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World Humanitarian Day 2024

Aid workers are increasingly being targeted by armed actors who seek to intimidate, coerce, or disrupt aid operations for strategic gains. In Gaza and South Sudan, in Yemen and the Central African Republic, disinformation campaigns are fueling hostility toward aid agencies. These threats not only endanger the lives of those dedicated to humanitarian action but also severely hinder access to essential aid for millions of vulnerable people in conflict-affected areas​.

August 19, 2024
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World Humanitarian Day: A Team Sport

World Humanitarian Day is a moment to acknowledge the importance of helping others in dire need and to recognize the great lengths that humanitarian workers go to provide such help.

August 20, 2018
A young child sits in the lap of a humanitarian worker wearing a Save the Children t-shirt
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16 Days of Activism

InterAction’s GBV Working Group will be publishing a blog series for the 16 Days of Activism dedicated to the role of women’s movements across crises and conflicts. Each of these blogs will showcase the centrality and role of either individual women or women-led movements and organizations across nine country or regional contexts.

November 25, 2024
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Enhancing NGO Coordination in Humanitarian Settings

Non-governmental organization (NGO) coordination at every level of a humanitarian response is critical to ensure quality, accessible programming reaches conflict- and disaster-affected people.

November 1, 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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Addressing the Humanitarian Crisis in Sudan: A Call to Action

InterAction and its Member organizations are launching a comprehensive blog series to shed light on the critical issues facing Sudan and provide targeted recommendations for policymakers.

April 11, 2024
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Challenges of Humanitarian Assistance in a Maritime Battlespace

In the Asia-Pacific, the prospect of great power competition—and potential conflict—looms large, threatening to reshape not only geopolitical dynamics but…

March 11, 2024
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65+ NGOs Oppose Cuts to Humanitarian & Foreign Assistance in FY24 House Spending Bills

As Members and partners of InterAction, the largest alliance of U.S.-based NGOs championing humanitarian, health, development, and democracy programs, we…

September 27, 2023
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Two Years After Taliban Takeover, the Humanitarian Situation in Afghanistan Remains Critical

August 19 marks two years since the Taliban took power in Afghanistan, following the United States military withdrawal and collapse…

August 18, 2023
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What Does It Mean To Be A Humanitarian?

August 19 marks World Humanitarian Day, a time to recognize humanitarians’ meaningful work and the risks they take every day.

August 18, 2023
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