Cinfo launches new Duty of Care learning tool
Cinfo has launched a new online learning tool for organisations to assess how they meet the security and safety aspects of Duty of Care in line with Swiss law.
16 May 2019 News
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Policy Guidance
Humanitarian Access in Armed Conflict: a need for new principles?
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…
15 May 2019 Resource
Gestión de riesgos de seguridad: una guía básica para las ONG pequeñas
La presente guía (2019) pretende ser un recurso de seguridad sencillo y fácil de usar que sirva a las ONG más pequeñas para romper mitos sobre la gestión de riesgos. Al establecer los elementos de un marco de gestión de…
9 May 2019 Resource
Global Strategic Trends The Future Starts Today 6th Edition
Global Strategic Trends describes a strategic context for defence and security looking out to the middle of the century. It takes a comprehensive view of the future derived through research headed by the Development, Concepts and Doctrine Centre (DCDC). Since…
1 May 2019 Resource
Protection, Participation and Potential Women and Girls in Yemen’s War
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…
1 May 2019 Resource
Call for research proposals
GISF is seeking to hire a research consultant to carry out research for its forthcoming publication on Partnerships and Security Risk Management: from the local partner perspective.
15 Apr 2019 News
NGOs & Risk: managing uncertainty in local-international partnerships
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…
12 Apr 2019 Resource
The Humanitarian Metadata Problem: “Doing no harm” in the Digital Era
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…
12 Apr 2019 Resource
Responding to Sexual Assault Procedures
This guide (2019) aims to help Peace Corps staff to be prepared to respond effectively, compassionately, and in a trauma-informed way to Volunteers who have been the victim of sexual assault. This document focuses on the reporting of incidents and…
2 Apr 2019 Resource
Diversity in Risk
In this article (2019) for the Travel Risk Review, Adelicia Fairbanks, Research Advisor at GISF, discusses the changing makeup of aid organisations and associated shifts in risk profiles. You can download the article via the link below. The full Travel…
26 Mar 2019 Resource