US DARA in the Media
Humanitarian Practice Network: Real Time Evaluations- Contributing to system-wide learning and accountability
Humanitarian Practice Network at ODI has recently published a special feature on Humanitarian Accountability. Riccardo Polastro, Head of DARA’s Evaluations department, has contributed a piece on Real-Time Evaluations. Read more...
AlertNet: Elections won’t solve Congo’s humanitarian woes – report
Source: Alertnet By Megan Rowling LONDON (AlertNet) - This month's elections in Democratic Republic of Congo are unlikely to resolve years of conflict, weak state institutions and a lack of capacity to address people's basic needs, a report from humanitarian [...] Read more...
AlertNet: “Sticking plaster” response to Palestinian Territories fails population
Source: Alertnet By Astrid Zweynert LONDON (AlertNet) - As the United Nations considers the Palestinian application for statehood, a hard-hitting report describes the humanitarian response in the Palestinian Territories as akin to a "sticking plaster" and [...] Read more...
AlertNet: Western emergency aid increasingly seen as ‘intrusive and disempowering’
Local people often have little say in what kind of aid is needed and do not receive enough training in what to do in a disaster, the World Disasters Report by the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies said. Read an interview with Philip Tamminga about the report. Read more...
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...
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...
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...
The Guardian: Disaster preparation will be core part of UK aid
Source: The Guardian Liz Ford Preparing a country for disaster will become a core part of the UK government's development programmes around the world to ensure a faster and more efficient response to major disasters. In its official response to Lord [...] Read more...
IRIN News: Aid Policy- Good leaders battle risk-averse humanitarian culture
Source: IRIN News DAKAR, 9 June 2011 (IRIN) - Understanding the bigger picture; taking decisions and risks on the basis of incomplete or contradictory information; possessing self-awareness, humility and enthusiasm - these are just some of the qualities humanitarian [...] Read more...