Resources

State of Practice: The Evolution of Security Risk Management in the Humanitarian Space

NGO Security Management, Safety, Duty of Care

As a subject of humanitarian policy and practice, security risk management (SRM) has been an active and growing – yet largely understudied – area of operations. Only a small number of comprehensive, sector-wide analyses of SRM have been published over…

Paper, Report 2024 Arabic, English, French, Spanish, Amharic, Ukranian GISF publication

RSH | How-to note on implementing the safeguarding cycle

Safety, Duty of Care

This how-to note is an outline of what RSH means by the safeguarding cycle, including key definitions and practical considerations for organisations when adopting the safeguarding cycle.

Guidance Material 2024 English

Mercy Corps | Crisis Analysis Team – DR Congo: Monthly Displacement Report, December 2023

Access

The analysis presented in this report focuses on two main aspects: (i) Population displacements and the response status of humanitarian needs; and (ii) humanitarian access in the areas hosting the most displaced people in eastern DRC.

Report 2024 English

Select forecasts from Dragonfly’s Strategic Outlook for 2024 | GISF & Dragonfly Webinar Recording (Members only content)

Thursday 18 January, 2:00 pm — 3:00 pm GMT | 9:00 am—10:00 am EST In this webinar, Dragonfly presented the trajectories of major conflicts over the coming year, drawing on its flagship publication the ‘Strategic Outlook 2024’. Analysts also focused on operational risks…

Webinar, Event recording 2024 English GISF publication

Insecurity Insight | Libya’s Reconstruction Efforts: Understanding Public Perceptions through Social Media Monitoring

Communications, Technology

To support the response to the floods in Libya in September 2023, Insecurity Insight is conducting ongoing social media monitoring to understand perceptions and key concerns around the aid response in Libya in the aftermath of Storm Daniel with the…

Report 2024 English

ACAPS | Briefing Note – Nigeria: Conflict in northeastern and northwestern Nigeria (03 January 2024)

Context Analysis

This ACAPS briefing note looks at the drivers of the crisis in northeast and northwestern Nigeria, the compounding/aggravating factors and the impact of the crisis.

Briefing 2024 English

Humanitarian Security in an Age of Uncertainty: the intersection of digital and physical risks

Safety, Technology

GISF’s research project on security in a digital world explores the ways in which security risk management (SRM) in the aid sector is changing in response to the opportunities and risks stemming from the evolving digital world.   This article…

Paper, Article 2024 English GISF publication

Human Rights Watch | Gaza: Unlawful Israeli Hospital Strikes Worsen Health Crisis [EN/AR]

Human Rights, Safety

The Israeli military’s repeated, apparently unlawful attacks on medical facilities, personnel, and transport are further destroying Gaza’s healthcare system and should be investigated as war crimes. Concerns about disproportionate attacks are magnified for hospitals. Even the threat of an attack…

Briefing 2024 Arabic, English

UNRWA | Syria, Lebanon and Jordan Emergency Appeal 2023: Progress Report for the Reporting Period 1 January – 30 June 2023

This Emergency Appeal 2023 progress report covers humanitarian interventions implemented by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA or “the Agency”) in Syria, Lebanon and Jordan from 1 January to 30 June…

Report 2024 English

OCHA | Global Humanitarian overview 2024 ( EN/FR/ES/AR)

Context Analysis, NGO Security Management, Policy Guidance

The Global Humanitarian Overview is an annual assessment of global humanitarian needs and how to respond to them. This document provides an analysis of the drivers of needs and an overview of the resources required to support people targeted for…

2024 Arabic, English, French, Spanish