A humanitarian duty to integrity April 8, 2021 7 mins read Analysis / Humanitarian Action / New Technologies Sean McDonald The digital transformation of humanitarian operations raises (at least) two existential issues: one, how do humanitarians preserve what is unique about their work ...
The SolarWinds hack: lessons for humanitarians March 18, 2021 9 mins read Analysis / Humanitarian Action / Humanitarian Principles / New Technologies Massimo Marelli As humanitarian organizations become more active in and reliant upon new technologies and the digital ...
The mosaic effect: the revelation risks of combining humanitarian and social protection data February 9, 2021 12 mins read Analysis / Humanitarian Action / New Technologies / Religion / Sexual Violence Jill Capotosto As the world faces more frequent and intense crises—driven in part by climate change, political ...
We may need more humanitarian bureaucracy, not less February 4, 2021 5 mins read Accountability / Analysis / Humanitarian Action / Humanitarian Principles / Sexual Violence Aaron Clark-Ginsberg & Mary Kate Adgie In the humanitarian sector, bureaucracy has been faulted for everything from ageism and the suppression ...
You can’t handle the truth: misinformation and humanitarian action January 15, 2021 9 mins read Analysis / Humanitarian Action / New Technologies / Technology in Humanitarian Action Rachel Xu Misinformation is on the rise, and the humanitarian sector has not escaped the consequences. The ...
Who are you calling ‘vulnerable’? Muslim women and inclusive humanitarianism December 17, 2020 7 mins read Analysis / Gender and conflict / Humanitarian Action / Islamic Law / Law and Conflict / Religion Ahmed Al-Dawoody & Saman Rejali In generalizing groups as homogeneously ‘vulnerable’, we risk closing our eyes to existing spheres of ...
Palliative care, COVID-19 and humanitarian action: it’s time to talk. July 2, 2020 14 mins read Analysis / COVID-19 and conflict / Health Care / Humanitarian Action Rachel Coghlan For countries already gripped by war or disaster, COVID-19 is magnifying existing challenges to healthcare. ...
Hacking humanitarians: operational dialogue and cyberspace June 4, 2020 11 mins read Analysis / Human Costs of Cyber / Humanitarian Action / New Technologies Massimo Marelli & Martin Schüepp As humanitarian organizations become more active in and reliant upon new technologies and the digital ...
The world tomorrow: COVID-19 and the new humanitarian May 20, 2020 14 mins read Analysis / Counterterrorism / COVID-19 and conflict / Humanitarian Action / Humanitarian Principles Raphael Gorgeu Two months in, the COVID-19 crisis has sent shock waves throughout the humanitarian sector, prompting ...
Hacking humanitarians: mapping the cyber environment and threat landscape May 7, 2020 12 mins read Analysis / Human Costs of Cyber / Humanitarian Action / New Technologies Massimo Marelli & Adrian Perrig As humanitarian organizations become more active in and reliant upon new technologies and the digital ...
People power in humanitarian action February 20, 2020 15 mins read Accountability / Analysis / Humanitarian Action / Humanitarian Principles Hugo Slim The principle of “putting people at the centre” of humanitarian action rightly dominates humanitarian policy ...
Hacking humanitarians: moving towards a humanitarian cybersecurity strategy January 16, 2020 10 mins read Analysis / Human Costs of Cyber / Humanitarian Action / New Technologies / Technology in Humanitarian Action Massimo Marelli As humanitarian organizations become more active in and reliant upon new technologies and the digital ...
