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#MeToo sex scandals spur interest in standards for the aid sector

2 May 2018

Which humanitarian outfits can you trust and why?

News

Mosul women, Myanmar clashes, and a massive NGO fine
20 April 2018
A weekly read to keep you in the loop on humanitarian issues
News

School for Syrians, France’s Indian Ocean border and British NGOs say sorry
23 February 2018
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Former Save the Children staffers speak out on abusive culture under Justin Forsyth
22 February 2018 Feature
Yemen PR wars: Saudi Arabia employs UK/US firms to push multi-billion dollar aid plan
6 February 2018 Investigations
What do Yazidis make of Kurdish independence?
19 September 2017 Special Report

Opinion

Innovative but dull: disaster insurance is starting to pay off
11 September 2017
Millions of dollars of relief funding are already on the way to countries hit by Hurricane Irma. How?
Feature

So, your country isn't keen to resettle refugees. Are you?
19 June 2017
Canada has provided a model of private refugee sponsorship for others to follow, but will they?
Feature

British aid official Mark Lowcock to be UN humanitarian chief - sources
10 May 2017
Is a British bureaucrat the right person to uphold humanitarian values in the Security Council?
Investigations

How "voluntary" are UK refugee returns?
21 February 2017
Is Britain coercing migrants and asylum seekers to accept voluntary return, and are NGOs complicit?
Investigations

Can a disruptive approach force aid system rethink?
20 February 2017
Proposing a new "common sense" way to help refugees, the EC and Britain have met with a backlash. How a project in Lebanon might hold...
News

The weekly humanitarian round-up
3 February 2017
Every week, IRIN's team of editors curates a selection of some of the best humanitarian reports, opinion, and journalism you may have missed and looks...

Welcome to the global war on aid
11 January 2017 Opinion
New “Sans Frontières" PR firm crosses the line for MSF
4 October 2016 Investigations
REVEALED: The “miracle babies” preacher tying British regulators in knots
3 October 2016 Investigations
UPDATE: British humanitarian NGOs face multimillion Brexit shortfall
29 June 2016 Feature
What does Brexit mean for refugees?
27 June 2016 Analysis
Should Save the Children take money from this donor?
14 June 2016 Analysis

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