Nombreux sont les réfugiés irakiens réinstallés en Californie qui vivent dans des zones où l’environnement culturel « latino » hispanophone est dominant. S’ils veulent réussir à s’adapter à leur nouvelle vie, ils doivent résoudre les difficultés de l’existence en établissant des relations…
Les inondations annuelles liées à la mousson, l’érosion des rivières et des côtes, les raz-de-marée et les cyclones tropicaux émanant de la Baie du Bengale sont autant de causes fréquentes de déplacement au Bangladesh. Entre 1995 et 2015, le Bangladesh…
Les personnes dont la demande d’asile est déboutée sont souvent expulsées, en général vers leur pays d’origine. Toutefois, on en sait peu sur ce qui leur arrive au cours de ce trajet de retour, à leur arrivée dans le pays…
‘Capacity building’ is often defined in a way which implies that international organisations/agencies are ‘investing’ and national organisations are ‘developing’. In an effort to recognise the added value that national organisations can offer to their international counterparts, the capacity-building discourse…
The Tsunami Evaluation Coalition (TEC)[1] highlighted the disparity between the stated policies of international humanitarian actors and the operational realities in terms of direct execution, engagement with local capacity and community participation. It showed that when the aid system is…
The tsunami which hit Aceh in December 2004 and the earthquake which struck near the Java city of Yogyakarta in May 2006 were not just tragedies and opportunities to display solidarity. For Indonesians with knowledge of English and technical capacity…
Since 1997 the number of major acts of violence (killings, kidnappings and armed attacks resulting in serious injury) committed against aid workers has nearly doubled. A recent study by the Center on International Cooperation (CIC) and the Humanitarian Policy Group…
Protection is one of the components of the new UN-led cluster approach in emergency environments.[1] Can the protection cluster mobilise the international community to protect civilians in areas where states are either unwilling or unable to do so? A pilot…
For decades an increasing percentage of official development assistance (ODA) has been spent on humanitarian assistance: from around 3% in the 1970s to between 10% and 14% today. In 2005, an estimated $18 billion was raised by the international community…
The principles of charitable giving and compassion enshrined in Islamic teaching through the Qur’an and traditions of the Prophet Muhammad still carry tremendous weight. The redistribution of wealth in the form of charitable giving is an obligation on every believer.…