Pakistan

Environmental Management in Humanitarian Responses

While humanitarian responses focus mostly on the emergency phase—like addressing lifesaving and immediate needs—addressing the impacts and risks of climate…

How InterAction and ICVA are Supporting the Action Agenda on Internal Displacement

By the end of 2022, the number of internally displaced persons (IDPs)—people forced to flee their homes but who remain…

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…

Reflecting on 16 Years of Policy Advocacy

How can non-governmental organization (NGO) ideals and collective thinking become a positive and influential force in advancing policies that help…

Periods Don’t Stop When Disasters Occur

The recent flooding in Pakistan was unprecedented—affecting 6.4 million people and damaging or destroying over 1,400 health facilities…

World Water Week Opens Amidst World Water Woes

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

Global Rise in Vaccine-Preventable Diseases Highlights Urgent Actions Needed to Save Lives and Alleviate Future Suffering

The re-emergence of vaccine-preventable diseases is a global threat that demands international action. Vaccines have been used to prevent the…

Moving Toward a Locally-Led Humanitarian Response

Localization isn’t a new concept for the global humanitarian community. After many years of debate and conversation, dozens of humanitarian…

NGO Community Consultation on Draft USAID Climate Strategy

On November 16, 2021, InterAction hosted Gillian Caldwell, USAID’s new Climate Change Coordinator; Ann Vaughan, the Senior Advisor for Climate…