Since October 7 2023, life has changed beyond recognition for the 2.2 million people living in the Gaza Strip. While children are always the innocent victims of any violent conflict or crisis, the impact of this war on children is unprecedented.
By working with those with lived experience, creating new spaces for survivors to set agendas, we can make our policy and programming work far more effective, in both anti-trafficking spaces and beyond.
Two years on from the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the humanitarian effort is still being lead by international organisations as opposed to locals. It is time to divert our funding and our attention.
As the conflict in Gaza creates an increasingly desperate humanitarian crisis, we look at the multiple factors that are making the distribution of assistance almost impossible.
Done right, integrated mental health support can demonstrably lead to stronger, more inclusive and peaceful communities, resulting in people feeling more positive and hopeful for the future. Ruth Simpson of International Alert tells us about their work on integrated mental health in peacebuilding.
COP28 delivered outcomes that were at the same time historic and not enough. So what were the real successes and failures of COP28, and what does it mean moving forward? Catherine Pettengell of CAN UK takes us through what happened in Dubai.
After another busy year for all our working groups, we here from the SDGs, Funding, Communications, Disability and Development, Humanitarian and People in the Picture groups about what they’ve been up to, and what they’re planning for 2024.
This year has seen humanitarian crises balloon, with a 32% increase in people in need of humanitarian assistance. Bond’s Mustafa Al-Soufi takes us through the causes of this increase, and looks ahead to the potential green shoots in 2024.
Briefing
This policy briefing provides recommendations from UK INGOs to the UK government ahead of the Global Food Security Summit in London on the 20th of November 2023.