Decolonising humanitarian action: what way forward?
How can we decolonise humanitarian action given the multiplicity of meanings, modes and methods? In this blog post, SSHAP Fellows and webinar panellists share their reflections.
How can we decolonise humanitarian action given the multiplicity of meanings, modes and methods? In this blog post, SSHAP Fellows and webinar panellists share their reflections.
On 14 December 2023, this webinar, led by SSHAP Fellows, explored the multiple and emerging meanings, modes and methods for decolonising aid and emergency response.
Le 14 décembre 2023, ce webinaire, animé par les boursiers SSHAP, explorera les significations, modes et méthodes multiples et émergents pour décoloniser l’aide et les réponses d’urgence.
People with disabilities around the world face discrimination in their daily lives, including in their abilities to access public services and infrastructure. But what are the experiences of people with disabilities during disasters and emergencies? Do emergency responses take into account their needs? In this blog, Obindra B. Chand and Pallav Pant look at the current challenges facing people with disabilities during times of crisis in Nepal.
This report is for supervisors managing ongoing Ebola outbreaks, or working on preparedness and recovery activities in regions at risk of, or affected by, Ebola epidemics. It is based on rapid and intensive ethnographic field research in Equateur Province, Democratic Republic of Congo, undertaken less than a month after the epidemic was declared over in July 2018. The research comprised 60 separate open-ended, semi-structured interviews with local health workers, government officials and administrators, Ebola survivors and their families, community leaders, and national and international responders.
The overall finding of the report is that an Ebola epidemic, along with the way the response itself is conducted, can have significant social, psychological, economic, and health impacts for the communities involved. By providing a close, qualitative reportage on perceptions of the epidemic and the response in Equateur Province, the report aims to render tangible the social,
As the rapid response briefing on “Including people with disabilities in emergency relief efforts” from IDS shows, emergencies have a disproportionate impact on those already marginalised by society, including people with disabilities and their families.
For example, people with disabilities are often left behind in responses to the current Syrian crisis and Ebola epidemic.