Executive Summary This brief presents findings and takeaways from a research study focused on the process and perceptions of implementing early action in South Sudan, including in the Bentiu...
DYAN MAZURANA, ANASTASIA MARSHAK, KINSEY SPEARS Executive Summary and Key Findings Progress has been made but more is needed: The gender myth: Nearly everyone in the humanitarian industry that we...
By Merry Fitzpatrick, Isabella Cordua, Teddy Atim, Anita Kattakuzhy, and Kyra Conciatori Executive summary Humanitarian research has long been dominated by institutions from the Global North (GN),...
In 2022, the number of people caught in extreme acute food insecurity climbed to over 200 million. By 2023, famine, mass starvation, and the use of starvation as a weapon of war have once again...
Abstract Early warning systems are increasingly promoted as one way to adapt to climate change, and anticipatory action (AA) initiatives are being promoted globally to act before disasters happen. AA...
There is a demonstrated relationship between early marriage and education. Female youth who are out of school are more likely to marry, and those youth who marry while in school, are more likely to...
Large-scale Disaster Risk Finance (DRF) mechanisms are relatively new tools in the field of humanitarian assistance and anticipatory action that can have significant positive effects on disaster...
AUTHOR: Evan Easton-Calabria Global displacement is rising, and the trend is projected to continue. Today 1 out of every 78 people in the world is displaced (UNHCR 2022). The need for anticipatory...
How do governments pay for the impacts of climate-related disasters, including helping people before they strike? While disaster risk financing (DRF) is a newer area of practice, governments around...
In following the lives of displaced female youth in South Sudan and the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, the research team was struck by how central mental health—in particular poor mental health and...