The racialization of expertise and professional non-equivalence in the humanitarian workplace [0.03%]
人道主义工作场所中的专家racialization与职业非等价性
Junru Bian
Junru Bian
This paper aims to explore the ways which expertise is covertly racialized in the contemporary humanitarian aid sector. While there are considerable discussions on the expat-local divide among aid professionals, such dichotomization is stil...
COVID-19 and the expanding role of international urban search and rescue (USAR) teams: the case of the 2020 Beirut explosions [0.03%]
新冠肺炎疫情下的国际城市搜救队伍职责扩大——以应对2020年贝鲁特爆炸事件为例
Yosuke Okita,Steve Glassey,Rajib Shaw
Yosuke Okita
The paper conducts a case study on the international urban search and rescue (USAR) response to the Beirut explosions in August 2020. The incident is worth analysing because it was the first of the international USAR deployments under globa...
Understanding humanitarian localization in Latin America-as local as possible: but how necessary? [0.03%]
理解拉丁美洲的人道主义本土化：“尽可能地本土化”：但真的必要吗？
Simone Lucatello,Oscar A Gómez
Simone Lucatello
This paper questions the pertinence of the humanitarian aid localization agenda in Latin America, at least in the narrow sense embraced by the 2016 World Humanitarian Summit. Localized support has been the standard practice in the region fo...
Beyond gender mainstreaming: transforming humanitarian action, organizations and culture [0.03%]
超越性别主流化：变革人道主义行动、组织和文化
Geeta Rao Gupta,Caren Grown,Sara Fewer et al.
Geeta Rao Gupta et al.
The United Nations and major humanitarian organizations have made policy commitments to promote gender equality and empower women and girls. This study assesses the extent to which humanitarian responses have met these commitments based on ...