NGO Community Response to USAID’s Draft Resilience Policy Revision
USAID’s draft 2022 Resilience Policy Revision makes significant progress toward resilience becoming a multisectoral priority. However, some adjustments and additions…
MEMBER CEOS ONLY: Earth Day Conversation on the President’s Emergency Plan for Adaptation and Resilience (PREPARE)
Building Resilience Against Extreme Heat
Building Resilience to Fight Climate Change
We must tackle climate change if we want to tackle poverty. Building resilience is critical.
An Intersectoral Approach to Mental Health and Psychosocial Support
Conflict and violence around the globe have left about 47.2 million children displaced, 15 million of which are refugees. Of those 15 million children, 40% are out of school. The effects of displacement can be severe and far-reaching, impacting children’s mental and physical health as well as cognitive development, with significant follow-on effects on learning outcomes.
Open Letter to the Member States of the U.N. General Assembly, on behalf of the IASC Principals
The brutal hostilities we are seeing in multiple conflicts around the world have exposed a terrible truth: We are living in an era of impunity. Attacks that kill or injure civilians, including humanitarian and health-care personnel, are devastatingly common. Yet despite widespread condemnation, serious violations of the rules of war too often go unpunished.
Restoring Hope: Community Centers in Afghanistan
Community centers in Afghanistan are offering a beacon of hope to thousands of Afghans who are trapped in harmful cycles…
The Role of Gender in Afghanistan’s Humanitarian Response
Nearly three years after the change in power in Afghanistan, women and girls are being left behind as little to…
Rahima’s Journey to Recovery
After decades of conflict, instability, poverty, and natural disasters, one in two people living in Afghanistan suffer from psychological distress.