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She describes the fear and disruption brought about by so many years of military violence and repression, and the processes which it is hoped can […] View resource Journal article Non-neutral humanitarianism: NGOs and the Rwanda crisis 01/11/1997 11 pages long Free access through journal website Overview Overview Share Share Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on email Keywords Conflict Development methods Disasters Humanitarian practice Overview NGOs play an increasingly important role in humanitarian work, and the impact of their activities is often non-neutral in relation to the conflicts which underlie crises. This was the case in the Rwanda crisis, during which some NGOs lent support to the forces of the genocidal Rwandan regime through their choice of where to work; […] View resource Journal article Rwanda: beyond ethnic conflict 01/11/1997 11 pages long Free access through journal website Overview Overview Share Share Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on email Keywords Conflict Development in Practice Journal Development methods DiP Disasters Humanitarian practice Overview This paper explores some of the reasons for the failure of the international community to act decisively in pre-empting the 1994 genocide in Rwanda. These are rooted both in long-distant history and in the dynamics of post-Cold War international politics. Drawing on a decade of experience in Central Africa, the author looks critically at the […] View resource Journal article For better? For worse? Humanitarian aid in conflict 01/11/1997 12 pages long Free access through journal website Overview Overview Share Share Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on email Keywords Development methods Humanitarian practice Overview Humanitarian aid should be judged against international humanitarian law (IHL) which gives civilians certain rights, including protection in armed conflicts. Aid agencies should consider the various side-effects of their interventions in order to assess the net impact, and decide whether to work in any given situation. They have no responsibility to provide aid where the […] View resource Journal article Relief agencies and moral standing in war: principles of humanity, neutrality, impartiality and solidarity 01/11/1997 11 pages long Free access through journal website Overview Overview Share Share Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on email Keywords Conflict Development in Practice Journal Development methods DiP Disasters Humanitarian practice Overview The article explores the moral difficulties for international humanitarian workers operating as third parties in the midst of war. The main part examines current usage of the terms `humanity’, `neutrality’, `impartiality’, and `solidarity’ as they are used in the discourse of humanitarian operations. The article then considers the psychological implications for relief workers of operating […] View resource Book Empowering Communities: A casebook from West Sudan 01/01/1997 1 documents 97 pages long Languages: English Overview Overview Share Share Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on email Keywords Civil society Conflict Development methods Disasters Humanitarian practice Overview This casebook examines the way in which a participative approach to development can result in empowerment for communities. The Kebkabiya project in the west of Sudan began as an attempt to improve food security in the wake of a major famine. Over the years Oxfam, who initiated the project, handed over responsibility to a community-based […] View resource Book Capacity-Building: An approach to people-centred development 01/01/1997 4 documents 236 pages long Languages: English Overview Overview Share Share Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on email Keywords Conflict Development methods Disasters Humanitarian practice Overview Capacity-building is an integral part of development theory and practice. However, aid agencies that ignore theory and practice. However, aid agencies that ignore people’s existing strengths may create dependency, and so make people more vulnerable than before. This book considers specific and practical ways in which NGOs can contribute to enabling people to build on […] View resource Journal article ‘Dancing with the prince’: NGO’s survival strategics in the Afghan conflict 01/08/1996 12 pages long Free access through journal website Overview Overview Share Share Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on email Keywords Conflict Development in Practice Journal Development methods DiP Disasters Humanitarian practice Overview Afghan NGOs have been a major provider of humanitarian aid throughout the Afghan conflict. They remained operational during this period by ‘dancing’ with and between the various parties to the conflict, their survival contingent on their ability to build ad hoc patterns of alliance and cooperation. This article explores the nature of ‘the dance’ between […] View resource Discussion paper Sanitation in Emergency Situations: Proceedings of an international workshop, held in Oxford, December 1995 01/01/1996 1 documents 52 pages long Languages: English Overview Overview Share Share Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on email Keywords Conflict Development methods Disasters Humanitarian practice Water and sanitation Overview In December 1995 an international workshop was held in Oxford to consider the technical and organisational problems of sanitation in emergency situations and share experience of good practice. Papers were presented on a variety of topics, and delegates also met in small working groups to discuss specific issues arising from these papers. View resource Book Development in States of War: Selected articles from Development in Practice 01/01/1996 2 documents 114 pages long Languages: English, Spanish Overview Overview Share Share Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on email Keywords Aid effectiveness Conflict Development methods Disasters Humanitarian practice Protection Overview Humanitarian relief has always focused on meeting the needs of people affected by war and armed conflict. Today, the same is increasingly true of development programmes. The challenge for aid agencies is not only to apply development principles to their emergency work, but also to address the issues arising from the reality of military conflict […] View resource Posts navigation Prev page Page 1 … Page 25 Page 26 Page 27 Next page Spotted an error? Let us know