Essays about: "Aid Worker Security"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 6 essays containing the words Aid Worker Security.

  1. 1. Safety and Security in Sudan: Humanitarian Aid Workers’ Risk Perception

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för Riskhantering och Samhällssäkerhet

    Author : Magdalena Hix; [2023]
    Keywords : Safety; Security; Risk; Risk Perception; Risk Evaluation; Humanitarian Aid Worker; Sudan; Protection; Security Risk Management; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Protection of humanitarian aid workers (HAWs) is a challenging task. There are various reports on the topic where much research seems to focus on traditional physical attacks and intentional violence against HAWs (security) rather than the accidental event risks (safety) or discussing it separately. READ MORE

  3. 2. Civil war and third-party non-combatants : Understanding the logic of violence against humanitarian aid workers in the setting of intrastate conflict

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för freds- och konfliktforskning

    Author : Malika Rakhmankulova; [2022]
    Keywords : conflict; aid workers;

    Abstract : Attacks against humanitarian aid workers are a concerning global trend that has been noted since the end of the Cold War. Despite this, limited research is available that combines overt theoretical testing with empirical procedures. READ MORE

  4. 3. The Western Savior: Making Aid the Enemy : What leads non-state armed groups to target international humanitarian aid workers?

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för freds- och konfliktforskning

    Author : Amanda Jenc Blomster; [2021]
    Keywords : Humanitarian Aid Worker; Non-State Armed Groups; International Humanitarian Aid Workers; Aid Worker Security;

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  5. 4. DANGEROUS TIMES, DANGEROUS PLACES: HOW POLITICS IMPACTS HUMANITARIAN WORKER SECURITY IN DR CONGO

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionen

    Author : Jonny Hogg; [2019]
    Keywords : humanitarian; security; aid-worker; governance; interpretivism; conflict; political violence; Congo; Kivu;

    Abstract : DR Congo has experienced more than two decades of conflict and profound political upheaval, sparking humanitarian crises which have seen large-scale relief efforts to alleviate them. Aid workers and UN staff working there have been caught up in the violence, sometimes with deadly results and major disruption to aid operations. READ MORE

  6. 5. Humanitarian Security in the Light of Financial Independence: Why funding structures are also a matter of security management

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Selina Krogh Hemme; [2019]
    Keywords : Humanitarian Organisations; Financial Independence; Security Management; Acceptance; South Sudan; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : Marketization of the humanitarian system and the financial independence is thought to have an impact on humanitarian organisations’ behavior. With an increased insecurity for aid-workers and thus investment in aid-worker security management, research on this matter is pressing. READ MORE