The ethics of impossible decisions
The ethics of impossible decisions – The New Humanitarian puts quality, independent journalism at the service of the millions of people affected by humanitarian crises around the world
The data streams that underpin humanitarian response are about to collapse
The data streams that underpin humanitarian response are about to collapse – The New Humanitarian puts quality, independent journalism at the service of the millions of people affected by humanitarian crises around the world
A Decade of Compounding Crises
From the needs to the responses, we get a clearer picture of how the humanitarian assistance sector has changed over the past decade by taking a close look at the numbers.
Running in Place: Security risk management in humanitarian operations – Global Interagency Security Forum
Humanitarian aid workers are more likely to die from violence than any other job-related cause. Last year was especially brutal, with upwards of 260 aid workers killed – more than double the average of the prior three years. Beginning in the late 1990s, aid organisations have been awake to the serious security risks inherent in […]
“We have already spent everything we had in our own wallets”: How international aid is failing Ukrainian responders – and what to do about it
Over 100 days have passed since the Russian invasion of Ukraine sparked a massive humanitarian crisis along with an outpouring of international generosity in the form of aid contributions. So why are international organisations still sitting on millions they cannot spend while local volunteer groups in Ukraine are reaching their limits, emotionally burned out, and running out of cash and equipment?
BOOK REVIEW: How to Resuscitate an Ailing Norm
The narrative accounts of the violence experienced by medical providers and patients woven through the book give one the sense of being shaken by the collar by someone who has seen too much of this and insists we wake up to the enormity of the problem.
Mosul: Lives saved, credibility lost?
Mosul: Lives saved, credibility lost? – The New Humanitarian puts quality, independent journalism at the service of the millions of people affected by humanitarian crises around the world
A practical response to MSF’s report Where is Everybody?
After discussion around Médecins sans Frontières’ controversial report, there are three ways forward, writes Abby Stoddard
Why Aid Workers Are Targets – The Globalist
What happens to global development when humanitarian aid becomes a central component of military strategy?
