Runbag: Prepared When Required
Equipment advice for staff travelling to high risk environments and in need of a durable bag with a protective storage system.
9 Jan 2015 Resource
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Gender in Peacekeeping
This comprehensive guide (2014) is part of the Institute for Security Studies’ (ISS) contribution to advancing United Nations Security Council Resolution 1325 on Women, Peace and Security, and ensuring that conflict management and peacebuilding efforts respect and promote the human…
17 Dec 2014 Resource
GISF Webinar: Communications Technology and Humanitarian Delivery – Challenges and Opportunities for Security Risk Management
EISF teamed up with DisasterReady.org to host a webinar entitled ‘Communications Technology and Humanitarian Delivery: Challenges and Opportunities for Security Risk Management’. The webinar launches GISF’s new paper of the same title, and features engaging discussion on opportunities and challenges of communications…
15 Dec 2014 Resource
No Escape – Civilians in Syria Struggle to Find Safety Across Borders
Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) and International Rescue Committee (IRC) report on Syrian Civilians difficulty to find safe border crossings, they outline their recommendations for the international community, host countries and humanitarian agencies, NRC and IRC further analyse the context of Syrian…
8 Dec 2014 Resource
Video: SIDA Conference on Humanitarian Action – Panel Discussion
Panel discussion at the SIDA Conference on Humanitarian Action. Discussion with Per Byman (Radiohjälpen), Per Lundberg (Sida), Lisa Reilly (European Interagency Security Forum) and Christopher Bodine (US Navy). September 25-26, 2014 – SIDA Partnership Forum, Härnösand (Sweden)
21 Nov 2014 Resource
GISF Webcast: The Impact of Counter-terrorism Legislation on Humanitarian Operations and Security Risk Management
Counter-terrorism measures introduced by governments and international regimes post-2001 have had a significant impact on NGO operations and security risk management. Are there simple steps which NGOs can take at programme or field level to ensure they are not prosecuted…
17 Nov 2014 Resource
Guidelines for Organisations Working in Countries Affected by the West Africa Ebola Outbreak
Interhealth fact sheet on the ebola outbreak, 31 July 2014.
4 Nov 2014 Resource
Information for Humanitarian Aid Healthcare Workers: Ebola Virus Disease
Public Health England information sheet for humanitarian health care workers, working with Ebola patients, 31 July 2014.
4 Nov 2014 Resource
Communications Technology and Humanitarian Delivery: Challenges and opportunities for security risk management
The editors and contributors of this volume are to be congratulated on a practical text that pushes forwards our knowledge and understanding of the virtual space that now surrounds humanitarian operations, and which can have such a physical impact upon…
20 Oct 2014 Resource
Understanding risk management of aid organisations: An analysis of security system design and function
Research summary: A research project by Christopher Finucane, www.humanitarianpolicy.org,in cooperation with the Centre for Refugee and Disaster Response, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, and the Security Management Initiative (SMI) of the Geneva Centre for Security Policy (GCSP).…
5 Sep 2014 Resource