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Text and photos: Julie Lorenzen, Danish Red Cross His brown eyes look tired – almost absent – and the skin is way too pale. He speaks with a voice that is difficult to hear. Nine-year-old Luai and his mother are visiting a primary health clinic, run by …

Yearbook of International Disaster Law Brill/Nijhoff Publisher Call for Abstracts Vol. No. 2 (2019) – Deadline for abstracts: 31st October 2019   ABOUT THE YIDL The Yearbook of International Disaster Law (YIDL) aims to foster the interest of acade …

By Agnese Trofimova, Latvian Red Cross Latvian Red Cross, in cooperation with the UN Refugee Agency`s Regional Representation for Northern Europe (UNHCR), has organized 5 regional trainings with the title “Work for the integration of refugees and immig …

Mojtaba Yadegari, a youth member of the Iran Red Crescent Society, has been running for peace since he was nine years old. Lately he ran for 17 consecutive days, throughout Iran’s 31 governorates, covering an amazing 310km. “I really enjoy running and …

Has the IFRC achieved gender parity? Which National Society produces the highest quality of data? Who are the people behind the data? The 2019 edition of the Everyone Counts report explores the potential of data to tell stories about National Societies …

Announcement: Third International and Comparative Disaster Law Essay Contest, 2019  Call for Abstracts   Introduction This announcement calls for the submission of abstracts not exceeding 500 words for consideration for the third “International and Com …

Humanitarians are being bombarded with an ever increasing volume of data.  Trying to make sense of needs, response actions, contextual issues, and so on is hard, especially when time is tight and evidence is scant.  The increasing demand for Informatio …

Is Data Literacy advocacy and implementation part of your role and journey? Are you building ‘data literacy’ programs and practices in your humanitarian or development organization? We have regular check-ins in the Red Cross Red Crescent around data an …

One year ago, on 28 September 2018, the Indonesian island of Sulawesi was hit by a triple disaster that killed more than 4,300 people and displaced 173,000.

In many Ebola-affected areas, years of conflict has eroded basic services and created mistrust in the community. Many communities feel that the response is not addressing their broader humanitarian needs. On some occasions, this mistrust has led to con …