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In this op-ed, Megan Nobert and Christine Williamson discuss duty of care and how it relates to the sexual exploitation and abuse of beneficiaries and sexual violence against aid workers.
Over the last few years, GISF has endeavoured to deepen the sector’s understanding of the effects of counter-terrorism legislation, including bank de-risking, on the security of aid operations and aid staff. In this blog, Adelicia Fairbanks, GISF's Research Advisor, takes a closer look at Yemen and the implications of de-risking on local aid actors.
This paper investigates the difference between human resource management in the context of multinational corporations and international humanitarian organisations. It seeks to identify strategies for INGOs to implement in order to prepare and protect female international staff conducting fieldwork.
Abduction and Kidnap Risk Management provides a concise summary of key information for non-governmental organisations facing the threat of a potential or actual abduction of one of their staff members or other individuals under their responsibility, for example, consultants or volunteers. Abductions…
In this episode of the EISF in Conversation podcast series, we sat down with Eva Svoboda, a Senior Research Fellow at the Overseas Development Institute, to discuss the humanitarian principles and how they relate to security risk management. Eva speaks about the…
This paper by Tom Keatinge and Florence Keen (2017) considers the impact of banking sector restrictions on UK-registered humanitarian actors conducting humanitarian operations abroad and offers recommendations to mitigate the financial disruption of humanitarian aid delivery.
The Voluntary Guidelines on the Duty of Care to Seconded Civilian Personnel (2017) harmonise an understanding of the implementation of duty of care. They are designed to serve as a basis for clarification and exchange between seconding and receiving organisations…
This guide (2017) aims to be a simple, easy-to-use security resource to help smaller NGOs demystify security risk management. By setting out the elements of a basic security risk management framework, this guide aims to support NGOs in translating their…
GISF is very pleased to announce the publication of our newest guide: 'Security Risk Management: a basic guide for smaller NGOs'
GISF is very pleased to announce the publication of our newest guide: 'Security Risk Management: a basic guide for smaller NGOs'