Here is my urgent call to place Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights at the centre of the Humanitarian Response and discussions about #ReconstructionEfforts. Thanks to @hpg-odiglobal.bsky.social for their invitation. odi.org/en/insights/...

Earthquakes and governance: why we need a gender lens in Venezuela’s compounding crises

Statistically, Venezuela was already a dangerous place for women to give birth before the earthquakes. That fact alone should place sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) needs at the forefr...

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“Statistically, #Venezuela was already a dangerous place for women to give birth before the earthquakes. That fact alone should place sexual and reproductive health and rights needs at the forefront.” – masayalb.bsky.social (Huron University College). Find out more in our article: buff.ly/XvWHSou 🔗

Earthquakes and governance: why we need a gender lens in Venezuela’s compounding crises

Statistically, Venezuela was already a dangerous place for women to give birth before the earthquakes. That fact alone should place sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) needs at the forefr...

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How far do the technical approaches to forced #displacement resonate with #refugee-led organisations and people on the ground? The Asia Pacific Network of Refugees (APNOR) and HPG explore in this new article: buff.ly/zjv1XLE 📝

What refugee-led organisations teach us about measuring impact in displacement settings

How far do the technical approaches to displacement resonate with people on the ground? APNOR and HPG explore.

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Last year, we hosted a series of workshops with @glasgow.ac.uk to reflect on, discuss and learn about #refugee camps as they are experienced by the practitioners who work in them. Read a newly-published summary of these conversations ➡️ buff.ly/MgLhq0u @btwhite.bsky.social @kerrie115.bsky.social

Refugee camps: current practice and historical perspectives

This outcome note details the reflection, discussion and learning that were generated in a series of workshops that sought to bring together stakeholders from a wide range of organisations led by and ...

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❓Is the #UnitedNations guilty of having 'main character energy'? This is just one of the issues tackled by the Advisory Panel on the Future of Humanitarian Action (established by @odi.global and NEAR, and facilitated by HPG) in our latest video Q&A. Watch the full conversation → buff.ly/YQiTXAT 📺

#Gender is increasingly weaponised in conflict, yet gender-sensitive protection is being defunded just when it's needed most. Our new research shows how people in Iraq, Myanmar, S. Sudan & Ukraine already adapt gender norms to protect themselves – humanitarians must pay attention: buff.ly/8VTnY3c 📖

Gender norms and protection: navigating agency, risk and backlash

This report identifies six critical takeaways for humanitarian, protection and gender actors to strengthen the intersection of gender norms with protection action in the current hostile geopolitical…

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🤔 What does an ‘ecosystem’ approach to humanitarian action mean? @adelinakamal.bsky.social (a member of HPG/ODI Global & NEAR's Advisory Panel on the Future of Humanitarian Action) explains. Head to our website to learn more about the Advisory Panel's timely and dynamic work: buff.ly/Xm9gOtS

🆕 Our latest report explores how crises in #Palestine, #Myanmar & #Sudan aren't accidental – they're manufactured by settler colonialism and predatory capitalism. Humanitarian actors can no longer afford to ignore this truth. 🔗 Read the full report: buff.ly/Fth2erE

The #humanitarian sector must address its legitimacy crisis through embracing an ecosystem approach that recognises the primary role of locally-connected systems, with accountability at its core – says the @odi.global/NEAR Advisory Panel on the Future of Humanitarian Action. More: buff.ly/Xm9gOtS

Delivering an ecosystem approach to humanitarian action: proposals from the Advisory Panel on the Future of Humanitarian Action

The Advisory Panel on the Future of Humanitarian Action proposes an ecosystem approach to the humanitarian system, which would entail bolstering the local systems that already serve people in need,…

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📆 Join us on Monday 29 June as the @odi.global/NEAR Advisory Panel on the Future of Humanitarian Action discuss their vision for the future of the sector, and outline a roadmap to move forward. Register your online attendance now: buff.ly/gP7YX7p

Embracing the ecosystem: a discussion of the findings of the Advisory Panel on the Future of Humanitarian Action

In this event, key stakeholders and the Advisory Panel will discuss their vision for the future of humanitarian action and roadmap to move forward.

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🤔 Why is it important to include refugee youth in humanitarian programming? Simon, a leader at the African Youth Action Network – and a former young refugee himself – explains the power in being represented. This #RefugeeWeek, learn more about financing refugee leadership → buff.ly/hT8B8Ku

🇱🇧 In #Lebanon, humanitarian needs are rapidly outpacing the capacity of coordinated responses, and refugee-led organisations are stepping up to absorb much of the burden – all while grappling with limited resources and support. Learn more in our latest insights: buff.ly/pj3OLCy

📝 We're hiring a research consultant based in/near #Myanmar to support a case study examining how self-organised civilian groups are protecting their communities from violence. Apply by Friday 5 June, see further details: buff.ly/QuXe7ys

📢 Calling all data visualisation experts! 📊 We're looking for a consultant to help us visualise the current state of the humanitarian system and bring HPG's existing research on locally led action to life. Find out more & apply by 16 June: buff.ly/yOIRXL3 #WorkWithUs #DataViz #Consultancy

📣Call for papers!📣 Who cares? Ethics, altruism and labour in humanitarian crisis and response Virtual, two-day workshop on 9-10 July 2026. Submit 200-word abstracts by 8 June. Please share with your networks! #FeministHumanitarianism #FeministResearch #CallForPapers @hpg-odiglobal.bsky.social

