Event

Building Resilience Against Extreme Heat

December 7, 2020
Blog Post

Dignity in the Heat: Addressing Health and Shelter Needs in Humanitarian Crises

Two major climate trends are reshaping the humanitarian landscape: the increasing frequency of acute, high-cost disasters and…

December 9, 2024
Blog Post

Seven Years Later: Rohingya Genocide Remembrance Day

This month marks seven years since the 2017 “clearance operation” when Myanmar’s military forces, the Tatmadaw, unleashed waves of violence against Rohingya ethnic minorities in Rakhine State, Myanmar. The conflict triggered the expulsion of over 700,000 Rohingya into neighboring Bangladesh, marking the largest and fastest influx into the country. The U.S. government later determined that these attacks constituted genocide and crimes against humanity.

August 27, 2024
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High Level Goma Visit Sheds Light on Unfolding Tragedy in DRC

As conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) rages, gender-based violence, including sexual violence and killings, have become daily realities for civilians.

April 22, 2024
Blog Post

Interaction & ICVA Call on World Bank Group to Update Operational Model

As the planet breaks previous seasonal heat records and forced displacement affects a record…

November 7, 2023
Blog Post

Building on COP27’s Breakthrough Loss and Damage Agreement

After over 30 years of advocacy by the Global South and civil society organizations, delegates at the…

April 10, 2023
Blog Post

One Year After Russia’s Invasion: InterAction Member Recommendations for Ukraine Response

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has left 17.7 million people in need of humanitarian assistance, internally displaced 5.4 million people, and…

March 8, 2023
Blog Post

Conflict-Induced Hunger: Linking the War in Ukraine to the Global Food Insecurity Crisis

Currently, 50 million people worldwide face the risk of famine, a reality exacerbated by the war in Ukraine. After…

August 29, 2022
Blog Post

World Water Week Opens Amidst World Water Woes

Water, water every where, Nor any drop to drink. -Samuel Taylor Coleridge, The Rime…

August 29, 2022
Statement

Letter to Secretary Blinken on the Escalating Violence in the Occupied Palestinian Territories and Israel

Dear Secretary Blinken, As the CEO of the largest U.S.-based alliance of humanitarian and development organizations working in the region,…

May 26, 2022