🆕 JUST PUBLISHED! The 85th edition of our Humanitarian Exchange magazine: Women-led organisations in humanitarian response. 💡 Historically, women have played pivotal roles in community resilience and recovery during times of crisis. Yet, their leadership has often been overlooked or undervalued in formal humanitarian structures. This edition of Humanitarian Exchange focuses on women-led organisations (WLOs) in humanitarian response, with 14 contributors sharing their own experiences of structural obstacles to greater WLO leadership in the humanitarian sector. 📖 Read Humanitarian Exchange 85 in full now → https://lnkd.in/dgEbnbxz Huge thanks to the six-person editorial team consisting of Tsongo Claudine, Erika Veloza Martinez, Joe Read, Dr Renu Adhikari, Wesal Abdullah and Zarqa Yaftali, as well as all contributors. #WomenLedOrganisations #WLO #WomenLeaders #HumanitarianResponse | Photo credit: Oumou Touré
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We provide an independent forum for policy-makers, practitioners and others working in the humanitarian sector to share and disseminate information, analysis and experience, and to learn from it. Through the publication of its specialised resources – Humanitarian Exchange magazine, Network Papers and Good Practice Reviews (GPRs) – HPN aims to improve the performance of humanitarian action by encouraging and facilitating knowledge sharing and contributing to individual and institutional learning. HPN’s publications and articles are written by and for practitioners. It plays a unique role in capturing major new initiatives and good practice in humanitarian policy and practice and distilling, documenting and disseminating these developments across the sector. HPN’s audience comprises individuals and organisations engaged in humanitarian action who work in over 130 countries worldwide. They include NGOs in the Global North and South, the UN and other multilateral agencies, governments and donors, as well as academic institutions and consultants. HPN is managed by the Humanitarian Policy Group (HPG) at ODI, an independent global think tank on humanitarian and development policy. HPN is valued for its objectivity, analysis, accessibility and relevance. The views and opinions expressed in HPN’s publications do not necessarily state or reflect those of the Humanitarian Policy Group or ODI.
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🇮🇶 In early 2023, Iraq's humanitarian efforts transitioned towards seeking sustainable longer-term solutions, to align humanitarian, development and peacebuilding interventions. This has proved – predictably – to be easier said than done. Addressing challenges such as internal displacement and access to livelihoods, Imrul Islam (outgoing Advocacy Manager for the Norwegian Refugee Council in Iraq) reflects on progress one year after the humanitarian transition. Read now: https://lnkd.in/e4HKhMfH #Iraq #Peacebuilding #HumanitarianResponse
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"There is no time to waste." 🇵🇸 In the year since the current escalation of violence in #Gaza, women-led organisations have played a vital role in providing essential services and humanitarian assistance, advancing women’s rights, resilience and empowerment. What happens next? 🔗 https://lnkd.in/e5Ah6TCY #CeasefireNow #WomenLedOrg #WomensRights
Who will listen to the women of Gaza? | Humanitarian Practice Network
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🌍 The world faced an unprecedented challenge with #COVID-19. What have we learned, and how can we prepare for the future? Join us on Thursday 17 October for a dynamic online event as we launch ALNAP ’s evaluation synthesis on the humanitarian response to COVID-19 and explore opportunities for learning and transformation. Hear from leading humanitarians in the response on what the sector got right, the missed opportunities and what gives us hope for the future of humanitarian response. Speakers & Contributors: Pre-recorded reflections from: Sir Mark Lowcock | former UN UnderSecretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, and head of the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (United Nations OCHA) Sudanshu Singh, Founder and CEO of Humanitarian Aid International Live discussions and Q&A with: Jeremy Konyndyk | President Refugees International; former Executive Director of the USAID COVID-19 Task Force, senior policy fellow at CGD on humanitarian response and pandemic preparedness Dr Sylvie Briand (MD, MPH, PhD) | Director of the Global Infectious Hazard Preparedness (GIH), World Health Organization Emergency Preparedness (WPE) Courtenay Cabot Venton-Venton | Founder and Executive Director of The Share Trust; former co-lead of Social Protection Approaches to COVID-19 Expert Advice Service (SPACE) More speakers to be announced... Book your spot: https://lnkd.in/dzBhph-W #withlearningcomeschange
