GISF collaboration with Lille University
For the third consecutive year, Lisa Reilly, GISF Executive Director, delivered a course on humanitarian security risk management (SRM) to master students of Lille’s university.
8 Dec 2020 News
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Not a Target: Ensuring the Protection of Aid Workers
Violence against aid workers has become a major concern for most humanitarian agencies. At the same time, compliance with and respect for international humanitarian law (IHL) is deteriorating. Irregular warfare, meaning governments fighting armed groups mostly in their own territory,…
7 Dec 2020 Resource
GISF event for Master students: Meet the people behind Security Risk Management
On 4th December 2020, GISF organised an interactive event aimed at Master students at Sciences Po (Paris). The event titled: ‘Who is protecting aidwork(ers)? The…
7 Dec 2020 News
Departing from a blank-profile approach to NGO security management – Overcoming barriers at the field level
In 2018, GISF published a report called Managing the Security of Aid Workers with Diverse Profiles. This research demonstrated how specific profiles affect the…
3 Dec 2020 Blog
Nomination for GISF’s Lisa Reilly at this years Women in Security Awards!
We want to say huge congratulations to our GISF Director, Lisa Reilly, who has recently reached the finalists nominated for this year’s Women in Security…
1 Dec 2020 News
The Institute’s View: Lisa Reilly for Security Matters Magazine
As COVID-19 continues to impact the way in which we work and the Black Lives Matter campaign shines a spotlight on perceived injustices, innovation is…
30 Nov 2020 News
Security Risk Management Toolkit: Digital Security
GISF partnered with Disaster Ready to turn our ‘Digital Security’ module into a short, interactive course accessible on their platform. The module outlines basic measures that ensure sound digital practices and mitigate risks faced by operations and staff. The COVID-19…
26 Nov 2020 Resource
Humanitarian Access SCORE Report: 2020 Global Synthesis
Access is the central and overriding problem in humanitarian action. Defined as both people’s ability to reach aid and aid’s ability to reach people, humanitarian access is the precondition for effective and principled emergency response. The worst conflict-driven humanitarian crises…
26 Nov 2020 Resource
Women In Security: Laura Van de Vloet, GISF
GISF’s Project and Membership Officer for Europe, Laura Van de Vloet, recently sat down for an interview with The Minerva Mission, to discuss Women in…
26 Nov 2020 News
The First Hybrid GISF Forum
A few months after the realisation of the first hybrid GISF Forum, Laura Van de Vloet, Project and Membership Officer at GISF shares her reflections on the three days event and how GISF is adapting to the pandemic.
26 Nov 2020 Blog