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HO is a team of specialist consultants providing research and policy advice for humanitarian aid agencies and donors.
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We are pleased to announce that 'Good Practice Review 8 (GPR8): Humanitarian security risk management' is now available in english paperback – order your copy via Amazon here www.amazon.co.uk/Good-Practic...
Stay tuned for the French and Spanish versions coming soon.
We are pleased to announce that 'Good Practice Review 8 (GPR8): Humanitarian security risk management' is now available in english paperback – order your copy via Amazon here www.amazon.co.uk/Good-Practic...
Stay tuned for the French and Spanish versions coming soon.
November 27, 2025 at 7:27 PM
HO Partner @abbystoddard.bsky.social addresses the UN at the 20th anniversary of the establishment of UNDSS - her remarks are on the importance of partnerships for the effectiveness of the UNSMS and its partners. View the full video here - humanitarianoutcomes.org/publications...
November 18, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Just months after the August earthquake killing thousands in #Afghanistan, the country is faced with a 2nd devastating quake. Our new report on the response to the first event questions how the country could respond to another. Read the full report here -
humanitarianoutcomes.org/Afghanistan_...
November 5, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Aid Worker Security Database - မြန်မာနိုင်ငံတွင် ကယ်ဆယ်ရေးလုပ်သားများသည် အရေးယူထိန်းသိမ်းခံရနိုင်ခြေ မြင့်မားသည့် ဘေးအန္တရာယ်နှင့် ကြုံတွေ့နေရသည်
မြန်မာဘာသာဖြင့် ယခုဒေါင်းလုဒ်လုပ်ပါ။: aidworkersecurity.org/signal-alert...
#မြန်မာ #လူသားချင်းစာနာမှု #လူ့အခွင့်အရေး
October 28, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Aid Worker Security Database - Signal Alert: Aid workers face high risk of detention in Myanmar
Download it now in English: www.aidworkersecurity.org/signal-alert...
#Myanmar #aidworkers
October 28, 2025 at 5:42 PM
New report from @prhho.bsky.social , Orzala Nemat, @abbystoddard.bsky.social, and Glyn Taylor on the response to the 2025 Afghanistan earthquake.
Read it here - humanitarianoutcomes.org/Afghanistan_...
Join us for a webinar next week on the topic: October 29 @ 15:00GMT shorturl.at/hXkAE
October 24, 2025 at 1:48 PM
IcoCA: "In this article, the GPR8’s Lead Editor Adelicia Fairbanks, discusses the application of the person-centred approach to guide interactions between the humanitarian sector and PSPs." Read it here ⬇️
Humanitarian Actors and Private Security Providers: New Challenges and Opportunities
Humanitarian action today faces unprecedented structural challenges. The sector is grappling with drastically reduced funding, rising government hostility, misinformation and disinformation campaigns ...
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October 2, 2025 at 1:41 PM
We’re proud to announce that Canada is supporting the continued work of the Aid Worker Security Database and our program on humanitarian security and access. Open access to this information is a global public good and an important enabler of humanitarian action. @canadadev.bsky.social bit.ly/CAPRDec
Canada endorses Declaration for the Protection of Humanitarian Personnel - Canada.ca
Today, Canada officially endorsed the Declaration for the Protection of Humanitarian Personnel, an initiative spearheaded by Australia.
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September 22, 2025 at 4:50 PM
It's with deep gratitude and thanks to major funding support from Australia that HO’s datasets on aid worker security and humanitarian presence will continue to serve the sector—ensuring open access to data evidence that informs policy and helps enable secure humanitarian access. bit.ly/AUS_PR
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September 22, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Yesterday, the Declaration for the Protection of Humanitarian Personnel was launched at the UN. With 105 signatories, the Australian-led Declaration focuses on adherence to IHL, access to aid, protection, and increased accountability. Read more: protect-humanitarian-personnel.org @icrc.org @ifrc.org
Home page | Declaration for the Protection of Humanitarian Personnel
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September 22, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Rapport 2025 sur la sécurité des travailleurs humanitaires – Sans défense : la sécurité des travailleurs humanitaires face à l’effondrement du financement humanitaire – est désormais disponible en téléchargement ici - humanitarianoutcomes.org/AWSR_2025
@unocha.org #WHD2025 #AgirPourLHumanité
September 4, 2025 at 1:44 PM
El Informe 2025 sobre la seguridad de los trabajadores humanitarios – Indefensos: la seguridad de los trabajadores humanitarios ante el colapso de la financiación humanitaria – ya está disponible para su descarga en español aquí -https://humanitarianoutcomes.org/AWSR_2025
#ActuaPorLaHumanidad
August 22, 2025 at 3:39 PM
On #WHD2025 we honour #aidworkers. In 2024, 861 humanitarians were affected by major security incidents - 383 killed, 308 wounded, 125 kidnapped, 45 arrested/detained. Download the Figures in English, French, Spanish, Arabic - humanitarianoutcomes.org/publications...
#Actforhumanity @unocha.org
August 19, 2025 at 1:22 PM
2025 Aid Worker Security Report - Defenceless: Aid worker security amid the humanitarian funding collapse, is now available for download here - humanitarianoutcomes.org/AWSR_2025
#WHD2025 #ActForHumanity #Notatarget @unocha.org
@abbystoddard.bsky.social
August 19, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Interested in humanitarian security risk management? Visit the Good Practice Review 8, 3rd edition, interactive website to explore all the book content, security terms glossary, further resources, and much more ➡️ gpr8.humanitarianoutcomes.org
June 26, 2025 at 2:52 PM
The 3rd edition of the Good Practice Review 8 (GPR8): Humanitarian security risk management, is now available online here - odihpn.org/publication/...
June 26, 2025 at 2:37 PM
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‼️ OUT NOW: Good Practice Review 8 is the gold standard of guidance on managing security risks in humanitarian settings – and you can read the brand-new edition for free!

