Humanitarian assistance

The practice of hosting or families taking in families displaced by conflict or disaster and providing them with shelter has a long history. Since the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, which affected countries both in South-East and South Asia, humanitarian agencies and donors have been intentional in adding hosting to their repertoire of short-term accommodation strategies […]

This article explores the gendered experiences of local volunteers operating in conflicts and emergencies. Despite decades of progress to integrate gender issues into development and humanitarian research, policy, and practice, the gendered dynamics of volunteering are still little understood. To redress this, this article draws on data collected as part of the Volunteers in Conflicts […]