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Author | : Gemma Houldey |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 154 |
Release | : 2021-09-27 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 1000432556 |
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The Vulnerable Humanitarian challenges the prevalence of stress and burnout culture within the aid sector, laying bare the issues of power, agency, security and wellbeing that continue to trouble organisations and staff. Engaging and insightful, this book illustrates the problematic and unrealistic expectations of aid workers through the archetype of the perfect humanitarian, and considers why burnout is so endemic, yet so rarely acknowledged, within aid organisations. The book provides practical means through which staff and managers can reflect upon and discuss damaging organisational cultures and behaviours, and develop a more inclusive and caring work environment. Drawing on original academic research and interviews with national and international aid workers and development experts, the book proposes a feminist, anti-racist and decolonial agenda in challenging oppressive systems and structures within the sector. With extensive professional experience as an aid worker herself, Gemma Houldey also shares her own struggles with mental health and what she has learned from feminist practices for self- and collective care. Proposing new ways of addressing wellbeing that are sensitive to the multi-faceted personalities and lived experiences of people working on aid and development programmes, The Vulnerable Humanitarian is essential reading both for current aid sector employees and for prospective employees and students.
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Publisher | : BRILL |
Total Pages | : 262 |
Release | : 2020-09-07 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 9004431144 |
Download Humanitarianism: Keywords Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Humanitarianism: Keywords is a comprehensive dictionary designed as a compass for navigating the conceptual universe of humanitarianism. It is an intuitive toolkit to map contemporary humanitarianism and to explore its current and future articulations. The dictionary serves a broad readership of practitioners, students, and researchers by providing informed access to the extensive humanitarian vocabulary.
Author | : Hugo Slim |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 374 |
Release | : 2015-01-09 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 0190613327 |
Download Humanitarian Ethics Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Humanitarians are required to be impartial, independent, professionally competent and focused only on preventing and alleviating human suffering. It can be hard living up to these principles when others do not share them, while persuading political and military authorities and non-state actors to let an agency assist on the ground requires savvy ethical skills. Getting first to a conflict or natural catastrophe is only the beginning, as aid workers are usually and immediately presented with practical and moral questions about what to do next. For example, when does working closely with a warring party or an immoral regime move from practical cooperation to complicity in human rights violations? Should one operate in camps for displaced people and refugees if they are effectively places of internment? Do humanitarian agencies inadvertently encourage ethnic cleansing by always being ready to 'mop-up' the consequences of scorched earth warfare? This book has been written to help humanitarians assess and respond to these and other ethical dilemmas.
Author | : Jacob D. Kurtzer |
Publisher | : Rowman & Littlefield |
Total Pages | : 76 |
Release | : 2019-11-18 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 1442281359 |
Download Denial, Delay, Diversion Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Principled humanitarian action is under attack around the world. Globally, 70.8 million people are considered forcibly displaced by armed conflict and nearly 132 million people need emergency humanitarian assistance. At the same time, there has been a steep escalation in the deliberate, willful obstruction of humanitarian access, impeding the ability of humanitarian aid to reach the most vulnerable people and vice versa. As humanitarian emergencies become increasingly complex and protracted, blocked humanitarian access will only increase without urgent action. To ensure the ability of aid to reach those who need it most and to uphold the principles of international humanitarian law, the United States should elevate humanitarian access as a foreign policy priority and work to reconcile tensions between critical national security measures and the growing needs of vulnerable populations in fragile, conflict-affected states. This report is the result of the CSIS Task Force on Humanitarian Access.
Author | : Gemma Houldey |
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Release | : 2019 |
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Author | : Elizabeth G. Ferris |
Publisher | : Brookings Institution Press |
Total Pages | : 383 |
Release | : 2011-05-01 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 0815721382 |
Download The Politics of Protection Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
For the past decade, humanitarian actors have increasingly sought not only to assist people affected by conflicts and natural disasters, but also to protect them. At the same time, protection of civilians has become central to UN peacekeeping operations, and the UN General Assembly has endorsed the principle that the international community has the "responsibility to protect" people when their governments cannot or will not do so. Elizabeth Ferris explores the evolution of the international community's understandings of protection, with a particular emphasis on the humanitarian community. "Protection" is a noble word, with positive connotations, but what does it actually mean in practice? Does providing assistance to vulnerable people protect them, for example? Does monitoring the number of rapes protect women? Does increased engagement in protection activities by humanitarian agencies jeopardize the cornerstone humanitarian principles of neutrality and impartiality? In The Politics of Protection, Ferris examines inconsistent ways in which protection is defined and applied. For example, why do certain groups receive international protection while other equally needy groups do not? Her case studies, ranging from Iraq to Katrina, illustrate the challenges—and limitations—of protecting vulnerable populations from the ravages of war and natural disasters. Ferris argues that the protection paradigms currently in use are inadequate to meet the challenges of the future, such as climate change, protracted displacement, and the changing nature of warfare.
Author | : Emily Ying Yang Chan |
Publisher | : Taylor & Francis |
Total Pages | : 294 |
Release | : 2017-02-10 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 1317357442 |
Download Public Health Humanitarian Responses to Natural Disasters Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
The pressure of climate change, environmental degradation, and urbanisation, as well as the widening of socio- economic disparities have rendered the global population increasingly vulnerable to the impact of natural disasters. With a primary focus on medical and public health humanitarian response to disasters, Public Health Humanitarian Responses to Natural Disasters provides a timely critical analysis of public health responses to natural disasters. Using a number of case studies and examples of innovative disaster response measures developed by international agencies and stakeholders, this book illustrates how theoretical understanding of public health issues can be practically applied in the context of humanitarian relief response. Starting with an introduction to public health principles within the context of medical and public health disaster and humanitarian response, the book goes on to explore key trends, threats and challenges in contemporary disaster medical response. This book provides a comprehensive overview of an emergent discipline and offers a unique multidisciplinary perspective across a range of relevant topics including the concepts of disaster preparedness and resilience, and key challenges in human health needs for the twenty-first century. This book will be of interest to students of public health, disaster and emergency medicine and development studies, as well as to development and medical practitioners working within NGOs, development agencies, health authorities and public administration.
Author | : E. Wayne Nafziger |
Publisher | : Springer |
Total Pages | : 337 |
Release | : 2016-01-23 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 1403905320 |
Download The Prevention of Humanitarian Emergencies Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Since the end of the cold war, civil wars and state violence have escalated, resulting in thousands of deaths. This book provides a toolbox for donors, international agencies and developing countries to prevent humanitarian emergencies. The emphasis is on long-term rather than mediation or reconstruction after the conflict ensues.
Author | : David Townes |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 509 |
Release | : 2018-05-31 |
Genre | : Medical |
ISBN | : 1107062683 |
Download Health in Humanitarian Emergencies Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
A comprehensive, best practices resource for public health and healthcare practitioners and students interested in humanitarian emergencies.
Author | : Kelsey Hoppe |
Publisher | : CreateSpace |
Total Pages | : 316 |
Release | : 2014 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 9781495961465 |
Download Chasing Misery Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
“What motivates any of us to do the work we do? And more importantly does that work make a difference?” This is the question film producer and founder of filmaid.org, Caroline Baron, reflects on when she calls Chasing Misery an “unblinking” account of what it's like to be a woman on the front lines of global humanitarian responses. Twenty-one first person essays and 23 stunning photographs give readers a glimpse into the lives of real women who respond to emergencies—their hopes, fears, questions, challenges, frustrations as well as glimpses of the humour, beauty, and hope they find in the midst of misery.