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This special edition of Knowledge Matters includes a diverse range of articles on issues that the Emergency Directorate has a responsibility for: The article by Amy Rose McGovern highlights the successes and challenges of the Joint Emergency Response in Ukraine…
This review, encompassing around 250 interviews with humanitarian providers and recipients in Afghanistan, provides an analysis of the ethical dilemmas facing humanitarian action in Afghanistan, including making decisions regarding the Taliban’s edict against employing women. To access this resource, please download it…
The Risk Sharing Platform, co-led by the Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the ICRC, and InterAction, was established in 2021. It aims to improve the way organizations share risk and better support affected people. The platform developed a Risk Sharing…
This guidance is designed to provide a clear definition of a victim/ survivor centered- approach, its principles, and key actions. By identifying these definitions and principles this resource aims to assist the adoption and implementation of the victim/survivor centered-approach into…
The Conflict Sensitivity Facility (CSF) released the following working paper, Making sense of ‘localisation’ in Sudan, it identifies and explores themes that are relevant to aid’s conflict sensitivity. Please note that this paper was written before conflict erupted in Sudan on…
The lingering coronavirus pandemic has only underscored the need to find effective interventions to help internet users evaluate the credibility of the information before them. Yet a divide remains between researchers within digital platforms and those in academia and other…
Acceptance is one of the three pillars of humanitarian organisations’ security risk management (SRM) strategies to ensure both access to populations affected by conflict and disaster and the safety of their staff and programmes. However, the current context raises questions…
This approach paper sets out the purpose, scope and rationale of the UK government review, which will focus explicitly on the humanitarian aid sector and will examine the extent to which the UK government’s safeguarding efforts have been effective in…
This research paper complements GISF’s 2012 report Security Management and Capacity Development: International agencies working with local partners. This first analysis brought key insights into partnership dynamics, including strengths and weaknesses from the international NGO (INGO) perspective. The latest research…
La sécurité personnelle des travailleurs et travailleuses humanitaires dépend à la fois du lieu où ils se trouvent, de leur identité, de leur rôle et de l’organisation pour laquelle ils travaillent. Les organisations humanitaires ont des obligations de sécurité à…