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Blog Post

The Global Compact on Refugees: A Long Way to Go in Breaking the Status Quo

InterAction’s Refugee Policy Working Group put together a reaction piece to the “zero” draft, analyzing the strengths and weaknesses.

February 13, 2018
Blog Post

How Global Sporting Events Can Encourage Human Trafficking

In the United States, Enrile says, major events like the Super Bowl can draw three times the normal volume of sex trafficking

February 5, 2018
Blog Post

Niger: The 5 things you need to know

While Niger itself is at peace, conflict and epidemics in neighboring countries have spilled over into its borders.

January 29, 2018
Blog Post

Looking to the Past to Preserve the Future: Commemorating the 70th Anniversary of the Geneva Conventions

In the aftermath of World War II, States sought to strengthen the preservation of humanity in times of war.

August 12, 2019
Blog Post

Moving Forward Together, Leaving No One Behind: From Stigmatization to Social Cohesion in Post-Conflict Iraq

InterAction conducted field research in Erbil, Mosul, Kirkuk, Baghdad, Anbar, and Karbala from July 23-August 9, 2018 to assess the most pressing protection issues.

October 31, 2018
Statement

InterAction Joins Letter Calling for Restored Funding for UNRWA

The letter was sent to United States Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, National Security Advisor H.R. McMaster, and Secretary of Defense James Mattis.

January 25, 2018
In the News

UN: Nearly 2 in 3 Syrians in Need of Humanitarian Aid

"[E]ight years of warfare has turned Syria into one of the biggest protection crises in the world'" said UNOCHA spokesperson.

March 2, 2019
In the News

UN Warns Humanitarian Crisis Unfolding in Burkina Faso

Nearly 1 million now in need of humanitarian assistance.

March 6, 2019
InterAction Quoted

Audit finds UN refugee agency critically mismanaged donor funds in Uganda

Uganda “was branded globally as the example to follow”, said Julien Schopp, director of humanitarian practice at US NGO consortium InterAction.

November 18, 2018
InterAction Quoted

UN evacuation bid fails ahead of battle for key Yemen port

“The onus is very much on the parties to conflict to avoid causing displacement to the civilian population,” said Jenny McAvoy, director of protection at US NGO alliance InterAction.

May 14, 2018