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Member Statements: Israeli Forces Open Fire on Palestinians Seeking Food Aid in Gaza

In response to the attacks on Palestinians in Gaza City waiting for food aid, our Members have issued statements. Click…

March 1, 2024
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A Hidden Reality: Men, Boys & Conflict-Related Sexual Violence

“In 2021, continued recourse to military rather than diplomatic and political means led to displacement on a significant scale,…

June 26, 2023
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A Wrong Inflicted: Mass Starvation in the 21st Century

Alex de Waal writes that modern famines do not occur by chance, but are rather the consequence of deliberate acts committed by political-military elites in pursuit of their strategic objectives.

May 3, 2019
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Barriers to Aid: The Growing Bureaucratic and Administrative Hurdles in Latin America

Surging bureaucratic and administrative impediments (BAI) across Latin America are an increasing challenge to humanitarian access and a barrier to…

December 16, 2024
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We Keep Us Safe: Women Protecting Women in South Sudan

In 2011, South Sudan emerged from a violent civil war as an independent nation from Sudan. However, in 2013, escalating…

December 4, 2024
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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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Statement by Principals of the Inter-Agency Standing Committee on the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Escalating conflict is driving record levels of gender-based violence, displacement and hunger in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), threatening to push the country to the brink of catastrophe without urgent international action.

April 30, 2024
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Supreme Court Ruling Is Good News for INGOs

In a case with potentially significant implications for international non-governmental organizations (INGOs) that work in proximity to terrorist groups, the…

May 19, 2023
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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
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Launching the Human Rights Framework for Preventing and Responding to Sexual Exploitation, Abuse, and Harassment

International Women’s Day provides us the opportunity to reflect on the progress made and challenges that remain in achieving gender…

March 7, 2022