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This study’s goal is to contribute knowledge to the prevention of and response to sexual harassment and assault against aid workers, a topic that is under-researched and under-reported. This is one of the first scholarly, in-depth studies of sexual harassment…
This study by Ashley Jackson and Steven A. Zyck (commissioned by OCHA, the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC), and the Jindal School of International Affairs (JSIA), identifies a series of findings related to the overarching issue of whether humanitarian actors have…
This paper by Pete Buth (Médecins sans frontières, 2017), drawing partly on some of the findings of the study, attempts to offer a reflection on the subject of risk acceptance, and some of the underlying factors that –apart from the…
This paper examines how the production of images and statistics and the normalising of security management, and argues that these appear to have contributed towards rehabilitating the idea of acceptable humanitarian sacrifice.
This report (2017) is the impact assessment for the first year of the Mission Ready: Field Security Management online learning course, which launched in October 2015.
The Voluntary Guidelines on the Duty of Care to Seconded Civilian Personnel (2017) harmonise an understanding of the implementation of duty of care. They are designed to serve as a basis for clarification and exchange between seconding and receiving organisations…
GISF and DisasterReady have partnered to launch three GISF guides on DisasterReady's learning platform, which provide an overview of the key elements of NGO security risk management from headquarters to field level.
This guide (2017) aims to be a simple, easy-to-use security resource to help smaller NGOs demystify security risk management. By setting out the elements of a basic security risk management framework, this guide aims to support NGOs in translating their…
GISF is very pleased to announce the publication of our newest guide: 'Security Risk Management: a basic guide for smaller NGOs'
GISF is currently conducting research into how NGOs should manage the security of staff with diverse profiles, balancing staff security while still respecting their employees’ rights to privacy, equality and inclusion. Please take the survey to inform the research!