World: Humanitarians Under Attack: Tensions, Disparities, and Legal Gaps in...
Source: Harvard University, Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency, Advanced Training Program on Humanitarian ActionCountry: WorldExecutive SummaryHumanitarian professionals working in...
View ArticlePapua New Guinea: Climate and Conflict: El Niño’s Ability to Magnify Tensions...
Source: Columbia UniversityCountry: Papua New GuineaBy Josh Fisher, Faculty for the Environment, Peace, and Security Certification at Columbia University and Director of the Advanced Consortium on...
View ArticleAfghanistan: The impact of cash transfer programmes on protection outcomes in...
Source: Norwegian Refugee Council, UN High Commissioner for RefugeesCountry: AfghanistanExecutive summaryThe need for cash-based interventions for social protection in Afghanistan Continued conflicts...
View ArticleSri Lanka: Sri Lanka Steps Carefully in Shaping Courts to Try War Atrocities
Source: US Institute of PeaceCountry: Sri LankaForeign Minister: Government Is Weighing Role of International JuristsBy: James RupertThe Sri Lankan government expects to decide within six months the...
View ArticleWorld: How can humanitarians better coordinate across a response?:...
Source: ALNAPCountry: WorldThis is the transcript for ALNAP's 1st webinar in its coordination series. It looked into how humanitarians can better coordinate across a response. The recording can be...
View ArticleAustralia: Economic migrants or refugees?: Analysis of refugee recognition...
Source: Refugee Council of AustraliaCountry: AustraliaGovernment figures show boat arrivals are not ‘economic migrants’A new analysis of Australian Government statistics has revealed that more than 80%...
View ArticleWorld: NGOs and Risk: How International Humanitarian Actors Manage Uncertainty
Source: InterAction, Humanitarian OutcomesCountry: WorldIn response to continually challenging operating environments for humanitarian aid, InterAction commissioned Humanitarian Outcomes to conduct a...
View ArticleWorld: Mapping of Child Marriage Initiatives in South Asia
Source: UN Population Fund, UN Children's FundCountry: Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, WorldThis report lays out by country significant pieces of work that...
View ArticleVanuatu: Adaptation and resilience in Vanuatu
Source: OxfamCountry: VanuatuSummaryThe report documents findings from fieldwork in Vanuatu undertaken during November 2014. The intention is to contextualise the resilience building work of the...
View ArticleWorld: CEP Discussion Paper No 1398, December 2015: Flooded Cities
Source: London School of Economics and Political ScienceCountry: WorldAbstractDoes economic activity relocate away from areas that are at high risk of recurring shocks? We examine this question in the...
View ArticleSyrian Arab Republic: Syrian and Russian forces targeting hospitals as a...
Source: Amnesty InternationalCountry: Russian Federation, Syrian Arab Republic, TurkeyRussian and Syrian government forces appear to have deliberately and systematically targeted hospitals and other...
View ArticleUkraine: Report on the human rights situation in Ukraine 16 November 2015 to...
Source: UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human RightsCountry: UkraineUkraine: Growing despair among over three million civilians in conflict zone – UN reportGENEVA (3 March 2015) – Despite a...
View ArticleWorld: Cred Crunch Newsletter, Issue No. 41 February 2016 - Disaster Data: A...
Source: US Agency for International DevelopmentCountry: WorldNatural disasters1 in 2015 In 2015, 346 natural disasters were recorded in the EM-DAT database. They claimed 22,773 lives, affected over 98...
View ArticleCentral African Republic: LRA Crisis Tracker - The State of the LRA in 2016...
Source: Invisible Children, ResolveCountry: Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo, South Sudan, Sudan, UgandaEXECUTIVE SUMMARYIn 2015, Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) forces were...
View ArticleCentral African Republic: LRA Crisis Tracker - L'état de la LRA en 2016 -...
Source: Invisible Children, ResolveCountry: Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo, South Sudan, Sudan, UgandaSOMMAIRE EXÉCUTIFEn 2015, les forces de l’Armée de Résistance du...
View ArticleLibya: United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations - Hearing: The...
Source: Government of the United States of AmericaCountry: LibyaDate: Thursday, March 3, 2016 Time: 10:00 AM Location: Senate Dirksen 419 Presiding: Senator CorkerWitnessesFred Wehrey Senior Associate,...
View ArticleNepal: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR): Progress Toward Measles...
Source: Centers for Disease Control and PreventionCountry: NepalSudhir Khanal, MPH1; Tika Ram Sedai, MA1; Ganga Ram Choudary, MPH2; Jagat Narain Giri, MPH2; Rajendra Bohara, MD2; Rajendra Pant, MPH3;...
View ArticleSierra Leone: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR): Cluster of Ebola...
Source: Centers for Disease Control and PreventionCountry: Sierra LeoneKathryn G. Curran, PhD1,2; James J. Gibson, ; MD3; Dennis Marke, ; MD4; Victor Caulker4; John Bomeh4; John T. Redd, MD5; Sudhir...
View ArticleSouth Sudan: The Conflict in Unity State, February 2016
Source: Small Arms SurveyCountry: South SudanDescribing events through 23 February 2016From April to September 2015, the Sudan People’s Liberation Army (SPLA) and associated militias rampaged through...
View ArticleWorld: Weekly Epidemiological Record (WER), 4 March 2016, vol. 91, 9 (pp....
Source: World Health OrganizationCountry: Liberia, Nepal, WorldContents105 Progress towards measles elimination in Nepal, 2007–2014112 Integrated Disease Surveillance and Response in Liberia: national...
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