Grassroots aid is here to disturb the system | Rethinking Humanitarianism
For Fanta Toure, community-led crisis response efforts like mutual aid are not an emergent movement as some in the international aid system...
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Level 3: Stories from the Heart of Humanitarian Crises
A podcast from IRIN's newsroom in Geneva Level 3 — the UN designation for the world's most severe humanitarian crises — brings you an inside look at the conflicts and natural disasters that...
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Somalia's plan to break free from aid dependence | Rethinking Humanitarianism
For Abdihakim Ainte, a senior Somali government official, the international humanitarian system's sudden contraction has been both a "catacl...
Will big donors "smell the coffee" or get left behind? | Rethinking Humanitarianism
Less than a year ago, Colum Wilson left his position at the helm of the humanitarian department in one of the world's largest donor governme...
Error and trial: What really makes the humanitarian system change? | Rethinking Humanitarianism
Humanitarianism evolves, whether the system is ready or not. This six-episode series explores how. Ben Ramalingam has spent 20 years thinkin...
Lessons on media ethics from the Middle East | Decolonise How?
What are we getting right, what are we getting wrong, and how could we do better? A recent live webinar hosted by Patrick Gathara, with hist...
How to change reporting | Decolonise How?
We've diagnosed the problem. What comes next? On the podcast: what it takes to change how crises are spoken about in newsrooms and aid organ...
Event | Who owns the narrative?
Across newsrooms, stages, screens, and funding tables, there's a growing movement to reshape how migration and displacement are understood....
Crisis comms: donations vs. dignity | Decolonise How?
NGO ads don't have to be a balance between dignity and donations. A look at the ethics and power dynamics of crisis communications, and how...
Event | Humanitarianism in the West Bank
Humanitarianism in the West Bank: Structures, Power, and the Limits of Aid ___ What does it mean to "do no harm" in a context where aid can...
Decolonising the newsroom | Decolonise How?
The first African to lead the BBC's African service, Joseph Warungu, and The New Humanitarian's Head of Editorial, Andrew Gully, have over h...
Diaspora aid: the lifeline we don't talk about enough | Rethinking Humanitarianism
Every year, people in the diaspora send hundreds of billions of dollars home. It is one of the single most important streams of assistance,...
Who gets to tell the story? | Decolonise How?
Does it really matter whether a journalist is a local or a foreigner? The distinction between "local" or "international" journalists raises...
What it means for humanitarians to be political | Rethinking Humanitarianism
Saving lives is a choice, and that makes it hard for humanitarianism to be completely apolitical despite long-running debates about neutrali...
Ethical principles vs institutional realities | Decolonise How?
In the latest Decolonise How? podcast, we ask whether ethical journalism is possible when individual ideals collide with institutional reali...
Surviving war while delivering aid | Rethinking Humanitarianism
Like many local aid workers living through war, Hind Obeid is surviving a crisis while responding to it. Obeid works for an NGO that support...
Should there be foreign correspondents? | Decolonise How?
In this episode of Decolonise How? , host Patrick Gathara sits down with journalist Jane Ferguson to debate what role foreign correspondents...
An exit talk with UNRWA's Philippe Lazzarini | Rethinking Humanitarianism
Philippe Lazzarini has ended his term as head of UNRWA, the UN agency that provides essential services to Palestinians. In an exit interview...
What is humanitarian journalism? | Decolonise How?
There's more than one way to cover crises, says Professor Martin Scott. In the second episode of Decolonise How? , host Patrick Gathara sits...
Who owns the story? | Decolonise How?
"The first place that people are dehumanised is in stories." - Sophie Otiende The way we tell stories about humanitarian crises can distort...
Tragedy? When humanitarian language becomes oppressive | Rethinking Humanitarianism
Is it problematic to call human suffering a "tragedy"? Even well-intentioned humanitarian language can harm, says Heidi Mogstad, senior rese...