03 March 2021

Thematic Focus: Humanitarian Assistance

Blog posts & press:

"The case against cash," The New Humanitarian, 22 Feb. 2021 [text]

Cashless cash: financial inclusion or surveillance humanitarianism? (Humanitarian Law & Policy Blog, March 2021) [text]

Children on the move: the tale of a surprising spillover in humanitarian cash transfers to refugees (Development Impact, Feb. 2021) [text]

Humanitarians need to pick up the pace (ALNAP Blog, Feb. 2021) [text]

"Then and Now: 25 years of aid worker (in)security," The New Humanitarian, 25 Feb. 2021 [access]

“What if?” Questions with answers for a paradigm shift in the Aid System (CDA Blog, Feb. 2021) [text]

When Throwing Evidence and Facts is not Enough. How Change Happens in the Humanitarian System (From Poverty to Power Blog, Feb. 2021) [text]

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

Reports & journal articles:

Cash assistance in times of COVID-19: Impacts on refugees living in Turkey (IFRC & Turkish Red Crescent, Feb. 2021) [text via ReliefWeb]

"Identity in transition: an interpretative phenomenological analysis of international humanitarian workers’ experiences of returning home," Journal of International Humanitarian Action, 6:5 (March 2021) [open access]

"The social meaning of money: Multidimensional implications of humanitarian cash and voucher assistance," Disasters, Accepted Articles, 18 Feb. 2021 [open access]

Sphere strategy 2021-2025: Global humanitarian standards for local action and preparedness (Sphere, Jan. 2021) [text via ReliefWeb]

The State of Open Humanitarian Data 2021: Assessing Data Availability Across Humanitarian Crises (OCHA, Feb. 2021) [text]

Strengthening Mental Health and Psychosocial Support in 2021 (UNHCR, Feb. 2021) [text]

*Supporting principled local action in humanitarian response: Practical steps for Humanitarian Coordinators and Humanitarian Country Teams (IASC, March 2021) [text via ReliefWeb]

Multimedia:

Rethinking Humanitarianism podcast: The magic wand episode, 19 Feb. 2021 [access]

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