This edition of the Humanitarian Exchange, co-edited by Humanitarian Policy Group (HPG) Research Fellow and interim HPN Coordinator Kerrie Holloway and Senior Research Fellow Caitlin Sturridge,...
World + 8 more
World + 8 more
This edition of the Humanitarian Exchange, co-edited by Humanitarian Policy Group (HPG) Research Fellow and interim HPN Coordinator Kerrie Holloway and Senior Research Fellow Caitlin Sturridge,...
Manu Samuel Seth Why would a humanitarian initiative such as a safe space for women and girls be successful for the first two weeks and then experience a sharp decline in attendance? This article...
Abby Stoddard Humanitarian aid workers are more likely to die from violence than any other job-related cause. Last year was especially brutal, with upwards of 260 aid workers killed — more than...
Damian Lilly Scenes of catastrophic floods and wildfires in many parts of the world last summer hammered home the reality that climate change is now a present danger to humanity and no longer a...
The Humanitarian Practice Network (HPN) was established in 1994 as an independent, global forum for humanitarian practitioners, policymakers and others to publish knowledge, analysis and experience. ...
Cara Kielwein Data is everywhere, and the humanitarian sector is no exception. As humanitarians, we want decision-making to be ‘data-driven’ or ‘evidence-based’. To this end, we conduct numerous...
oPt + 1 more
In the wake of the current crisis unfolding in Gaza and Israel, we invited humanitarian practitioners to share their insights on the situation. Below are some of the submissions we received – if you...
In mid-April, as Sudan’s military leaders dragged an entire nation into chaos, death and destruction, another side of Sudan and the Sudanese emerged for those willing to look beyond the headlines...
Humanitarians are setting out their stall on loss and damage, especially the new fund that is intended to invest in projects to ‘avert, minimise and address loss and damage’. The details of this fund...
Tensions between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) erupted into armed conflict in mid-April. Extreme violence – initially in the capital, Khartoum – has spread to...
Ritesh Shah D. Brent Edwards Jr. S. Garnett Russell Claudia Mitchell Mauro C. Moschetti Ha Yeon Kim Carly Tubbs Dolan J. Lawrence Aber New models of humanitarian aid and partnership are urgently...
Christina Thompson The global refugee crisis has become one of the most pressing humanitarian challenges of our time. In 2023, the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) has estimated that there will...
Over the last three decades, due to an unprecedented rise in global forced displacement, we have all attended many refugee-related conferences, forums and meetings – so many, in fact, it would be...
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After being forcibly displaced by the war in Syria, I found myself living as a refugee in Lebanon. At the time, the former conflict areas in the city of Tripoli in the north of Lebanon were...
Since the start of the Syrian uprising in 2011, against the backdrop of the Arab Spring, hundreds of thousands of grave human rights violations have been committed, mainly by the Syrian regime...
Malaysia + 2 more
My name is Wahid, and I was born in Somalia. My immigration story started when my family left Somalia for Syria, where we all lived, until the Syrian Civil War began in 2011. Once again we were...
Jordan + 2 more
Jordan has played a key role in the international response to the Syrian refugee crisis, despite the pressure this has placed on the country’s limited resources. Jordan hosts some 1.3 million Syrian...
How do refugees organise to respond to the needs of other refugees and members of the host community? This question became more urgent in the early days of the Covid-19 pandemic. While international...
The United Nations (UN) Palais des Nations is an idyllic place. Grassy lawns dotted by trees slope down to crystal blue Lake Geneva. It couldn’t feel further from the violence and tragedy that force...
Across the world, we are experiencing unprecedented levels of forcibly displaced people due to violent conflict, political persecution, resource insecurity and climate change. Based on the latest...