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Honouring excellence: SRM professionals on the ground In high-risk environments, frontline security risk management (SRM) professionals play a…
A Strategic Shift: the new SRM guide Humanitarian security risk management (SRM) has made significant progress over the last 20 years. In…
Thursday 17 Oct 2024 | 2:00 pm — 3:30 pm BST During this webinar, we unpacked the key learnings from our recently published Strategy and Policy guide, developed in collaboration with International Location Safety. The session also examined key approaches…
About the Series: GISF’s Evolving NGO Security Risk Management (SRM) podcast series looks at the innovations, transformative developments, and dynamic trends facing the humanitarian and development sector. We have chosen to explore the facets of ‘Evolving NGO SRM’, to unpack…
About the Series: GISF’s Evolving NGO Security Risk Management (SRM) podcast series looks at the innovations, transformative developments, and dynamic trends facing the humanitarian and development sector. We have chosen to explore the facets of ‘Evolving NGO SRM’, to unpack…
There has been a worrying increase in attacks on humanitarian organisations in recent times. In fact, 2023 was a record-breaking year for aid worker…
The desire to alleviate human suffering in conflict situations often leads to calls to establish arrangements to provide some security for civilians caught up in hostilities and to facilitate humanitarian response efforts. This paper discusses six types of humanitarian arrangements…
This report highlights the severe impacts of attacks on health care facilities documented globally in 2022, with a focus on the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), where significant violence has disrupted access to medical services. In particular, the provinces of…
This INSO report analyses data from across 16 high-risk countries where INSO had a field presence, providing an overview of abductions based on region, perpetrating actor, and motivation, alongside recommendations and contexts to watch for 2024. In 2023 INSO recorded 60…
On 21 February, GISF and Humanitarian Outcomes hosted an in-person launch of this new global report, assessing the current state of practice in humanitarian security risk management. Participants heard from one of the lead authors of this pivotal report documenting…