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Constraints on humanitarian access continue to inhibit the ability of affected populations to receive adequate assistance in numerous conflict situations. This scoping study (2018) was commissioned to determine the feasibility and potential impact of developing new ‘principles’ of access. It…
This policy brief (2019) provides an overview of the entrenched gender inequalities and vulnerabilities which affected women and girls before the war and which have been exacerbated over the past 4 years. It then considers the specific impact of the…
This GISF blog by Research Trainee Aisling Sweeney offers an insight into some of the key discussions from the March 2019 GISF Members Forum in Germany.
This report examines how risk is perceived and managed in partnerships between international and national NGOs working in humanitarian response. It follows from the 2016 report NGOs and Risk: How International Humanitarian Actors Manage Uncertainty, which was also produced by…
New technologies continue to present great risks and opportunities for humanitarian action. To ensure that their use does not result in any harm, humanitarian organisations must develop and implement appropriate data protection standards, including robust risk assessments. However, this requires…
Considerable attention in the aid world and media is currently directed at the concept of safeguarding. Although the word has mostly been used in reference to the safeguarding of beneficiaries, in this article (2019), Megan Nobert explores the safeguarding of…
This global research report by Helen Lindley-Jones (2018) aims to answer a key question: How is the humanitarian protection sector ensuring the participation and leadership of women responders? The report provides a comprehensive review of collaboration between humanitarian actors and…
The CCHN Field Manual (2018) builds on the collective experience and perspectives of numerous humanitarian practitioners working in some of the most challenging conflict environments. It offers a set of concrete tools and methods to plan and prepare negotiation processes…
Mark Lowcock, the U.N. Under-Secretary General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, speaks on the global humanitarian system at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington, D.C.
This blog by GISF Trainee Aisling Sweeney explores some of the barriers to access that humanitarian organisations face in Yemen, as well as possible responses to these challenges.