Humanitarian actors and practices

Les côtes dévastées par le tsunami à Banda Aceh Sebastian Bolesch Opinion

Long live the (humanitarian) crisis!

06/22/2009 Rony Brauman

According to Wikipedia, "a humanitarian crisis is an event or series of events which carry with them a critical threat to the health, safety or wellbeing of a collectivity, usually over a wide area.

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Des travailleurs préparent des kits pour les équipes de vaccination Olivier Asselin Opinion

Kit Culture

05/25/2009 Jean-Hervé Jézéquel

Analyzing the same event from different perspectives is a favourite trick of historians to spice up their narratives. It also works pretty well to describe humanitarian interventions.

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visuel rony brauman medecin humanitaire Alex Yallop Book

Pourquoi je suis devenu médecin humanitaire ?

05/01/2009 Rony Brauman

Tout a commencé par une évidence : il allait devenir médecin. Guérir les autres. Etre utile. Pour y arriver, la route est passée par un engagement politique intense, des emplois de garde-malade et d'infirmier de nuit. Puis, tout jeune médecin, Rony Brauman s'est retrouvé seul responsable d'un hôpital de brousse.

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Deux personnes discutent dans le camp de personnes déplacées de Kalenge, en république démocratique du Congo Lena Mucha Conference

From their point of view

03/10/2009 - 07:00 PM 09:30 PM Caroline Abu-sada

The reasons why we are accepted, tolerated or sometimes rejected in the contexts where we work are often obscure. Caroline Abu-Sada and her team of sociology student shed some light on these issues.

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Centre de traitement Ebola en Guinée Sylvain Cherkaoui Analysis

Emotion et action humanitaire

01/01/2009 Rony Brauman

Certaines catastrophes soulèvent moins d'émotions que d'autres, et les vies de ces victimes sont tout aussi précieuses à sauver. L'institution humanitaire sert à pallier cette diversité des émotions.

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Réfugiés en Tanzanie Louise Annaud Cahier

Food aid and the politics of numbers in Ethiopia

05/15/2008 François Enten

This study sheds light on the mechanisms producing the official data used by humanitarian aid decision makers. It views Early Warning Systems (EWS) as tools that facilitate consensus between the decision-makers involved in the allocation of food aid, enabling them to reach institutional agreements. 

 

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MSF distribue du matériel en Afghanistan Tim Dirven Cahier

MSF and protection: pending or closed?

04/01/2008 Judith Soussan

To embark upon a study of this theme is to enter a field strewn with contradictory representations linked to a highly sensitive issue – the limits of our responsibility – that has generated endless disagreements and debates on our “identity” and the existence or nonexistence of a role for MSF “beyond care”. 

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