Humanitarian Action Initiative - GWU

Defending humanitarian aid in terms of national security obscures its real purpose Humanitarian aid is based on empathy and the recognition that everyone has a right to live with dignity.

@mzdeloffre.bsky.social (GWU) and Chen Reis (University of Denver) published, Defending humanitarian aid in terms of national security obscures its real purpose, in @theconversation.com

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What to Know About USAID, the Agency Elon Musk Wants Dead Trump campaigned on promises to cut aid to foreign countries.

Professor @mzdeloffre.bsky.social was quoted in a @thewallstreet.bsky.social article on USAID and the impacts of funding freezes.

“I think the potential could be really catastrophic,” said Deloffre. “I’m hoping we don’t get to that point.”

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Trump and Musk take aim at a surprising target: a humanitarian agency with long bipartisan support - The Boston Globe The Agency for International Development supports a wide range of programs in countries around the world, from disaster relief to public health, but Musk said it was “time” for USAID to “die.”

Professor @mzdeloffre.bsky.social is quoted in this article on the dismantlement of the United States Agency of International Development (USAID) in the @bostonglobe.com
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/02/03/n...

Sexual exploitation, abuse and harassment in humanitarian contexts - PubMed Considerable investment has been made in recent years to address sexual exploitation, abuse and harassment by aid workers in the humanitarian sector. However, such sexual misconduct remains a persiste...

Alina Potts, Research Scientist, Global Women's Institute at GW, and co-authors recently published "Sexual exploitation, abuse and harassment in humanitarian contexts," in the Bulletin of the World Health Organization. pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39611187/

Toward a Framework for Understanding Localization in Its Institutional Context: A Systems Perspective for Incorporating Local Values This paper explores how we might integrate local traditional values into a systems approach for analyzing and maximizing localization in the context of foreign aid. The paper situates localization an...

Prof Jennifer M. Brinkerhoff published Toward a Framework for Understanding Localization in Its Institutional Context: A Systems Perspective for Incorporating Local Values. This article is the first to be published in our special issue on the Power & Politics of Localization
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Catastrophic Flooding and Its Impact on Displaced People in Chad

Julia Davatzes (MA candidate IDS) published a research article @wilsoncenter.org about the ongoing flood season in Chad, its impact on forcibly displaced persons and on how to include refugees & asylum-seekers in disaster risk reduction & response strategies.
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How anticipatory action can empower women in disaster-prone areas How assistance programs can catalyze improvements in gender equality.

Read the @ifpri.org Research Blog post summarizing the students' Capstone research here: www.ifpri.org/blog/how-ant...

📍Elliott Alumnae Publish Capstone Research📍Caitlin Mittrick, Ana Madero, Teresa Gonzales & Amica Rapadas w/ @ifpri.org colleagues published How can Anticipatory Action Programming Support Women? Application of the Reach-Benefit-Empower-Transform in Nepal & Nigeria cgspace.cgiar.org/server/api/c...

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Listen to Professor Michael Barnett’s episode on @trumanitarian.bsky.social. Barnett considers whether the humanitarian sector is run by an elite network that controls the vast majority of resources and power. Is it a closed circle that excludes outsiders?
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Welcome! The Humanitarian Action Initiative (HAI) is an academic and research hub housed in the Elliott School of International Affairs that convenes and cultivates the school’s curriculum, scholarly research,...

We are so happy to join BlueSky! The Humanitarian Action Initiative is the Elliott School of International Affairs, George Washington University's research, policy, and educational hub on all things humanitarian assistance.

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