In times of crisis, women and girls are disproportionally affected, and the recent conflict in Israel and Gaza is no exception. As echoed by the UN Special Rapporteur on violence against women and...
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VOICE out loud #35 - Localisation: Exploring a multifaceted agenda (June 2023)
Over the last years, calls for humanitarian agencies and donors to be ‘as local as possible, and as international as necessary’ have dominated debates and discussions. While progress has been made in...
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VOICE Out Loud #34 - Fighting against hunger: a humanitarian lens (December 2022)
The current food insecurity crisis is killing people, destroying lives and human dignity, and affecting all of us. What can humanitarian actors do to face a humanitarian crisis that is only expected...
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VOICE Out Loud #33: Enabling principled humanitarian aid (June 2022)
What are the humanitarian challenges encountered by the humanitarian NGOs in the delivery of humanitarian aid and how they seek to overcome them? Each article of the newest edition of our magazine...
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VOICE Out Loud #32: The EU Member States’ implementation of the humanitarian-development-peace nexus (December 2021)
The new VOICE out loud “The EU Member States’ implementation of the humanitarian-development-peace nexus” focuses on how VOICE members and EU Member States are interpreting and implementing the...
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VOICE Out Loud Newsletter Issue 31: The value of NGOs' humanitarian action in the era of COVID-19
The pandemic has brought exceptional challenges to the delivery of humanitarian aid and in the movement of staff within and between countries. Consequently, working in countries already affected by...
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VOICE Out Loud Newsletter Issue 30: Humanitarian action in the era of climate change
The consequences of climate change aggravate the challenges faced by the most marginalised people around the world and drive an increase in their humanitarian needs. The COVID-19 pandemic, caused by...
Grand Bargain Annual Meeting 2020: A Joint Statement from NGO Networks
With another Grand Bargain Annual Meeting and reporting cycle now complete, we would like to extend our congratulations to all signatories for their efforts to implement Grand Bargain commitments...
VOICE Report: NGO's Perspectives on the EU's Humanitarian - Development - Peace Nexus
With this report, VOICE has sought to identify the current challenges and opportunities of working in a nexus approach from the humanitarian NGO perspective and to support NGOs to engage with the EU...
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VOICE Out Loud Newsletter Issue 29: European NGOs in emergencies - values and action
The articles in this VOICE out loud present the essential role of NGOs in the delivery of humanitarian assistance to the most vulnerable and crisis affected people. They help demonstrate the impact...
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VOICE Out Loud Newsletter Issue 27: Have we forgotten the Lake Chad Basin?
In this edition of the VOICE out loud we have asked our members to share their experiences from working in the Lake Chad Basin. Their stories show how crises can become protracted and complex, with...
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VOICE Out Loud Newsletter Issue 26: Exploring the humanitarian-development nexus
Today’s crises are increasingly complex and the number of people in need worldwide is rising as a consequence of man-made and natural disasters. The EU is focusing on finding a response to these...
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EU Member States’ Policies and Practice: Disaster Risk Reduction in Humanitarian Assistance and Development Cooperation
INTRODUCTION 2015 and 2016 have been landmark years in the development or renewal of global commitments relative to humanitarian aid, development and disaster risk reduction. After extensive...
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VOICE Out Loud Newsletter Issue 25: Moving Forward with the Agenda for Humanity, May 2017
As VOICE celebrates its 25th birthday, and we mark the first anniversary of the World Humanitarian Summit, VOICE has invited members and others to contribute on some of the key themes shaping...
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VOICE Out Loud Newsletter Issue 24: How humanitarian NGOs work with the private sector, November 2016
In May of this year, governments, NGOs and international agencies came together at the World Humanitarian Summit to discuss the future of humanitarian aid worldwide. Also present, and involved in the...
VOICE Out Loud Newsletter Issue 23: World Humanitarian Summit and NGO advocacy
2015 was the year that put refugees and the movement of people back on the global and European agenda. Europe saw the biggest refugee flow since World War Two, many crossing over from Turkey into...
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Exploring EU Humanitarian Donors’ Funding and Conditions for Working with NGOs: Building Evidence for Simplification
Introduction VOICE (Voluntary Organisations in Cooperation in Emergencies) is the main NGO interlocutor on EU humanitarian affairs and brings together 84 NGOs. One of the main priorities of the...
VOICE Out Loud Newsletter Issue 22: World Humanitarian Summit and NGO advocacy
Throughout 2015 consultations have been building towards the World Humanitarian Summit, to be held in 2016. All over the world, and in EU Member States, consultations and debates have taken place...
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VOICE Out Loud Newsletter Issue 21: European Year for Development: what’s in it for humanitarian aid
2015 is a special year: it is the first ever European Year to deal with the European Union’s external action and Europe’s role in the world. It is the European Year for Development (EYD). For NGOs...
Ensuring Sustainable Development: The need to invest in disaster risk reduction
The Finance for Development Agreement presents an opportunity for disaster risk reduction (DRR) funding to be institutionalised. As negotiations for the Agreement continue, we as members of civil...