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      Context Assessment – Should you have been there

      Context Analysis, NGO Security Management, Training

      In this Red R ‘taking point’ video Alex de Wall, from Africa justice, advocates for humanitarian organisations to use the international humanitarian principles as guidance towards personal security whilst recognising personal security is at the discretion of the organisation and…

      Training Document 2021 English

      Context Assessment – Institutional Barriers

      Context Analysis, NGO Security Management, Training

      In this Red R ‘taking point’ video John Ryle, from Rift Valley Institute, discusses the institutional barriers to knowledge. When operating in complex and unstable environments it is vital to have both local and political knowledge and be aware of…

      Training Document 2021 English

      Context Assessment Documentary

      Context Analysis, NGO Security Management, Training

      This Red R context assessment documentary discusses the necessity for humanitarian organisations to understand the context in which they operate via context assessment and ongoing monitoring as an essential tool for SRM. Disclaimer – This video contains distressing images of…

      Training Document 2021 English

      Context Assessment – Aid is Political

      Context Analysis, Training

      In this Red R ‘taking point’ video Alex de Wall from Africa justice discusses the difficulty of humanitarian organisations to remain completely impartial and neutral in conflict areas because all humanitarian action has political outcomes.

      Training Document 2021 English

      Top Gear – Car Shooting

      NGO Security Management, Safety, Training

      This video shows an experiment which investigated the impact of shooting a car.   

      Training Document 2021 English

      The Bystander Effect

      NGO Security Management, Safety, Training

      This video explains the bystander effect through a social experiment.     

      Training Document 2021 English

      Tea and Consent

      Gender, Inclusivity, Safety, Training

      This video uses tea as a metaphor to explain sexual consent.  

      Training Document 2021 English

      Surviving an active shooter event

      NGO Security Management, Safety, Training

      This acted out video shows an active shooter event and how to survive such an incident with three tactics – run, hide and fight.  

      Training Document 2021 English

      Roofied Drink Social Experiment

      Gender, Safety, Training

      This video shows a social experiment to highlight the risk of being roofied.  

      Training Document 2021 English