European Humanitarian Intervention in the Ottoman Empire
Explore European powers' moral duty to intervene in Ottoman affairs during the 19th century, motivated by humanitarian and imperial interests. Discover the impact of the Concert of Europe and legal theories on humanitarian intervention.
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Mine Action in the Humanitarian Cluster System
The Inter-Agency Standing Committee (IASC) plays a crucial role in coordinating humanitarian efforts, with a focus on mine action in the global protection cluster. This involves clear responsibilities, strategic planning, and advocacy to address humanitarian needs. The IASC Reference Module for Clus
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Strengthening Civil Society in Ukraine: Locally Led Response Initiatives
The civil society sector in Ukraine has seen a significant growth in charitable and public organizations, especially amidst the ongoing war crisis. Efforts are being made to prevent a humanitarian crisis and focus on early recovery and reconstruction. A triangular approach involving the Ukrainian Go
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Comprehensive Guide to Assessing and Prioritizing Child and Adolescent Health in Humanitarian Settings
This module provides a detailed operational guide on assessing and prioritizing child and adolescent health in humanitarian settings. It covers obtaining data on child/adolescent health, coordinating responses, planning activities, and utilizing data systems for monitoring and evaluation. Key compon
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Humanitarian Action and Coordination: Essential Guidelines and Standards
This comprehensive guide provides insights on coordinating child and adolescent health in humanitarian settings, emphasizing the importance of understanding and implementing key actions. It covers the utilization of resources like the operational guide, self-assessment tracker, and core humanitarian
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Understanding Sphere: Humanitarian Standards and Practices
Learn about Sphere, a global movement focusing on humanitarian standards and quality assistance. Explore the Sphere Handbook, its philosophy, and the importance of humanitarian standards. Discover the key areas covered in the Handbook and why they are essential for effective crisis response. Join a
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Empowering Women through IT Education in Ukraine amidst Humanitarian Crisis
In response to the humanitarian catastrophe caused by the war in Ukraine, the Danish Refugee Council (DRC) initiated a pilot project to provide IT education for vulnerable women, including widows, mothers, and those with special needs. The project aims to empower women by offering access to the comp
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Understanding the Fentanyl Crisis: Impacts and Adaptations
The fentanyl crisis, a significant aspect of the opioid epidemic, has led to a surge in overdose deaths, with devastating effects on various demographics. This crisis has prompted shifts in drug policies, healthcare responses, and user behaviors to address the dangers posed by fentanyl-laced substan
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Crisis Management in Organizational Context: Understanding, Planning, and Response
Crisis management is essential for organizations to navigate unexpected and high-risk situations effectively. A crisis is a time of intense difficulty or danger that requires strategic decision-making and communication under pressure. The phases of crisis management include pre-crisis prevention, pr
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School Crisis Management in the Digital Age
Addressing a school crisis involving a suicidal student through a tabletop exercise reveals the importance of adapting to technology considerations. From identifying warning signs, involving law enforcement, managing rumors, to leveraging virtual crisis rooms, the crisis team navigates challenges in
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Gender-Responsive Humanitarian Leadership and Transformation
Challenges in implementing gender-responsive humanitarian programmes require greater political will, leadership, resources, accountability, and capacity building. Feminist leadership aims to transform power dynamics, fight inequality, and create inclusive structures. It involves principles, values,
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DBT Review of Distress Tolerance Skills & Crisis Survival Techniques
Explore DBT review of distress tolerance skills and crisis survival tactics including STOP method, pros/cons evaluation, crisis urge management, TIP technique and Wise Mind principles. Learn when to apply crisis survival skills and how they can aid in managing short-term crises effectively.
