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U.S. Foreign Assistance

Trump’s ‘America First’ Stance Alarms Globally Active Foundations

President Trump’s proposed cuts to U.S spending on foreign aid have dismayed foundation officials.

Crises & Countries in Conflict

Famine-Wracked South Sudan Now Wants To Charge Aid Workers For Help

South Sudan is wracked by unfettered violence, ethnic cleansing, and famine. But now the government wants to charge aid workers $10,000 to operate in the country.

Foreign Policy

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Mar 9, 2017

#CuriousGoat: What’s A Good Exit Strategy For A Charity?

Readers asked: "When a humanitarian group has helped a community become self-sustaining, how can the group create a good 'exit strategy.'"

Diane Cole

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Feb 24, 2017

Empowering Civil Society

3 Ways Trump’s Travel Ban Could Affect Humanitarian Aid Workers

International humanitarian aid organizations say the travel restrictions issued by President Donald Trump on Saturday could have a dramatic impact on how they operate.

MALAKA GHARIB

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Feb 15, 2017

Empowering Civil Society

Aid Groups See Trump’s Travel Restrictions As ‘A Huge Step Backwards’

There is widespread concern that the order could prohibit humanitarian agencies from effectively and safely delivering aid and hinder their ability to quickly respond to future humanitarian emergencies

ANN M. SIMMONS

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Feb 3, 2017

Humanitarian Coordination & Practice

The South Sudan Level 3 designation: from policy to practice

The United Nations Emergency Relief Coordinator (ERC) has declared that the humanitarian situation in South Sudan warranted classification as a system-wide Level 3 (L3) emergency.

Humanitarian Coordination & Practice

Is it time to devise a faster response to slow onset disasters?

"It is either time to bolster drought indicators and better define action tied to early warning systems, or rethink aid frameworks altogether."

Devex

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Jan 10, 2017

NGOs & Risk Management

NGOs and Risk: How International Humanitarian Actors Manage Uncertainty

For humanitarian organizations, the presence of risk in the operating environment can force difficult trade-offs between the needs of people they are trying to serve and the need to mitigate potential harm to their personnel, resources, and reputation.

InterAction

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Feb 5, 2016

Gender Audit Handbook

The Gender Audit is a self-assessment tool for identifying staff perceptions regarding how gender issues are addressed in programming and in internal organizational systems and activities.