04 June 2021

Thematic Focus: Humanitarian Assistance

Blog posts & press:

"Aid agency security is a disaster waiting to happen," The New Humanitarian, 18 May 2021 [text]

"Can the UN’s new humanitarian chief be a reformer?," The New Humanitarian, 12 May 2021 [text]

Humanitarian leadership stories (ReliefWeb Blog, May 2021) [access]

"Then and Now: Aid’s slow pace of change," The New Humanitarian, 6 May 2021 [text]

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

Reports & journal articles:

2020 UNHCR Multi-Sectoral Joint Needs Assessment Report (UNHCR, March 2021) [text via ReliefWeb]

Addressing Racism and Racial Discrimination Action Plan (IASC, June 2021) [text]

Clean cooking in refugee camps and COVID-19: what lessons can we learn? (Modern Energy Cooking Services Project, April 2021) [text via ReliefWeb]

Conflict and Health (May 2021) [access]
- Follow link for special collection on "Lessons from the field: Confronting the challenges of health research in humanitarian crises," with 18 articles. The introduction provides more information.

The ethics of research with structurally vulnerable people in humanitarian settings (R4HC-MENA, May 2021) [access]
- Follow link for research briefing and video recording of related webinar.

Focus on the Frontlines: How the Grand Bargain can deliver on its promise to improve humanitarian aid (International Rescue Committee, May 2021) [text]

Humanitarian Exchange Magazine, no. 79 (May 2021) [full-text]
- The theme of this issue is "Localisation and local humanitarian action." 

"More logistics, less aid: Humanitarian-business partnerships and sustainability in the refugee camp," World Development, vol. 142 (June 2021) [open access]

"Why technocratic understandings of humanitarian accountability undermine local communities," Development in Practice, Latest Articles, 5 May 2021 [open access]

Resource:

IASC Results Group 1 Sub-group on Localization: Online Repository [access]
 -  "[I]ncludes guidance, policies, good practices, case studies, and information on localization initiatives and projects with a specific focus on the representation of relevant national and local actors in leadership and coordination structures."

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