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Prevention of Sexual Exploitation, Abuse & Harassment

No Excuse for Abuse

Humanitarian workers are obliged to create and maintain an environment that prevents sexual exploitation and abuse and promotes the implementation of their code of conduct.

Humanitarian Coordination & Practice

Civil Society Guidance for a Model Policy

Over the past decade, armed conflict has been too often characterized by immense human suffering resulting from the actions of State and non-State parties to…

InterAction

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Mar 12, 2020

Humanitarian Coordination & Practice

More Than Four Walls and a Roof

The United Nations estimates that over 70 million people are forcibly displaced and more than a billion people live in slums, slum-like, or inadequate…

Mohamed Hilmi

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Mar 3, 2020

Humanitarian Coordination & Practice

Beyond Reconstruction

Imagine you were living in Port-au-Prince during the 2010 earthquake, or in Tacloban City during Super Typhoon Haiyan. Imagine you were confronted with the aftermath…

Kathryn Sidlowski

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Mar 2, 2020

Crises & Countries in Conflict

NGO Recommendations for the High-Level Panel on Internal Displacement

In July 2018, the Government of Norway, alongside thirty-six member states, initiated a call for the U.N. Secretary General to create a High-Level Panel to…

Priscilla Yoon

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Feb 25, 2020

Crises & Countries in Conflict

The Rohingya Crisis is Not Just Bangladesh’s Responsibility

In 2015, Nobel Peace Prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi was seen as a beacon of democracy and human rights for Myanmar. Four years later,…

Carrie Hessler-Radelet

Sam Worthington

Feb 11, 2020

Humanitarian Coordination & Practice

Lost in Rhetoric: Why Word Choice Matters

Today is the International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation, also known as female genital cutting or, rarely, female circumcision. Someone has…

Rachel Unkovic

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Feb 6, 2020

Humanitarian Coordination & Practice

Reflections on the First-Ever Global Refugee Forum

With a goal of generating “concrete pledges and contributions towards the objectives of the global compact,” the first-ever Global Refugee Forum—held on December 17 and…

Priscilla Yoon

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Jan 8, 2020

Crises & Countries in Conflict

Five things you should know about the Rohingya Refugee Response

“Hello!” “Hello!” Rohingya children greet us as we walk through the dusty brick roads and dirt paths of the world’s largest refugee camp. Located a…

Aliza Vaccher

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Dec 30, 2019

Crises & Countries in Conflict

InterAction Members Respond to Veto of UNSC Resolution 2449

The vetoes of United Nations Security Council to renew Resolution 2449 by Russia and China and the inability of the Security Council to act collectively…

InterAction

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Dec 20, 2019

Crises & Countries in Conflict

The Venezuela displacement crisis

“We can’t eat there. We can’t eat here. I don’t know what to do anymore.” As of November 2019, Response for Venezuela (R4V)—an Inter-Agency…

Aniqa Borachi

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Dec 19, 2019

Crises & Countries in Conflict

Statement on UN Security Council Resolution 2449

The following statement was signed by Members of InterAction, the largest alliance of international NGOs and partners in the United States, with over 180 Members…

InterAction

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Dec 18, 2019