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In this op-ed, Megan Nobert and Christine Williamson discuss duty of care and how it relates to the sexual exploitation and abuse of beneficiaries and sexual violence against aid workers.
Over the last few years, GISF has endeavoured to deepen the sector’s understanding of the effects of counter-terrorism legislation, including bank de-risking, on the security of aid operations and aid staff. In this blog, Adelicia Fairbanks, GISF's Research Advisor, takes a closer look at Yemen and the implications of de-risking on local aid actors.
This paper investigates the difference between human resource management in the context of multinational corporations and international humanitarian organisations. It seeks to identify strategies for INGOs to implement in order to prepare and protect female international staff conducting fieldwork.
In this blog, Andrew Eckert writes about GISF's upcoming participation at Borderless 2018 and discusses the other topics that will be discussed by speakers attending the event.
Abduction and Kidnap Risk Management provides a concise summary of key information for non-governmental organisations facing the threat of a potential or actual abduction of one of their staff members or other individuals under their responsibility, for example, consultants or volunteers. Abductions…
In this episode of the EISF in Conversation podcast series, we sat down with Eva Svoboda, a Senior Research Fellow at the Overseas Development Institute, to discuss the humanitarian principles and how they relate to security risk management. Eva speaks about the…
This paper by Tom Keatinge and Florence Keen (2017) considers the impact of banking sector restrictions on UK-registered humanitarian actors conducting humanitarian operations abroad and offers recommendations to mitigate the financial disruption of humanitarian aid delivery.
Megan Nobert is a Canadian born legal professional and academic specialised in international criminal law and human rights. Trained as a lawyer in Canada, and currently qualifying in New York State, she has worked with the prosecution’s offices at the…
This study’s goal is to contribute knowledge to the prevention of and response to sexual harassment and assault against aid workers, a topic that is under-researched and under-reported. This is one of the first scholarly, in-depth studies of sexual harassment…
The Voluntary Guidelines on the Duty of Care to Seconded Civilian Personnel (2017) harmonise an understanding of the implementation of duty of care. They are designed to serve as a basis for clarification and exchange between seconding and receiving organisations…