DfID’s Lowcock Welcomed As New OCHA Head, But Faces Challenges

The United Nations' policy and decision-making processes are predominantly confined to exclusive spaces, with much of the work concentrated at its offices in Geneva and New York. These elite forums are removed from realities on the ground and often exclude those with lived experience.

Surging bureaucratic and administrative impediments (BAI) across Latin America are an increasing challenge to humanitarian access and a barrier to aid delivery. So-called “NGO laws”…

Escalating violence in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has exacerbated the humanitarian crisis and left more than seven million people…

This year, InterAction’s Gender-Based Violence (GBV) Working Group blog series sought to highlight and amplify the voices of women and girls leading the charge against GBV in humanitarian crises around the globe.