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      Context Assessment – Staff Vulnerability

      Context Analysis, Gender, NGO Security Management, Training

      In this Red R ‘taking point’ video Katy Barnett, former senior training officer for RedR, discusses staff vulnerability. Katy talks about the dual impacts of  context and gender-based security risks. The vulnerability of female aid workers operating in society’s that…

      Training Document 2021 English

      Context Assessment – Should you have been there

      Context Analysis, NGO Security Management, Training

      In this Red R ‘taking point’ video Alex de Wall, from Africa justice, advocates for humanitarian organisations to use the international humanitarian principles as guidance towards personal security whilst recognising personal security is at the discretion of the organisation and…

      Training Document 2021 English

      Context Assessment – Institutional Barriers

      Context Analysis, NGO Security Management, Training

      In this Red R ‘taking point’ video John Ryle, from Rift Valley Institute, discusses the institutional barriers to knowledge. When operating in complex and unstable environments it is vital to have both local and political knowledge and be aware of…

      Training Document 2021 English

      Context Assessment Documentary

      Context Analysis, NGO Security Management, Training

      This Red R context assessment documentary discusses the necessity for humanitarian organisations to understand the context in which they operate via context assessment and ongoing monitoring as an essential tool for SRM. Disclaimer – This video contains distressing images of…

      Training Document 2021 English

      Context Assessment – Aid is Political

      Context Analysis, Training

      In this Red R ‘taking point’ video Alex de Wall from Africa justice discusses the difficulty of humanitarian organisations to remain completely impartial and neutral in conflict areas because all humanitarian action has political outcomes.

      Training Document 2021 English

      Non-Verbal Communication

      Communications, Training

      This training video explores a scene from Disney’s frozen to explain the importance and impact of non-verbal communication. 

      Training Document 2021 English

      Westgate News Report

      NGO Security Management, Safety, Training

      A news report detailing an attack on a Nairobi shopping centre, Westgate,  by Al-Shabab. 30 people were killed and a further 60 were injured.   

      Training Document 2021 English

      Top Gear – Car Shooting

      NGO Security Management, Safety, Training

      This video shows an experiment which investigated the impact of shooting a car.   

      Training Document 2021 English

      The Bystander Effect

      NGO Security Management, Safety, Training

      This video explains the bystander effect through a social experiment.     

      Training Document 2021 English