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Understanding Humanitarian Landscape and Coordination Challenges
The humanitarian landscape involves various organizations working together to provide assistance during crises. Coordination challenges, such as identifying needs, existing assistance, and government involvement, have been prevalent. The Inter-Agency Standing Committee (IASC) was established in 1991
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Insights from Evaluation of Previous Humanitarian Crises and Core Humanitarian Standards
Evaluation of past crises reveals the importance of core humanitarian standards in providing timely, coordinated, and effective assistance. Learning from experience, feedback mechanisms, and competent staff are key for addressing humanitarian crises. Data and systems play a crucial role in monitorin
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KDADS IDD Crisis Exception Training Overview
This document provides an overview of the KDADS IDD Crisis Exception Training held on October 28, 2020. It includes information on the agenda, purpose of the training, review of the current process, and policies related to crisis exceptions in IDD programs. The training aimed to streamline the crisi
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Inter-Cluster Coordination and Information Management in Humanitarian Emergencies
Inter-Cluster Coordination and Information Management play vital roles in humanitarian emergencies. The coordination mechanism involves regular meetings convened by the RC/HC and coordinated by OCHA, providing opportunities for clusters to collaborate on shared planning, needs assessments, and poole
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Understanding PSEA: Prevention and Response to Sexual Exploitation and Abuse in Humanitarian Settings
Sexual exploitation and abuse in humanitarian settings pose serious threats to vulnerable populations, directly contradicting humanitarian principles. The establishment of initiatives like the Iraq PSEA Network aims to prevent and respond to such misconduct through awareness-raising, capacity buildi
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Humanitarian Transformation of Logistic Firms in Emergency Situations
This research explores how logistic firms evolve into humanitarian entities in response to grand challenges like natural disasters and refugee crises. Case studies and data collection methodologies are utilized to understand the transformation process, as seen in examples such as SOS Mediterrane and
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Corporate Evaluation of UN Women's Contribution to Humanitarian Action
The Independent Evaluation and Audit Services conducted an evaluation of UN Women's work in humanitarian action from 2014-2018, assessing its relevance, effectiveness, and sustainability. The evaluation emphasized the need for stronger links between UN Women's global normative work and humanitarian
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Global Humanitarian Assistance Report 2019 Key Findings
The Global Humanitarian Assistance Report 2019 explores key findings regarding international humanitarian assistance, multi-year funding growth, funding to UN agencies, cash and voucher programs, and direct funding to local and national actors. The report highlights the challenges and disparities in
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Humanitarian Response Planning and Implementation Tools
This content discusses various tools and guidelines used in the strategic planning and implementation stages of humanitarian response operations. It covers gap analysis, flash appeals, gender considerations, humanitarian response plans, secondary data analysis, and GNC IM tools for informing strateg
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Innovative Approaches in Humanitarian Crises and Development Financing
This study explores the New Way of Working in humanitarian crises, focusing on reinforcing national systems, anticipating crises, and transcending humanitarian-development divides. Promising trends include rising government ownership and increased linkages between humanitarian activities and governm
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Understanding the Humanitarian Programme Cycle (HPC)
The Humanitarian Programme Cycle (HPC) is a coordinated series of actions aimed at preparing for, managing, and delivering humanitarian responses efficiently. It focuses on delivering fast, coordinated, effective, and protection-driven aid to those affected by crises. Central to the HPC is the invol
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Promoting Gender Equality in Humanitarian Action
Understand the importance of promoting gender equality in humanitarian action, including principles, challenges, and the need to transform attitudes and beliefs. Learn key global standards, gender analysis, and leadership in humanitarian settings. Explore the rights of women and girls, gender inequa
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Odwalla's Renewal Strategies in the E. coli Apple Juice Crisis
Analyzing Odwalla's discourse and strategic responses during the E. coli apple juice crisis, from the pre-crisis phase to post-crisis innovative solutions. The crisis management timeline includes key events such as the FDA investigation, voluntary recall, corrective actions, and strategic planning t
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Corruption and Accountability in Food Aid Management
Corruption in humanitarian aid, particularly in the management of food aid commodities, deprives the most vulnerable of essential resources, hindering the noble goal of saving lives during crises. Examples from the Liberia-Sierra Leone refugee crisis shed light on the rampant corruption, where benef