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@humoutcomes.bsky.social
June 26, 2025 at 1:31 PM
The launch of the 3rd edition of the Good Practice Review 8: Humanitarian security risk management, is only one week away ➡️ make sure you are registered ✅ us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
@hpg-odiglobal.bsky.social
June 19, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Join us on June 26 for a virtual launch of the 3rd Edition ➡️ Good Practice Review 8: Humanitarian security risk management
Register here - us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
#GPR8
June 6, 2025 at 1:44 PM
A message from humanitarian data providers: Don’t let the system go dark. Please read ⬇️

ACAPS, iMMAP, MapAction, Data Friendly Space, H2H Network, Airwars, IMPACT Initiatives, Ground Truth Solutions, Humanitarian OpenStreetMap team

Or download here - humanitarianoutcomes.org/publications...
June 5, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Protection of Civilians Week begins Monday. The impunity of state actors, failure of deconfliction systems, and decreasing funding for security resources made 2024 the deadliest year on record for aid workers.
aidworkersecurity.org
@unocha.org
#POCWeek2025 #NotATarget #ActForHumanity
May 16, 2025 at 1:17 PM
The Aid Worker Security Database now tracks the arrests and detentions of aid workers by state authorities. Visit our database to download incidents with customised search parameters and to read our updated codebook. www.aidworkersecurity.org
May 15, 2025 at 1:29 PM
New research by HO Associate @marianaduqued.bsky.social and Damian Lilly for @nrc-global.bsky.social looks at #humanitarian access; Read it here -https://humanitarianoutcomes.org/publications/humanitarian-access-and-tools-humanitarian-system
April 23, 2025 at 5:55 PM
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We may never know the true impact of the US foreign aid cuts, since losing the funding also means losing the ability to measure. Some colleagues and I wrote about the threat to humanitarian data. @newhumanitarian.bsky.social
The data streams that underpin humanitarian response are about to collapse
Famine warning, needs assessments, health data: Humanitarian action will be groping in the dark if vital data sources are allowed to crumble.
www.thenewhumanitarian.org
March 10, 2025 at 12:53 PM
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Why the US aid defunding crisis threatens to trigger a full collapse for crucial humanitarian data: ⬇️
The data streams that underpin humanitarian response are about to collapse
Famine warning, needs assessments, health data: Humanitarian action will be groping in the dark if vital data sources are allowed to crumble.
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March 10, 2025 at 2:14 PM