring the participation and leadership of women responders? The report provides a comprehensive review of collaboration between humanitarian actors and…
15 Mar 2019 Resource