Living in a Taliban-controlled Afghanistan as a Female Afghan Aid Worker
GISF’s Research and Communications Assistant, Chiara Jancke, spoke to a female Afghan aid worker who is still in Afghanistan. For more than a decade, Farah…
14 Sep 2021 Blog
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Human Rights
Crisis management for sexual exploitation and abuse (SEA) allegations
SEA incidents come in many guises. A staff member may abuse another staff member; a staff member may be abused by someone unconnected to the organisation; a staff member may be accused of abuse by a beneficiary. Some incidents may…
17 Aug 2021 Resource
The UK’s approach to safeguarding in the humanitarian sector | Approach Paper
This approach paper sets out the purpose, scope and rationale of the UK government review, which will focus explicitly on the humanitarian aid sector and will examine the extent to which the UK government’s safeguarding efforts have been effective in…
27 Jul 2021 Resource
Mobile Guide: Managing Sexual Violence Against Aid Workers
GISF has developed an interactive Managing Sexual Violence Guide together with Disaster Ready in English and Arabic. Sexual violence in all its forms violates human rights. Organisations have a duty of care to respond to incidents of sexual violence against…
25 Jun 2021 Resource
Time to Decolonise Aid | Report
In November 2020, Peace Direct, Adeso, the Alliance for Peacebuilding and Women of Color Advancing Peace and Security held a three-day online consultation with 158 activists, decision- makers, academics, journalists and practitioners across the globe. Participants and guest contributors exchanged insights and local experiences on the…
13 May 2021 Resource
Ineffective Past, Uncertain Future: A Five Year Review
Five years after the United Nations (UN) Security Council passed a landmark resolution committing countries to prevent attacks on health care and hold perpetrators accountable, violence against health workers and facilities rages on unabated. A new report (available on the left)…
7 May 2021 Resource
HNPW | A Person-Centred Approach to Security Risk Management | Resources
Humanitarian/development organisations have a duty of care to take all reasonable measures to protect their staff from foreseeable risks, including those that emerge due a staff member’s personal profile. Part of organisations’ duty of care obligations is to ensure that…
28 Apr 2021 Resource
Attacks against Medical Facilities in Syria | Report
On 17th Sep 2019, Turkey and Russia agreed to create a demilitarised buffer zone in Idlib province. However, this agreement was not able to avoid the medical facilities from the hostile activities, and according to the datasets, more than 20…
27 Apr 2021 Resource
Adding to the evidence: the impact of sanctions and restrictive measures on humanitarian aid
This report captures the findings of an online survey on the impacts of sanctions and counter-terrorism (CT) restrictive measures on VOICE member NGOs, and the VOICE Webinar on EU Restrictive Measures and Humanitarian Aid: Between a principled view for exemptions…
21 Apr 2021 Resource
GISF’s 2021 March Forum – a look back
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…
12 Apr 2021 Blog