Humanitarian Agenda
Exploring and highlighting the changing landscape of humanitarian assistance in the 21st century
With an unprecedented number of humanitarian crises around the world, the Humanitarian Agenda is committed to inform policy solutions to novel humanitarian challenges through expert dialogue and analysis and to developing and advancing avenues for improving humanitarian response and increasing humanitarian access.
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Analysis
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Evaluating Mozambique’s Security, Humanitarian, and Funding Landscape
The United States and international community needs to reevaluate funding and response models to mitigate Mozambique’s devolving security landscape, weakened humanitarian coordination, and low levels of trust between actors.
Commentary by Nicolas Jude Larnerd and Emilia Columbo — August 8, 2023
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Mitigating Financial Access Challenges
Report by Jacob Kurtzer, Sue Eckert, and Sierra Ballard — October 25, 2022
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Rethinking Humanitarian Assistance: Climate and Crisis in the Horn of Africa
Report by Beza Tesfaye, Erol Yayboke, Anastasia Strouboulis, and Abigail Edwards — January 9, 2023
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Finding a Path through Quagmire
Brief by Will Brown — August 12, 2022
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Escalation in Haiti: Reaching Women and Girls Impacted by Humanitarian Crisis
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Conference
The Red Zone: Charting Paths to Resilience in the Climate-Conflict Nexus
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Senator Van Hollen on Next Steps in Gaza
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Operating in the Cave: Medicine Amidst Conflict in Syria
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POSTPONED: A Complete Impasse—Gaza: The Human Toll
Event — July 2, 2024
Escalation in Haiti: Reaching Women and Girls Impacted by Humanitarian Crisis
Event — June 25, 2024
Escalation in Haiti: Reaching Women and Girls Impacted by Humanitarian Crisis
Transcript — June 25, 2024
One Month into the Rafah Offensive—Gaza: The Human Toll
Transcript — June 10, 2024
The Red Zone: Frontline Responders in Myanmar: Role of Women in Humanitarian and Climate Action
Event — May 15, 2024
The Red Zone: Inside Burkina Faso: Climate Innovation and Food Insecurity
Event — May 15, 2024
The Red Zone: Adaptation in Action: The DRC’s Solutions for Climate Resilience
Event — May 15, 2024
The Red Zone: Humanitarian and Climate Finance Barriers in Afghanistan
Event — May 15, 2024
The Red Zone: The Crossfire Between Conflict and Climate Change
Event — May 15, 2024
The Red Zone: Charting Paths to Resilience in the Climate-Conflict Nexus
Event — May 15, 2024