Thematic Focus: Humanitarian Assistance

Opportunity:

CFP: Four Years after the Agenda for Humanity: Humanitarianism Challenged, Groningen, 25 March 2020 [info]
- Submission deadline is 6 January 2020.

Blog posts & press:

Cash Assistance Gives Refugees the Power of Choice (UNHCR, Dec. 2019) [text via ReliefWeb]

Donors Pledge US$1.2 Billion Funding to UNHCR for Refugee Protection and Humanitarian Programmes (UNHCR, Dec. 2019) [text]

"Handcuffing the Helpers," Red Cross Red Crescent Magazine (Dec. 2019) [Part 1] [Part 2]

Humanitarian Governance and Localization: What Kind of World is Being Imagined and Produced? (NCHS Blog, Nov. 2019) [text]

"I’m a Humanitarian. Don’t Prosecute Me for Doing My Job," The New Humanitarian, 12 Nov. 2019 [text]

New Directions in Humanitarian Governance: Technology, Juridification and Criminalization (NCHS Blog, Nov. 2019) [text]

The Other Side of Trust (Humanitarian Law & Policy Blog, Nov. 2019) [text]

Prevent Conflict, Avert Humanitarian Crises (Devpolicy Blog, Nov. 2019) [text]

"Searching for the Nexus: It’s All about the Money," The New Humanitarian, 3 Dec. 2019 [text]

The Tip of the Iceberg: Why 99% of Humanitarian Resources in Crises are Ignored (ODI Blog, Nov. 2019) [text]

"To Repair Trust, We Have to Listen and Then Act," The New Humanitarian, 6 Dec. 2019 [text]

Reports & journal articles:

Beyond Assumptions: How Humanitarians Make Operational Decisions (ALNAP, Nov. 2019) [text]
- See also related Annex and blog post.

Beyond Local and International: Humanitarian Action at the Margins (ODI, Dec. 2019) [text]

"Emerging Donors and Conflict-Affected States," Introduction to The New Politics of Aid: Emerging Donors & Conflict-Affected States (Lynne Rienner, Oct. 2019) [text]
- Info about the book is available here.

The Empowerment Currency: Rethinking Our Cash Approach in Humanitarian Crises (World Vision, Nov. 2019) [text via ReliefWeb]

Famine Early Warning and Information Systems in Conflict Settings: Challenges for Humanitarian
Metrics and Response (Conflict Research Programme, Nov. 2019) [text]

"Fleeing Mass Starvation: What We (Don’t) Know about the Famine‐migration Nexus," Disasters, Accepted Articles, 30 Oct. 2019 [abstract]
- See "cliffnotes" for this article on Reinventing Peace Blog.

The Future of Financial Assistance: An Outlook to 2030 (Cash Learning Partnership, Nov. 2019) [text via ReliefWeb]
- See also related blog post.

Mapping Local Capacities and Support for More Effective Humanitarian Responses (ODI, Nov. 2019) [text]

"Trauma during Humanitarian Work: The Effects on Intimacy, Wellbeing and PTSD-symptoms," European Journal of Psychotraumatology, vol. 10, no. 1 (Oct. 2019) [open access]
- Focuses on Syrian refugee aid-workers in Jordan.

"Understanding Disasters: Managing and Accommodating Different Worldviews in Humanitarian Response," Journal of International Humanitarian Action, 4:19 (Nov. 2019) [open access]

UNHCR’s Engagement in Humanitarian-Development Cooperation: Think Piece on Research Phase 1 (Nov. 2018-June 2019) (UNHCR, Oct. 2019) [text]

Related post:
- Thematic Focus: Humanitarian Assistance (5 Nov. 2019)

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