Online courses rapidly show their limits when it comes to teaching hostile environment awareness training (HEAT). In this blog, Michelle Newton, from Clarity Security Training, shares Clarity’s experience of developing a live training in the midst of a pandemic and Megan Hooson, a new starter at GISF, shares her experiences attending it.
Given that the need is greatest in more insecure and fragile areas, it follows that training in personal security is critical to keep staff safe, ensure duty of care is met and enable effective programme delivery. Humanitarian security has long…
A crisis can be defined in many ways: ‘an emotionally significant event or radical change of status in a person’s life,’ ‘an unstable or crucial time or state of affairs in which a decisive change is impending especially: one with…
The security professionals we work with at GISF come in all shapes and sizes, each with their own unique perspectives and experiences. These different viewpoints help us to ensure that security risk management is effective for all staff, whatever their personal profile. Here, on World Humanitarian Day, we share a few of their stories and why the work they do is important to them.
The changing contextual dynamics also include COVID-19’s impact on humanitarian security risk management. Broader security risk management, which also focuses on community acceptance, should too adapt its frameworks to include this issue. The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation…
While COVID-19’s reach may be practically universal, its impact is far from it. Even before considering the secondary risks associated with the pandemic, the health risks of the virus itself are plainly unequal. On top of the well-documented impact…
COVID-19 has shifted the important work carried out by health professionals to the forefront of all of our minds. Yet, despite the applause these workers often receive, they remain exposed to many risks. For this instalment of the GISF Blog, we interviewed Christina Wille, Director of Insecurity Insight.
To aid decision-makers, an organisation positions itself best when it maximises its strengths – its people, working collaboratively (from the top to the bottom) to deal with a multitude of operational challenges. To make effective decisions we need knowledge, and…
According to data collected by Standard Risk, 79% of security incidents related to COVID-19 in East and Central Africa, between 1 March - 7 May, took place in Kenya, Malawi and Uganda. This blog piece seeks to explain why is this the case and suggests that countries with higher levels of democracy may face more civil unrest following the enforcement of COVID-19 restrictions.
On 15 April 2020, the launch of the Global Interagency Security Forum (GISF) was marked by a dynamic virtual event, complete with thought-provoking speakers and discussions. If you missed the interactive event or just want a reminder of some of the highlights, this blog will provide you with a quick overview.