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The Guardian: Humanitarian aid for Palestinians should be unnecessary
Source: The Guardian As Friday's expected Palestinian bid for UN membership draws closer, an overlooked issue is the untenable situation of the Palestinian population, who are subjected to collective poverty, misery and desperation, and the role that international [...] Read more...
The Economist: Ross Mountain on the systematic international failure to anticipate and respond to the crisis in the Horn of Africa
Source: The Economist We received this interesting insight on the famine in the Horn of Africa from the head of DARA, an organisation that evaluates humanitarian aid operations: SIR – Your article on the situation in the Horn of Africa is sadly correct: [...] Read more...
HRI 2011 field research: Colombia
In spite of relevant political initiatives, notably the Victims and Land Restoration Law fostered by new President Juan Manuel Santos, humanitarian needs in Colombia are still acute. The deteriorating security situation since 2008, following a period of intense [...] Read more...
Cinco Dias: DARA advises companies on how to maximize humanitarian aid (Spanish)
Source: Cinco Dias J. C. - Madrid - 25/07/2011 Falta de conocimiento sobre las necesidades y prioridades de la gente afectada, la situación en el terreno y las características de la cultura de la población; ignorancia sobre cómo funciona el sistema [...] Read more...
AlertNet Op-ed: Haiti- Now is the time to work on gender issues
We all know that women and girls living in areas of armed conflict and disaster suffer the worst consequences of crises due to their heightened vulnerability. Why then does our field research in crises such as Haiti offer such a bleak perspective on gender as a priority for all humanitarian actors? Read Ross Mountain's Op-ed at AlertNet. Read more...
Australia overhauls aid framework
The Australian government recently released a new aid framework based on the results of the Independent Review of Aid Effectiveness – the first review of Australia’s aid in 15 years. Following a public consultation process to which DARA contributed, the new [...] Read more...
Launch of Global Humanitarian Assistance (GHA) Report 2011
"Improving government aid transparency is a critical step towards being more accountable to crisis-affected populations, but it also makes sense, as the GHA Report points out, for ensuring that aid resources can be used more effectively and efficiently." From Philip Tamminga´s guest blog entry at the Global Humanitarian Assistance site. Read more...
The Guardian: The Republic of South Sudan turns a new page (Op-ed)
Read an Op-ed by Ross Mountain in The Guardian. "This is not the time to give up on vulnerable populations in Darfur and South Kordofan" Read more...
Ross Mountain´s IFRC Red Talk today
Ross Mountain will address the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies today at 2 to 3pm (GMT+1): ¨2020 and beyond: is the humanitarian community prepared for the future?¨. Watch the live stream at http://www.ifrc.org/redtalk Read more...
Eroski Consumer: Ranking of the best and worst countries to be born in (Spanish)
Source: Eroski Consumer Ranking de los mejores y peores países para nacer Suecia destaca como la región donde muere un menor número de niños cada año, mientras que Somalia ostenta el récord contrario Por AZUCENA GARCÍA 29 de junio de 2011 [...] Read more...