Recent Articles
Jan 4, 2012
InterAction member Oxfam America will host a panel discussion on progress in Haiti on Monday, Jan. 9, at the Ronald Regan Building and International Trade Center in Washington, D.C.
Two years since the devastating earthquake, Haiti’s government...
Jan 4, 2012
AlertNet reports that Cyclone Thane, which struck Tamil Nadu state on Friday, may have done worse damage to infrastructure than the Indian Ocean tsunami a few years ago. Aid agencies are still trying to access some areas so they can assess the...
Dec 30, 2011
InterAction released a statement today calling for an end to the crackdown on civil society organizations (CSOs) in Egypt after raids earlier this week on several nonprofit organizations’ offices.
"The harassment of nonprofit groups is...
Dec 28, 2011
A U.S. bank in Minnesota has decided to close down accounts by Friday of companies that transfer money to Somalia, escalating the crisis facing many Somalis who depend on remittances from relatives abroad.
Remittances don’t just help the Somalis who...
Dec 22, 2011
Peace Corps is halting its programs in the Honduras and bringing volunteers home in January, the BBC reports. Volunteers in Guatemala and El Salvador will stay, however training to both of those countries has been cancelled.
Honduras currently has...
Dec 20, 2011
After typhoon Washi hit the Philippines over the weekend, the government has begun recovery efforts. The latest casualty counts say that nearly 1,000 people have been killed.
The typhoon struck the island of Mindanao, where IRIN reports that nearly...
Dec 19, 2011
InterAction member The Moynihan Institute of Global Affairs in the Maxwell School at Syracuse University is pleased to announce the second annual Transnational NGO Leadership Institute. This specialized “leap” program offers leadership training for...
Dec 16, 2011
The embattled Ivorian President Alassane Outtara, has gained control of the parliament with his RDR party and an allied party winning roughly four fifths of the seats. The RDR party won 127 seats in the National Assembly, PDCI a closely aligned...
Dec 15, 2011
InterAction has released a policy statement calling for UN humanitarian organizations to assert their independence within the UN political sphere.
The policy statement was written in reaction to the UN’s longstanding “Integration Policy,” which was...
Dec 14, 2011
InterAction will launch a new paper, “Country Ownership: Moving from Rhetoric to Action,” tomorrow morning with the Congressional Caucus for Effective Foreign Assistance. The launch will be at 2212 Rayburn House Office Building, from 9:30-11 a.m.
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Dec 13, 2011
The International Criminal Court has chosen the successor to Chief Prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo, whose term expires in June. Fatou Bensouda, a Gambian lawyer and Moreno-Ocampo’s current deputy, will take the reins.
The ICC has faced criticism...
Dec 12, 2011
Discrepancies involving high turnout in some areas and lost ballots in others have raised election monitors’ concerns in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).
Though the results say that the incumbent, President Joseph Kabila, won the election...
Dec 9, 2011
InterAction's president and CEO, Samuel Worthington, was featured this week in DipNote, the State Department’s blog. He speaks to the outcomes of the Fourth High-Level Meeting on Aid Effectiveness, which took place in Busan, South Korea, last...
Dec 8, 2011
As part of their participation in this year’s 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence campaign, members of InterAction’s working group on gender-based violence in humanitarian settings have developed a new resource list to support that work...
Dec 8, 2011
More than 65 CEOs from InterAction are holding their annual retreat in Washington, D.C., this week, hearing from leading government officials and experts on the challenges of the day and how they affect the work of NGOs. It is also a time when...
Dec 7, 2011
European Humanitarian Aid Commissioner Kristalina Georgieva warns that the Horn of Africa crisis could continue through next summer. AlertNet reports that in a media briefing Tuesday, she also warned of looming hunger in the Sahel region of Africa....
Dec 6, 2011
The government of India’s capital city is launching a natural disaster preparedness campaign beginning Thursday, with a particular focus on earthquakes.
The campaign will include practice drills, workshops and seminars for many different groups,...
Dec 2, 2011
InterAction welcomes a new agreement aimed at improving the effectiveness of aid, but says the new rules must be binding for those who endorsed it at a high-level summit in South Korea this week.
The Global Partnership for Effective Development...
Dec 1, 2011
Today marks 30 years for the global fight against AIDS. This year’s theme, “Getting to Zero,” marks a new global campaign to create the beginning of the end of AIDS. By using tools already available, goals are to eliminate transmission of the...
Nov 30, 2011
InterAction member Islamic Relief USA will host a briefing on the Horn of Africa tomorrow on Capitol Hill. NGOs will come together to talk about plans to help Americans become more aware of this disaster and increasing concerns for the future of...
