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Humanitarian Coordination & Practice

Humanitarian Aid: Captive to Bureaucracy

August 19 marks the day in 2003 when a bomb ripped through U.N. Headquarters in Baghdad, killing 22 women and men. World Humanitarian Day commemorates…
InterAction
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Aug 19, 2021
Humanitarian Coordination & Practice

NGO Coordination Structures and the Localization Debate

The concept of “localization” is not new. For over two decades, initiatives have called for localizing aid (through funding, partnerships, or other means) or ensuring…
Rachel Unkovic
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Jan 22, 2021
Humanitarian Coordination & Practice

Humanitarian Action Conundrums: Neutrality

In the current moment, when it seems that everything, including tasks as simple as washing your hands or wearing a mark, is politicized, upholding your…
Patricia McIlreavy
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Dec 8, 2020
Humanitarian Coordination & Practice

More Than An Obligation

COVID-19 shifted how humanitarians work and will likely reshape—if not entirely overhaul—elements of the global humanitarian system. How we work together, and what our collective…
Kathryn Sidlowski
Kathryn Striffolino
Mais Balkhi
Rachel Unkovic
Aug 18, 2020
Crises & Countries in Conflict

Strongest Together

In 2018, over 70 million people worldwide were displaced by conflict, violence, and disasters, either within their own countries or as refugees. And yet,…
Rachel Unkovic
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Jun 4, 2020
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