Inclusivity in Humanitarian Security: reflections from GISF’s New York roundtable
Inclusivity
The time was ripe for a safe and open look to identify the problems and key challenges facing an inclusive, person-centred approach to…
6 Sep 2022
Blog
With regular contributions from the GISF Secretariat and guest experts, the GISF Blog explores a range of topical, contextual and theoretical developments affecting the practice of humanitarian SRM.
Ten years on: learning from the Steve Dennis case
Duty of Care
Why now? It’s been ten years since a complex incident in Kenya prompted significant change within NGO SRM. The repercussions…
19 Aug 2022
Sharing Risk for Equitable Partnerships: a case study from Nigeria
NGO Security Management, Local Action
Previously, CBM merely invested in the security and safeguarding of its own staff. Offices and vehicles needed to be protected. Staff required training.
9 Aug 2022
Facilitating Agency: supporting locally based security focal points through continuing education
Training
We can’t talk about humanitarian security risk management (SRM) without first defining organisational duty of care. In the humanitarian space, duty of care…
26 Jul 2022
Ehtesab: the tech innovation keeping Afghans in the know on the latest security incidents
Technology
I believe you have a personal experience that drove you to focus on providing updates on security incidents? On 08 May…
12 Jul 2022
Pride Month 2022: how can we keep our LGBTQIA+ colleagues safe
Inclusivity
To mark this year’s pride month, GISF aimed to examine the specific risks faced by LGBTQIA+ colleagues in the humanitarian sector and how…
28 Jun 2022
Quo Vadis: technologies and Innovations in Humanitarian SRM – reflections on GISF’s Spring Forum
Technology
Keeping up with the technological innovations and new services in the humanitarian security risk management (SRM) sector has been identified as a key…
31 May 2022
The Big Picture: geopolitical trends driving humanitarian security challenges (Part 2)
NGO Security Management
Humanitarian space is constantly being negotiated, and today's security managers are having to make ethical considerations as they work to keep aid workers safe. In part two of this blog series, based on Hugo Slim's keynote speech at the 2021 HNPW session: 'SRM in the Changing Global and Humanitarian Context', Slim explores the evolution of the humanitarian footprint, and the ethics of security risk management.
17 May 2022
The Big Picture: geopolitical trends driving humanitarian security challenges (Part 1)
NGO Security Management
When we’re speaking about humanitarian security risk management, we’re talking about keeping people safe when they’re engaged in humanitarian action around the world. It’s…
3 May 2022
Storytelling for Learning: using engaging, ethical Stories for effective security training
Inclusivity, Technology, Training
Security training over the past 20+ years has mostly followed linear teaching methods that rely on the provision of information and/or technical tools as…
19 Apr 2022