Episode #103 Covid-19, Displacement & Armed Conflict: Adapting to a Compounded Crisis July 22, 2020, ICRC Operations / Policy / The Impact of COVID In conflict and post-conflict contexts, access to assistance and protection is constantly contested, particularly for vulnerable populations such as the internally displaced. With ...
Episode #102 Conflict Dynamics, Climate Change and Diplomacy in Mali July 14, 2020, ICRC Operations / Policy Mali sits in the middle of West Africa, with most of the country situated within in the Sahel desert. It is a key ...
Episode #101 Fragility, Conflict & Violence: A Conversation with the World Bank’s Franck Bousquet June 23, 2020, ICRC Operations / Policy By 2030, it is estimated that up to two-thirds of the world’s extreme poor will live in countries characterized by fragility, conflict, and ...
Episode #100 Serving on the Surgical Frontlines of Syria June 16, 2020, ICRC Operations / The Impact of COVID To say that COVID19 has had global reaching impacts is an understatement. But for those living in Syria, the pandemic reaches the country ...
Episode #99 Conflict, COVID & Infrastructure: The Impact on Water June 2, 2020, ICRC Operations / The Impact of COVID Each year, armed conflict disrupts millions of lives. It also disrupts the infrastructure that makes daily life possible, such as damage to water ...
Episode #96 Difficult to Contain: The Impact of COVID on Detention Centers April 21, 2020, ICRC Operations / The Impact of COVID The Coronavirus is having an impact on absolutely every element of our lives. For people living in war-zones, the virus is just one ...
Episode #95 The Chronic Fragility of Lake Chad with Patrick Youssef March 24, 2020, ICRC Operations In this episode of Intercross the Podcast, we discuss Lake Chad. Situated in north-west Africa, what is known as the Lake Chad region ...
Episode #93 The Crisis in Global Health with Esperanza Martinez March 10, 2020, ICRC Operations After a couple of months break, Intercross the Podcast back. And we are returning with quite a compelling conversation. Our guest, Esperanza Martinez, ...
Episode #91 The Transformative Power of Sports with Michael Rosenkrantz December 3, 2019, ICRC Operations December 3rd is the International Day of People with Disabilities. Celebrated globally since 1992, this year’s theme is “The Future is Accessible,” meaning ...
Episode #90 Crisis in CAR with Valerie Petitpierre November 19, 2019, ICRC Operations Since September 1, the ongoing fighting between armed groups has forced large numbers of people in Birao, in the north-east of the Central ...
