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Mark Lowcock, the U.N. Under-Secretary General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, speaks on the global humanitarian system at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington, D.C.
This study used thematic analysis to examine aid workers’ views on three research questions: their most common stressors, effective coping strategies and ineffective coping strategies. The study (2018) involved a wide range of aid workers (N = 218) living in…
“Suddenly, talk of ‘safeguarding’ and a sector-wide ‘safeguarding crisis’ seems to be everywhere. Grappling with the scope and content of ‘safeguarding’ as a parameter of humanitarian practice, this commentary asks questions about the framing of safeguarding as a buzzword: about…
Surge capacity is defined as the ability to scale-up (and down) resources smoothly and quickly, including getting the right people to the right places doing the right things in the shortest amount of time possible. The majority of humanitarian responses…
Developed by WHO and ICRC, in collaboration with the International Federation for Emergency Medicine, Basic Emergency Care (BEC): Approach to the acutely ill and injured is an open-access 2018 training course for frontline healthcare providers who manage acute illness and injury with…
This pilot study (2019) is one of the first to examine how competency-based eLearning training programs impact humanitarian work. Not only ‘how’ these have an impact, but specifically in ‘what ways’ the transfer of learning from these training program experiences…
This report covers global kidnapping trends and incidents for the months of November and December 2018, as well as January 2019. The report also includes a global overview of piracy threat and of cyber security threat, as well as a…
This document (2019) describes a kidnapping incident involving an Italian construction company in Libya, which was brought to court in 2015, and outlines the lessons learned from the case for travel security management.
The Tough Stuff (2018) is a series of guidance notes put out by CARE Canada’s Safety and Security Unit that addresses some of the uncomfortable and important safety and security issues facing our staff. This document covers both organisational measures…
The Tough Stuff (2016) is a series of guidance notes put out by CARE Canada’s Safety and Security Unit that addresses some of the uncomfortable and important safety and security issues facing our staff. This document offers guidance on how…