Safety & Security
Introduction
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 workers, and analysis of the implications of engaging with private security providers and the role of peacekeepers in humanitarian interventions.
Must Read
World + 5 more
Aid Worker Security Report 2019 - Speakable: Addressing sexual violence and gender-based risk in humanitarian aid
By Abby Stoddard, Paul Harvey, Monica Czwarno, Meriah-Jo Breckenridge Summary of key findings 2018 was the second worst year on record for aid worker security, with 399 aid workers affected by major...
Nigeria + 5 more
Lake Chad Basin - Complex Emergency Fact Sheet #5, Fiscal Year (FY) 2019
HIGHLIGHTS Attack on international NGO vehicles in Diffa results in two deaths Deteriorating security conditions prompt additional displacement Relief agencies seek to ease severe overcrowding at...
Nigeria + 3 more
Lake Chad Basin: Crisis Update (June 2019)
Overview Nearly 10 million people, or half the population of the conflict-hit Lake Chad Basin region need humanitarian assistance as the decade-long conflict drags on. Some 2.5 million people are now...
News
Nouvelles attaques contre des travailleurs humanitaires au Cameroun
La protection des personnes devrait être garantie dans les régions anglophones Ilaria Allegrozzi Chercheuse senior sur l’Afrique centrale Samedi, des séparatistes armés ont enlevé Paul (nom modifié),...
Renewed Attacks on Aid Workers in Cameroon
Ensure Protection of People in English-Speaking Regions Ilaria Allegrozzi Senior Central Africa Researcher Armed separatists kidnapped Paul (not his real name), a humanitarian worker, in Cameroon’s...
Mali - Armed conflict, impact on civilians and humanitarian actors (DG ECHO, media, partners) (ECHO Daily Flash of 04 June 2020)
A deadly mix of intercommunity and radical armed groups violence, compounded by government counteractions, resulted in almost 500 civilian fatalities in January-May 2020 across the country, of which...
Evaluation & Lessons Learned
Afghanistan + 4 more
Afghanistan 2019 Humanitarian Response Plan: Year-End Report of Financing, Achievements and Response Challenges (January - December 2019)
Summary Humanitarian needs driven by conflict, natural disasters and acute vulnerability, resulting from the cumulative impact of shocks and lack of recovery, continue to affect millions of people in...
Mali : Suivi de la réponse humanitaire octobre à décembre 2019
1. Aperçu de la réponse Les conflits, les inondations et la sècheresse ainsi que les urgences sanitaires et les épidémies continuent d’être les principaux déterminants de la crise en 2019. Cependant...
Intervention d’urgence contre la maladie à virus Ebola : Évaluation en temps réel de l’intervention de Vision Mondiale RDC - Décembre 2019
Évaluation en temps réel de l’intervention d’urgence contre la maladie à virus Ebolade Vision Mondiale RDC République démocratique du Congo (RDC) a déclaré une nouvelle épidémie d’Ebola dans la ville...
Maps and Infographics
Latest Updates
Nouvelles attaques contre des travailleurs humanitaires au Cameroun
La protection des personnes devrait être garantie dans les régions anglophones Ilaria Allegrozzi Chercheuse senior sur l’Afrique centrale Samedi, des séparatistes armés ont enlevé Paul (nom modifié),...
Renewed Attacks on Aid Workers in Cameroon
Ensure Protection of People in English-Speaking Regions Ilaria Allegrozzi Senior Central Africa Researcher Armed separatists kidnapped Paul (not his real name), a humanitarian worker, in Cameroon’s...
World + 82 more
CrisisWatch May 2020
The latest edition of Crisis Group’s monthly conict tracker highlights deteriorations in May in seven countries and conict situations. In Sudan, intercommunal violence erupted in the country’s west,...
Jobs
Baseline Conflict Analysis – Golo, Central Darfur
Danish Refugee Council (DRC) is an international non‐governmental organisation, which promotes and supports durable solutions to the problems faced by refugees and internally displaced people all...
TRANSPORT OFFICER - REF: TO /01/06/2020
JOB SUMMARY Reporting to the Logistics Coordinator, the incumbent will be in charge of the overall function of Motor Transport Capacity within Care Dadaab and will provide safe transport services for...
SR.Safety&Security Officer
The Maram Foundation for Relief and Development (Maram) is a non-profit organization, founded by American-Syrian activists to alleviate the suffering of people in need since its inception to date the...
Training
Diploma in Human Rights and Forced Displacement (Online programme)
Admissions are Open on a Rolling Basis! Description of the Diploma The Human Rights Centre of the United Nations mandated University for Peace is offering its successful Professional Development...
Diploma in Human Rights and Forced Displacement (Online programme)
Admissions are Open on a Rolling Basis! Description of the Diploma The Human Rights Centre of the United Nations mandated University for Peace is offering its successful Professional Development...
STOP COVID-19, a freely accessible on-line training course for frontline responders to this global health crisis, now available in English
Bioforce, thanks to the support of Action Against Hunger (ACF France) and OXFAM is able to launch today the English version of « STOP COVID-19 - Essentials for the prevention and control of the virus...