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GISF is bringing together experts from across the aid world, to co-host multiple open access events aiming for broader engagement and increased understanding of Security…
I joined the GISF March forum during my first week working for GISF. It opened my eyes to the many security risks that aid workers…
As a programme assistant in the RA Division at USAID, I support the programmatic and technical analysis of risks to provide early warning, effective mitigation…
Increasing attacks on aid workers continue jeopardising the sustainability of aid operations. Last year, 484 major attacks against aid workers were reported, 124 of which…
Everyone has the right to a just and sustainable world in which they can thrive. But billions are still trapped in poverty and injustice. Today’s economic models have failed the world. Unjust systems have concentrated power in the hands of…
The Global Score Report highlights the national and international entities identified in the survey and data findings as especially effective at reaching people in hard-to-reach areas, and some emerging practices and new models that hold promise. These include peer-to-peer learning…
This RedR ‘talking point video’ shows aid workers acting in a disrespectful manner at a checkpoint which causes a dangerous and negative response.
This RedR ‘talking point video’ displays a situation of aid workers experiences at a hostile checkpoint.
Access is the central and overriding problem in humanitarian action. Defined as both people’s ability to reach aid and aid’s ability to reach people, humanitarian access is the precondition for effective and principled emergency response. The worst conflict-driven humanitarian crises…
Since its inception, humanitarian security risk management has developed rapidly. In recent years, the profession has evolved from the ‘compounds and barbed wire’ activities it used to be known for, shifting to include staff safeguarding, wellbeing, digital security and more.…