📣 OUT NOW: Our new research unpacking the numbers behind the state of int'l humanitarian funding to local & national actors (LNAs). The bottom line? The sector needs to target quality funding to LNAs, as well as offer greater transparency on who funds what. 🔗 Read the research: buff.ly/MMb7TkI

🗓️ May 20! Join us for an event at #POCWeek2026: Centring Civilian Agency and Community-Led Protection in an Era of Constraints, Austerity and Impunity ⬇️ Register before May 18: tinyurl.com/5n8ytm84 #NotATarget #ActForHumanity

We were delighted to host a launch event for the crucial and timely Oxford Handbook of Internal Displacement last week, alongside the Refugee Law Initiative. 📕 You can purchase your copy of the handbook now: buff.ly/6Vywmx0 📺 Missed the event? Catch up: buff.ly/fqTwIjF

🤔 What do we really mean when we talk about ‘life-saving humanitarian action’, and how do these choices unintentionally exclude those most at risk? Our Senior Research Fellow @megandaigle.bsky.social explains. More on this topic and beyond → buff.ly/T2lQrE8

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🗓 PANEL EVENT, 7 MAY → This important discussion will bring together authors of the newly published Handbook of Internal Displacement, to reflect on the key challenges for humanitarian work in a rapidly shifting global context. Don't miss out! Join us online/in person (London, UK): buff.ly/zJsGMp9

❗️ In case you missed it: Earlier this month, we shared our latest report exploring how extreme and erratic weather disproportionately affects internally displaced people. Finding ways to help people build resilience to a worsening climate is critical – read the full report for more:

Extreme and erratic weather: climate adaptation in urban displacement

Extreme and erratic weather disproportionately affects internally displaced people (IDPs). Finding ways to help people build resilience to a worsening climate is critical – both to reduce the number…

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“We can change to build a new system from the beginning.” Anila Noor (from New Women Connectors) spoke at our recent event highlighting the humanitarian system's need to ‘let go’, and to recognise the communities experiencing and responding to crises. 📺️ Watch back in full now: buff.ly/i6Oaeq1

❗️ In case you missed it: Our recent case study examines the prospects for shifting away from the status quo of aid-centred crisis response in #Somalia and #Somaliland, towards an effective, inclusive and accountable state-led response. Read the full analysis:

Somali systems: from aid-centred to state-led crisis response

This paper examines the prospects for shifting from aid-centred to state-led crisis response in Somalia and Somaliland. It is grounded in political economy dynamics, including the role of aid, that…

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🗓 PANEL EVENT, 7 MAY → This important discussion will bring together authors of the newly published Handbook of Internal Displacement, to reflect on the key challenges for humanitarian work in a rapidly shifting global context. Don't miss out! Join us online/in person (London, UK): buff.ly/zJsGMp9

Responding to internal displacement in a shifting humanitarian landscape: challenges and opportunities

This event brings together four authors of the newly published 45-chapter Oxford University Press Handbook of Internal Displacement to reflect on the importance of a renewed focus on internal displace...

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Bessie Nikhozi (Oxfam Kenya) lays out why it’s crucial that the state steps up in leading in humanitarian responses. Our recent study examines the prospects for improving state-led crisis response in #Kenya, a country grappling with persistently high humanitarian needs: buff.ly/vpQamyg 🇰🇪

📝 NEW REPORT: Climate change is driving more extreme weather, causing ongoing disruption for displaced people. In our new paper, HPG researcher @kerrie115.bsky.social calls for climate-adaptive aid and for governments to include displaced communities in planning & decisions. Read: buff.ly/206LM2S

Extreme and erratic weather: climate adaptation in urban displacement

Extreme and erratic weather disproportionately affects internally displaced people (IDPs). Finding ways to help people build resilience to a worsening climate is critical – both to reduce the number…

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Today marks 3 years since violence escalated in #Sudan, with thousands killed, millions displaced and systems collapsed – yet the crisis remains largely overlooked. In response, local networks are stepping up and redefining community-led humanitarian action. 🎧 Listen in for more: buff.ly/WuZfV4A

Think Change episode 86: How are Sudan’s Emergency Response Rooms rewriting the humanitarian playbook?

Guests examine what the rise of mutual aid networks means for the future of humanitarian action worldwide.

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🗓 HYBRID EVENT, 7 MAY → This panel discussion will bring together four authors of the newly published Handbook of Internal Displacement to reflect on the key challenges for humanitarian work in a rapidly shifting global context. Don't miss it! Join us online/in person (London, UK): buff.ly/zJsGMp9

Responding to internal displacement in a shifting humanitarian landscape: challenges and opportunities

This event brings together four authors of the newly published 45-chapter Oxford University Press Handbook of Internal Displacement to reflect on the importance of a renewed focus on internal…

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While the humanitarian system focuses on questions of being more efficient, accountable and people-centred, it is paying insufficient attention to a simple mechanism that ticks all these boxes: cash. 💸 HPG Research Fellow @kerrie115.bsky.social explores in our new article: buff.ly/AkXZ4oA

Larger cash transfers, less often: the simple answer to supporting agency and increasing aid efficiency?

It’s time to view large cash as a viable solution to humanitarian crises – and as a key mechanism in the humanitarian reset – rather than as a series of pilot programmes that must continually prove…

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With approximately one-third of #Somalia's population in need of humanitarian assistance, our new case study explores how the country's aid economy has become resistant to change, and why state engagement is essential for long-term resilience. 🔗 Read the full analysis: buff.ly/OPhcdRR