13 September 2024

Thematic Focus: Humanitarian Assistance

Short pieces:

Addressing protection in humanitarian evaluations: what ALNAP ’s new guidance needs to achieve (ALNAP Commentary, Aug. 2024) [text]

Humanitarian reform beyond the mega-crisis (HPN, Aug. 2024) [text]

"International aid agencies pay the price for boom and bust," The New Humanitarian, 29 Aug. 2024 [text]

"Save the Children staff dissatisfied with leadership amid restructuring: survey," The New Humanitarian, 29 Aug. 2024 [text]

A seven-step guide to escaping mental health distress as a humanitarian practitioner (HPN, Aug. 2024) [text]

"'The world’s simply not noticing': 2024 likely to be deadliest year for aid workers," The Guardian, 9 Sept. 2024 [text]

Reports:

Cracks in Coordination: Trust and Engagement in Humanitarian Country Teams (ICVA, Sept. 2024) [text]

CrisisInSight Humanitarian Access Overview (ACAPS, July 2024) [text via ReliefWeb]

Humanitarian Leadership: A Literature Review (International Rescue Committee, May 2024) [text via ReliefWeb]

Promising Evidence of Coordination Across the Humanitarian–Development Nexus, BASIC Research Research Briefing, no. 3 (Institute of Development Studies, Aug. 2024) [text]

Step-by-Step Guide for Hosting Assistance to People Affected by Crisis (IFRC, July 2024) [text]

Journal articles:

"Ethical framework and inclusivity: research mechanics of difficult-to-reach migrants in civil military context," Journal of International Humanitarian Action, 9:11 (Sept. 2024) [open access]

"'For them it’s not the work, it’s the life': humanitarian leadership development in the Global South," Journal of International Humanitarian Action, 9:10 (Aug. 2024) [open access]

"Integrating social sciences in community engagement in humanitarian action: benefits and challenges seen from the field," Journal of International Humanitarian Action, 9:12 (Sept. 2024) [open access]

 Muslim Humanitarianism Review, vol. 1, no. 1 (2024) [open access]
- New journal "dedicated to fostering scholarly dialogue and advancing research in the field of humanitarian affairs, philanthropy, civil society, public affairs and Muslim humanitarianism."

"'Strange' affinities: Iṣlāḥ and British Muslim volunteers in the Syrian war," American Ethnologist, Early View, 7 Sept. 2024 [open access]

Resource:

Humanitarian Takeaways (CHA & ICVA) [access]
- A "collection of selected and summarised materials on relevant topics for the humanitarian sector." Initial issues available on the Centre for Humanitarian Action (CHA) website.

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