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Nearly all of the 129 aid workers killed on the job in 2021 were from the countries where they lost their lives.
As the invasion continues, humanitarian workers could become a target of the Russian army.
To date, the program has provided nearly $10 million to roughly 137,000 of the country’s poorest citizens.
The money is evenly split between military support and funds for economic, humanitarian and other needs.
Tens of thousands of Ukrainians are using humanitarian corridors to leave the country. But these routes are often announced for political reasons and do not always offer safety
Barges transporting goods can end up paying up to US$10,000 in taxes for one trip.
These photos tend to oversimplify the issues that cause poverty and the suffering of poor people in low-income countries.
Collaboration can have immediate benefits in the most dire circumstances.
Afghanistan is facing a looming hunger crisis. But the world must engage with the Taliban on purely pragmatic and humanitarian grounds, without extending formal recognition.
The rate and scale of the destruction of Tigray’s healthcare system is severe.
L’exploitation et les abus auxquels nécessitent une réaction plus pro-active et moins passive.
WHO’s safeguarding failure in the DRC has re-focused attention on the sexual misconduct that surfaces with disgraceful regularity in humanitarian, development, and peacekeeping operations worldwide.
Our “Self-Reliance Index” helps organisations and governments assess how their programmes are doing in helping refugees to become self-reliant.
When humanitarian agencies are obliged to stop operations by political decision or because of huge physical insecurity, the poorest and most vulnerable succumb first through starvation and disease.
Though not a rich country, Colombia is unusually well equipped to handle mass migration because of its own history with political strife and displacement.
Adolescent girls can contribute to social change, economic growth, sustainable development and peaceful societies. They should be able to live their lives free from violence.
If a country refuses, or blocks, humanitarian aid this act violates international law.
The Trump White House questioned the value of foreign aid and neglected policies related to helping low-income countries. But US aid had already needed improvement.
Providers of humanitarian aid haven’t been able to reach civilians in Ethiopia’s Tigray region. There are also reports that hundreds of civilians have been killed.
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Deputy Director of the HUMLOG (Humanitarian Logistics and Supply Chain Management Research) Institute, Hanken School of Economics
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Lecturer in Operations Management, Lancaster University
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Lecturer in Interdisciplinary Race, Gender and Postcolonial Studies, UCL
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Professor of Law, Conflict and Global Development, University of Reading
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Professor of Public Health and Social Work, Washington University in St. Louis
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Business School Associate Director, Edge Hill University
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PhD Researcher, Development Studies, University of Sussex
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Associate Rrofessor of Philanthropic Studies, Indiana University
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Fellow, Harvard Humanitarian Initiative, Harvard University
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Director, Program on Resilient Communities, Harvard University
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Senior Lecturer in Operations and Supply Chain Management, Liverpool John Moores University
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Associate Research Professor of International Relations, Tufts University
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Professor Emeritus in Global Health & Humanitarian Affairs, University of Manchester
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Professor, Université de Lubumbashi
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Professor, Durham Law School, Durham University
