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Sudan Regional Displacement Crisis

Since the start of the conflict in Sudan in mid-April, large numbers of civilians have been forced to flee, including people who were already internally displaced and refugees from other countries who had sought safety in Sudan. Hundreds of thousands of people have fled into neighbouring countries...

Humanitarian Access

Humanitarian Access refers to a two-pronged concept, comprising: Humanitarian actors' ability to reach populations in need Affected populations' access to assistance and services Rapid and unimpeded humanitarian access is a fundamental prerequisite to effective humanitarian action, especially in...

Ukraine Humanitarian Crisis

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, which started on 24 February, has caused widespread death, destruction, displacement and suffering, and left at least 17.6 million people in urgent need of humanitarian assistance and protection. They include 6.3 million internally displaced people (IDPs), 6.9 million...

Global Humanitarian Overview

To explore the full interactive report, please head to the GHO Section on Humanitarian Action. The Global Humanitarian Overview is the world’s most comprehensive, authoritative, and evidence-based assessment of humanitarian need. It provides a global snapshot of the current and future trends in...

The Flagship Initiative

The Flagship Initiative was launched in 2023 to reimagine a sustainable and ethical humanitarian system, one ready to face the new reality of increasingly complex challenges. The movement aims to deliver solutions and build resilience by ensuring the priorities of crisis-affected communities drive...

Humanitarian Civil Military Coordination

Humanitarian Civil-Military Coordination (UN-CMCoord) is the essential dialogue and interaction between civilian and military actors in humanitarian emergencies that is necessary to protect and promote humanitarian principles, avoid competition, minimize inconsistency, and when appropriate, pursue...

Climate Change and Humanitarian Assistance

Recent data predict a massive increase in humanitarian needs in a near future related to climate change. This is due to the fact that countries most vulnerable to the effects of climate change are also those that have been impacted by decades of endemic humanitarian crises. Disaster events such as...

América Latina y el Caribe

En esta sección se puede encontrar todo el contenido que ReliefWeb publica sobre la región de América Latina y el Caribe. El contenido incluye informes, mapas, vacantes, capacitación y desastres. La mayoría del contenido es publicado en español, pero también existen documentos en francés e inglés...

Cluster Coordination

Clusters (and the four areas of responsibilities within protection) bring together UN and non-UN partners around 15 technical areas of humanitarian action, with the aim of coordinating preparedness and response activities. The cluster approach was established on 12 September 2005 and first applied...

Cash and Voucher Assistance

Cash transfer programming refers to all programmes where cash (or vouchers for goods or services) is provided directly to affected people to meet one or several basic humanitarian needs. Evidence indicates that cash is almost universally preferred by beneficiaries, and that it can be an effective...

Humanitarian Leadership

In challenging times and despite rising needs, the humanitarian system continues to save and transform lives. Strong leadership by the United Nations Resident and Humanitarian Coordinators plays a crucial part in this. Humanitarian leaders must act quickly and impartially while keeping a focus on...

Data Responsibility Working Group (DRWG)

Introduction The Data Responsibility Working Group (DRWG) is a global coordination body working to advance data responsibility across the humanitarian system. It brings together a diverse group of stakeholders including United Nations (UN) entities, other International Organizations (IOs),...

IASC Task Force 5 – Localization Online Repository

In October 2021, the Inter-Agency Standing Committee (IASC) endorsed its biennium Strategic Priorities (SP) for 2022-2023, reflecting the collective commitment to deliver humanitarian assistance and protection. Overall the Principals committed to prioritize and work together to ensure that: (a)...

Sahel (Burkina Faso, Niger, Mali)

For the first time in the Sahel, 45,000 people are forecast to experience catastrophic (phase 5) levels of hunger – one step away from famine - including 42,000 in Burkina and 2,500 in Mali. The combined effects of conflict, climate shocks, COVID-19, and high food prices continue to drive up hunger...

Education in Emergencies

One in four of the world’s school-age children - more than 500 million - lives in countries affected by humanitarian crises such as conflicts, natural disasters and disease outbreaks. About 75 million children are either already missing out on their education, receiving poor quality schooling or at...

Lake Chad Basin Crisis/Crise du bassin du lac Tchad

Violent conflicts continue to fuel large-scale suffering in north-east Nigeria and parts of Niger, Chad and Cameroon in the Lake Chad region, leading to massive internal and cross-border displacement, destruction of livelihoods, property, and human rights abuses, as well as disruption of government...

Refugees/Migrants - South-East Asia

In 2015, mixed maritime movements in South-East Asia were characterized by two distinct phases: from January to May, when the volume crossing the Bay of Bengal and Andaman Sea was significantly greater than during the same period in previous years; and from June to December, when such movements all...

Humanitarian Crises in Southern and Eastern Africa

Two years after the prolonged 2016/2017 drought in Eastern and Southern Africa, livelihoods in the region continue to be affected, particularly in pastoral areas. In April 2019, FEWS NET released an alert detailing the poor progress of the March to June 2019 Gu/long rains season in East Africa and...

Refugees/Migrants Emergency - Europe

At least 1,146 people died attempting to reach Europe by sea in the first six months of 2021 according to a new briefing released today by the International Organization for Migration (IOM). Deaths along these routes more than doubled so far this year compared to the same period in 2020, when 513...

Gender

Understanding how crises affect women and men, girls and boys of different ages and disparities is critical to effective humanitarian preparedness and response. Women, girls, boys and men have distinct needs, priorities, responsibilities, limitations and protection needs. They are exposed to...

Humanitarian Financing

This topic includes reports and resources on a wide range of issues related to humanitarian financing such as accountability and transparency, partnerships, funding mechanisms and relevant policy discussions.

Safety & Security

This page brings together the most relevant information on aid worker safety and security from ReliefWeb's extensive collection of humanitarian content. The two main columns show substantive reports such as safety manuals and guidelines, statistical reports on security incidents involving aid...

Health

This page includes humanitarian content on issues related to health such as emergency medical services, equipment and supplies, including reproductive health, nutrition, psychosocial support, health education, mobile medical clinics and disease control.

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