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This brief highlights viral allegations – viewed by at least 144,000 social media users – claiming that the UN is part of an operation to hand over Syrian dissidents and refugees to the regime in Damascus. A review of the…
This research brief explores the social media sentiments expressed regarding local and international organisations responding to the earthquakes in Türkiye and Syria earlier this year, and the implications for aid delivery. You can access the resource here.
Evidence Aid aims to save lives and livelihoods in disasters by providing decision-makers with the best available evidence and by championing its use. You can visit their website, which includes a range of Resources and Evidence Collections for decision makers,…
Preventing perpetrators of sexual exploitation, abuse and harassment from working in the aid sector. PROJECT AIMS Project Soteria is bringing law enforcement and aid sector organizations large and small together to: Prevent sexual offenders from using their positions to access…
ACAPS Humanitarian Access Overview provides a snapshot of the most challenging contexts for humanitarian access. ACAPS analysts considered nine variables to rank and compare humanitarian access levels worldwide. Crisis-affected populations in more than 70 countries are not receiving the humanitarian…
International Location Safety (ILS) have recently published a blog about ‘Travel Risk Management: Getting ready for ISO31030’, which you can find below. Details of their introductory webinar are also linked at the bottom of this page. What is ISO31030? In…
A 7.2 magnitude earthquake struck southwestern Haiti on 14 August at 8:30 am local time. The earthquake occurred 13km to the south-southeast of Petit-Trou-de-Nippes, in the department of Nippes, at a depth of 10km. Most affected departments include Sud, Grand’Anse,…
Humanitarian Networks and Partnerships Weeks (HNPW) The Humanitarian Networks and Partnerships Weeks (HNPW) is the annual event of the LEP (leading-edge programme) and the largest event of its kind. Every year, the HNPW brings together more than 2000 experts in…
ACAPS latest briefing note looking at Haiti: Gang Violence, is now available. An increase in gang violence and criminal activity in Haiti since 1 June 2021 has been affecting around one-third of the territory of Port-au-Prince. Southern neighbourhoods are the…
This summary brief provides civil society organisations (CSOs) with an overview of the global standards on sexual exploitation, abuse and sexual harassment (SEAH). It provides a short summary of the five most relevant standards on SEAH. These are: ILO Convention…