Humanitarian Advisory Group (HAG)
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At the heart of the response: Sustaining locally led humanitarian action in Vanuatu
Over the past decade, Vanuatu has faced repeated natural disasters, including po...
The session highlighted duty of care as a core element of humanitarian action, reaffirmed across frameworks such as the Sphere Standards, CHS, and IHL, and reinforced by the recent Declaration on t...
What’s changed in Vanuatu’s localisation journey since 2019?
How did last year’s earthquake test local leadership and coordination?
And where is progress strongest across the seven domains of l...
2025 marks the 25th anniversary of UN Security Council Resolution 1325 on Women, Peace and Security (WPS). Yet, despite over two decades of work in this area, conflict persists and continues to hav...
This webinar unpacks HAG's and InSights' research paper exploring priority humanitarian reforms in Bangladesh at a critical transition time in the country’s political landscape and more recently si...
As Syria experiences major upheaval in the aftermath of Bashar al-Assad’s ousting from power in late 2024, the humanitarian response finds itself at a crossroads characterised by both significant c...
The January 2024 elections in Bangladesh saw the Awami League win a fifth term, amid an opposition boycott. Following protests, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina resigned in August 2024, creating a peri...
The humanitarian sector has made significant progress in developing frameworks and tools to measure the process of localisation. However, a critical gap remains: How can we ensure that localisation...
In this special episode of I Think You’re on Mute, host Beth Eggleston reflects on the journey of the Humanitarian Horizons research programme, which has driven insights and influence across the hu...
The humanitarian sector has made significant strides to support more localised action with various frameworks and tools, but there’s still a gap in understanding how these approaches impact affecte...
Many forms of non-economic loss and damage are irreversible, like the loss of biodiversity and species extinction, the loss of cultural heritage and culturally significant sites, and the loss of an...
You've likely heard the buzz around artificial intelligence, or AI, and machine learning, but how exactly are these technologies shaping the future of disaster preparedness and response?
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By institutionalising anticipatory action within social protection systems, preparedness becomes a regular part of disaster risk management rather than an ad hoc or reactive measure.
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The humanitarian sector's push for localisation has resulted in an increasing presence of local and national staff in international organisations. This has many benefits for the sector, but it can ...
The webinar unpacks recent research exploring the emerging humanitarian landscape in Syria post-Assad. This research was conducted between January and February 2025, as the context in Syria continu...
In November 2023, the 52nd Pacific Islands Forum meeting was held and the host, the Cook Islands, chose the theme: Our Voices, Our Choices, Our Pacific Way, underscoring the importance of local con...
Humanitarian and climate policies are intrinsically linked. What humanitarians do, no matter how well-intentioned, has an impact on the environment and the communities in which they serve.
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Protracted crises are situations of prolonged and sustained instability, conflict or humanitarian emergency that persist over an extended period of time.
The United Nations (UN) Secretary General ...
We’re back in the studio to bring you season two of I Think You’re On Mute – a podcast exploring who’s talking and who’s listening in humanitarian emergencies and response.