Essays about: "aid worker"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 20 essays containing the words aid worker.

  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

  2. 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

  3. 3. Improving 3D Remote Guidance using Shared AR Spaces : Separating responsibility of tracking and rendering 3D AR‐objects

    University essay from Linköpings universitet/Institutionen för datavetenskap

    Author : Erik Mansén; [2022]
    Keywords : augmented reality; AR; mixed reality; MR; remote guidance; remote collaboration; video-mediated communication; telepresence;

    Abstract : Two common problems in Remote Guidance applications include the remote guides lack of direct control over their view into the worker’s physical environment and the difficulties that arise with trying to place virtual 3D objects in a real 3D environment,via a moving, shaky, 2D image.The first issue can be called a lack of remote spatial awareness, the guide can see only what the worker enables them to see. READ MORE

  4. 4. 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. 5. Learning organisations and the training of staff in management positions : A critical analysis of MSF Sweden and IFRC/the Swedish Red Cross

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionen

    Author : Maria Hammargren; [2021]
    Keywords : Interpersonal conflict; learning organisations; Senge; Médecins sans Frontières; MSF; International Federation of the Red Cross; IFRC;

    Abstract : To be a humanitarian aid worker [HAW] in the field entails working in a demanding environment, and in this milieu, interpersonal conflicts [IC] sometimes arise which may risk the entire project. The ones responsible for dealing with ICs, should they occur, are HAWs in management positions employed by various humanitarian organisations [HO]. READ MORE