09 December 2020

Thematic Focus: Humanitarian Assistance

Blog posts & press:

Donors show solidarity with refugees and steadfast support for UNHCR programmes for 2021 (UNHCR, Dec. 2020) [text]

"Dying to help: A drift towards humanitarian martyrdom," The New Humanitarian, 26 Nov. 2020 [text]

Rethinking Humanitarian Reform: A View from International Actors (CGD Blog, Dec. 2020) [text]

More humanitarian-related blog posts can be found in IHSA's weekly round-ups.

Journal articles:

"Closing well: national and international humanitarian workers’ perspectives on the ethics of closing humanitarian health projects," Journal of International Humanitarian Action, 5:16 (Nov. 2020) [open access]

"'Having more women humanitarian leaders will help transform the humanitarian system': challenges and opportunities for women leaders in conflict and humanitarian health," Conflict and Health, 14:84 (Dec. 2020) [open access]

*"The humanitarian-development nexus: humanitarian principles, practice, and pragmatics," Journal of International Humanitarian Action, 5:18 (Dec. 2020) [open access]

Journal of Humanitarian Affairs, vol. 2, no. 2 (2020) [open access]
- Special issue on "Investigating Extreme Violence." Articles focus on Syria, Rwanda and the DRC.

Reports:

Breaking the glass ceiling: A smarter approach to protection financing (NRC & Global Protection Cluster, Nov. 2020) [text]

Global Appeal 2021 (UNHCR, Nov. 2020) [access]

Humanitarian diplomacy and protection advocacy in an age of caution (ODI, Nov. 2020) [text]

Inclusion and exclusion in humanitarian action: the state of play (ODI, Nov. 2020) [text]
- Note: This is a literature review.

Independent Review of Individual Donor Assessments in Humanitarian Operations (UNHCR, Nov. 2020) [text]

Integrating Non-communicable Disease Care in Humanitarian Settings: An Operational Guide (UNHCR et al., Aug. 2020) [text]

Public Health and Nutrition in operationalizing the Global Compact on Refugees and comprehensive responses (UNHCR, Nov. 2020) [text]

Settlement profiling tool: A spatial analysis framework for settlements accommodating displaced populations (UN-HABITAT & UNHCR, July 2020) [text via ReliefWeb]

Settlements Approach Guidance Note: Where boundaries and action merge, December 2020 (Global Shelter Cluster, Dec. 2020) [text via ReliefWeb]

Which Countries Miss Out in Global Aid Allocation? (Center for Global Development, Nov. 2020) [text]

Multimedia:

Facing the Unknown: Managing uncertainty in humanitarian action, ALNAP 33rd Annual Meeting, 18-19 Nov. 2020 [access]
- Follow link for recordings of presentations.

A Humanitarian Reset: Impacts of a Historic Year, 4 Dec. 2020 [access]
- Follow link for both video recording and podcast.

Lecture on Humanitarian Protection, 1 Dec. 2020 [access]
- Follow link for video recording.

Rethinking Humanitarianism Podcast Series (The New Humanitarian) [access]
- Follow link for new episodes.

The State of Humanitarian Professions 2020, 17 Nov. 2020 [access]
- Follow link for both video recording and podcast.

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