Protect Aid Workers website launched
Every day, thousands of aid workers risk their lives to help people in conflict and disaster zones. But who is there to help them? This…
1 Aug 2024 News
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Duty of Care
Legal Action Worldwide (LAW) | Justice and accountability for attacks on aid workers
Legal Action Worldwide (LAW) is an organisation dedicated to empowering individuals and communities who have suffered human rights violations and abuses to obtain justice and strengthen institutions to deliver justice to them. This new research report from LAW examines the…
4 Jun 2024 Resource
In the Spotlight: can recent media attention support advocacy for better humanitarian security?
The power of advocacy – building positive change in the wake of tragedy On 22 May, 2017, the United Kingdom suffered one of its worst…
21 May 2024 Blog
Humanitarian Networks and Partnership Week (HNPW) and GISF 2024
Humanitarian Networks and Partnerships Week (HNPW) What is HNPW? The Humanitarian Networks and Partnerships Weeks (HNPW) is the annual event of the Leading-Edge Programme (LEP)…
23 Feb 2024 Event
State of Practice: The Evolution of Security Risk Management in the Humanitarian Space
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…
30 Jan 2024 Resource
RSH | How-to note on implementing the safeguarding cycle
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.
29 Jan 2024 Resource
Aidex 2023 | Duty of Care Pavilion
Working with our affiliate International Location Safety (ILS) at their Duty of Care Pavillion, we are co-curating an exciting ‘conference within a conference’; offering a…
13 Oct 2023 News
Aidex 2023 | Duty of Care Pavilion
GISF is excited to be participating in this year’s AidEx, a global humanitarian aid conference and exhibition occurring from 25 to 26 October in Geneva,…
8 Sep 2023 Event
World Humanitarian Day 2023: two decades on, what has changed?
World Humanitarian Day is held on 19 August each year, commemorating the devastating 2003 Canal Hotel bombing in Baghdad, Iraq. This tragic event serves…
18 Aug 2023 Blog
ICVA | Building Safer Organisations
These Guidelines are designed to assist staff in non-governmental organisations (NGOs) who conduct and manage investigations into sexual exploitation and abuse (SEA) of people of concern by humanitarian staff. https://www.interaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/icva-saferguidelines-feb07.pdf
19 Jun 2023 Resource