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Collaboration for Durable Solutions in Humanitarian Settings
This workshop addresses challenges and opportunities in achieving durable solutions for refugees and internally displaced persons. It emphasizes the importance of collaboration among various stakeholders, including humanitarian and development actors, to ensure long-term recovery and sustainable pea
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Understanding the Eurozone Crisis: A Critical Analysis
The Eurozone crisis of April 2013 was deemed unnecessary and self-inflicted by Mark Weisbrot. Contrary to conventional wisdom, the crisis was not solely a debt crisis but also a result of the world financial crisis and recession. Countries like Spain and Ireland, which were reducing their Debt/GDP r
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Guidelines for Integrating Gender-Based Violence Interventions in Humanitarian Action
This module focuses on integrating gender-based violence interventions into humanitarian mine action, providing guidelines, agenda, outcomes, and strategies for implementation. It emphasizes informing and supporting humanitarian actors to develop action plans and accountability measures to address g
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Right to Protest on High Seas: MV Mavi Marmara Case at ICC
The case of the MV Mavi Marmara, a vessel attempting to break the Israeli blockade of Gaza in 2010, raises questions about the right to protest on the high seas. The International Criminal Court is deliberating on this issue, distinct from the onboard fatalities. The UN HRC report emphasizes the dis
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Rapid Deployment Standing Team (RDST) for Humanitarian Crisis Response
A comprehensive overview of the Rapid Deployment Standing Team (RDST) initiative launched in October 2019 for swift and effective crisis response. The RDST comprises specialized coordinators and managers to address various aspects of crisis management, including staffing gaps and support services. W
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Rapid Gender Analysis in Humanitarian Response Cycle
Rapid Gender Analysis (RGA) is a systematic process aimed at collecting and analyzing sex and age disaggregated data to understand gender dynamics in emergency situations. The process involves finding, collecting, analyzing, writing, and sharing data to inform practical recommendations for humanitar
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Insights from the World Humanitarian Summit Briefing
The World Humanitarian Summit, held in Istanbul, Turkey, saw significant participation and contributions. Key topics included consultations, core responsibilities, roundtable discussions, and commitments to address global challenges such as forced displacement, gender equality, and climate change. T
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Renegotiation of Donor Conditions for Humanitarian Financing
This interim presentation outlines the objective of renegotiating donor requirements to reduce burden in humanitarian financing. Findings focus on the severity of conditions, methodology used, respondents involved, general findings, and top conditions affecting humanitarian principles. The document
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Organizing in Times of Crisis: Strategies for Managing the Unexpected
Explore the innovative strategies proposed by Prof. Dr. Daniel Geiger on organizing in times of crisis, focusing on preparing organizations to effectively deal with unexpected events like the COVID-19 pandemic. The content delves into the phases of crisis unfolding, managing the tension between stab
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Humanitarian Efforts in Addressing Shelter, Energy, and NFI Needs in Venezuela
Humanitarian organizations in Venezuela are working to address the critical needs for shelter, energy, and non-food items in the country. Initiatives such as alternative energy sources for cooking have been implemented to improve access to electricity and essential supplies. Challenges including lim
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The Manfred Lachs International Conference on Conflicts in Space and the Rule of Law
The 4th Manfred Lachs International Conference held in Montreal in 2016 explored the intersection of conflicts in space and the rule of law, specifically focusing on the legal framework surrounding outer space weaponry. Discussions highlighted the importance of upholding humanitarian values, promoti
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IEEE Global Humanitarian Technology Conference (GHTC) 2023
Explore the latest in humanitarian technology at the IEEE Global Humanitarian Technology Conference (GHTC) 2023. Join experts in discussing data-centric operations design for biomedical screening technologies and promoting healthcare delivery. This event aims to leverage technology for the benefit o
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Crisis Communication Plan and Team Overview
Crisis communication plans are essential for organizations to effectively communicate with stakeholders during a crisis. This detailed plan outlines key steps, important contacts, and the roles of the crisis management team. It emphasizes the importance of evaluating each crisis situation individual
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Integrating Gender-Based Violence Interventions in Humanitarian Nutrition Programs
This module focuses on integrating gender-based violence interventions in humanitarian nutrition guidelines. It covers key areas such as linking GBV and humanitarian programming, implementing guidance, assessment, resource mobilization, and developing action plans. The aim is to inform nutrition act
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