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Most current humanitarian crises seem to be fundamentally protection crises. This has been reflected in the record number of violations against children during armed conflict, and a high proportion of women in crisis-affected settings having experienced gender-based violence. At its core, humanitarian protection is about making people safer, yet an independent review bluntly concluded that humanitarians have ‘failed populations at risk’ of harm. The review blamed leadership problems and overly complicated coordination, but there was a large gap – in reviewing whether protection was people-centred and central to humanitarian action, the review did not consult affected people. As a result, a two-year research study – including two surveys and community discussion groups – has been carried out by Ground Truth Solutions (GTS), Victim's Hope DRC and IES CONGO. The study covers three eastern provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) that have seen frequent clashes among rebel groups, local militias and government forces, and have subsequently experienced atrocities such as civilian massacres, systematic rapes and massive population displacements. The findings highlight three critical insights: ⛑ 1. Communities recognise the protective role of humanitarian aid. 🗣️ 2. Simple consultations with crisis-affected people often fall short of improving perceptions of protection. ➕ 3. Genuine participation in aid programmes appears to have the potential to foster a more positive outlook on protection outcomes. By exploring these themes, we can better understand how crisis-affected people perceive protection, why current humanitarian approaches are still missing the mark, and what changes are needed to enhance their impact. 🔗 Learn more about the study's findings: https://lnkd.in/ecr9BxW5 #ViolenceReduction #Protection #Conflict #Displacement #SGBV #HumanitarianCrisis #DRC
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Today marks one year since the attack by Hamas on Israeli civilians, leading to the abduction and killing of hundreds of hostages – many of whom remain unaccounted for. Following the attack, Israel's ongoing retaliatory action in Gaza, and more recently Lebanon, has led to the killing of over 40,000 people, and the displacement of more than 2 million, as well as the destruction of most health facilities and enormous barriers for aid delivery. Humanitarian need remains sky-high and must be addressed as a matter of urgency. Last year, we asked authors to respond to the humanitarian situation in Gaza and Israel, and invite you to read their important contributions today: https://lnkd.in/eH5w2mRt #CeasefireNow #Gaza #Lebanon #Israel
Responses to the humanitarian situation in Gaza and Israel | Humanitarian Practice Network
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"In this much water, no one could possibly stay at home." Pradipto Vaskar Rakshit of Oxfam in Bangladesh shares his experiences and insights after visiting two of the worst-hit districts of the recent Eastern Flood in Bangladesh. The flood, which hit in August and cannot be ruled out as climate change-related, has caused widespread damage across remote districts in the country, affecting nearly 6 million people. As well destroying homes and livelihoods, there has been a severe shortage of safe drinking water and food, and relief efforts have been unable to meet high demand. As a result, mental shock and trauma has permeated affected districts. Find out more in Pradipto's new article 🇧🇩➡ https://lnkd.in/eKvqdfN8 #Bangladesh #EasternFlood2024 #EasternFlood #ClimateCrisis
On the frontlines: witnessing the human struggle and hope amid Bangladesh's catastrophic 2024 Eastern Flood | Humanitarian Practice Network
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At Alight, we believe that the words we use should reflect our respect for the communities we serve 🌍 and help change the dominant narratives in our sector. In an article published by Humanitarian Practice Network, Alight's CEO Jocelyn Wyatt explains how our Language Guide is a critical step towards moving away from outdated terms and ideas, and embracing language that puts people and their dignity at the center. ✨ #AlightLanguageGuide #WordsMatter #Humanitarianaid https://lnkd.in/eRd9yDKZ
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Ever wonder why Alight uses the word "customers" instead of beneficiaries? I’m excited to share my latest piece with the ODI Humanitarian Practice Network: Dignity Through Dialogue: Redefining Language in Humanitarian Aid. Words shape our understanding of the world. In humanitarian work, they carry the power to either uplift or diminish the dignity of the people we serve. In this article, I explore how redefining the language we use can foster greater respect, empathy, and trust within communities affected by displacement, crisis, and hardship. It’s time to move away from outdated narratives and embrace more inclusive, human-centered dialogue.
Dignity through dialogue: redefining language in humanitarian aid | Humanitarian Practice Network
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🗣️ Over the past few years, Alight, an organisation that works alongside displaced people to co-create services and programmes that address their needs, have been working towards redefining language in humanitarian aid. Through interactions such as that with Mohammed, they recognised that regardless of their circumstance, all people want and deserve to feel seen and heard. More widely, the humanitarian sector has long been mired in vocabulary with roots in colonialism and saviourism, undermining a truly human-centred approach. 📖 After taking stock, Alight created a language guide intended as a resource for a global team of humanitarians to continuously input into over time, and as a part of its efforts to contribute to important conversations about how the humanitarian sector can and should evolve. 🔗 Learn more about Alight's organisational journey of self-improvement: https://lnkd.in/eRd9yDKZ #Decolonisation #LanguageMatters #Communications