26 April 2023

Thematic Focus: Humanitarian Assistance

Short pieces:

How the humanitarian industry is distancing from those we serve – and three things we can do about it (Notes and Musings on Humanitarian Work, April 2023) [Part 1] [Part 2]

Promoting gender equality: linking social protection and humanitarian assistance for displaced populations (ODI Insights, March 2023) [text]

"What’s the ‘Flagship Initiative’, and how might it transform emergency aid?," The New Humanitarian, 5 April 2023 [text]

"Why foreign aid isn’t as generous as the latest figures might suggest," The New Humanitarian, 13 April 2023 [text]

Reports & journal articles:

Afghanistan: Taliban directives and decrees affecting human rights and humanitarian actors (ACAPS, April 2023) [text via ReliefWeb]

"Beyond gender mainstreaming: transforming humanitarian action, organizations and culture," Journal of International Humanitarian Action, 8:5 (April 2023) [open access]

Brain drain in the aid sector: Unpacking the barriers of the dual-salary system, The Humanitarian Leader, no. 33 (Centre for Humanitarian Leadership, March 2023) [text]

Empowering Frontline Staff to Enable the Participation of Crisis-affected People (International Rescue Committee, April 2023) [access]
- Note: Follow the link for both the report and a survey to complete after reading the report.

Forced Displacement Literature Review: Cash Transfers (Joint Data Center, March 2023) [text]
- See also related newsletter.

Promoting Equitable Partnerships with Local Responders in Humanitarian Settings: DG ECHO guidance note (ECHO, March 2023) [text via ReliefWeb]

Sex, age (and more) still matter: Data collection, analysis, and use in humanitarian practice (CARE, Tufts Univ. & UN Women, March 2023) [text]

Multimedia:

GCM Talk: Missing Migrants and Humanitarian Assistance, Geneva/Online, 23 March 2023 [access]
- See also related concept note.

ICVA 2023 Annual Conference, Geneva, 17 March 2023 [access]
- The theme was "The right time and the right place: Improving access to humanitarian quality funding." Follow link to access a playlist for all the conference sessions.

In Conversation with Chef José Andrés (Rethinking Humanitarianism Podcast, April 2023) [access]

What is “Humanitarian Journalism?” (Global Dispatches Podcast, April 2023) [access]

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