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Social Media and Inclusion in Humanitarian Action: The Case of Refugees in Uganda

Chris Dolan, David N. Tshimba, Gilbert Nuwagira

London: ODI;Humanitarian Policy Group (HPG);Medianálisis (2022), 40 pp.

"The potential benefits of increased digitalisation to refugees, living in situations where access to information and spaces for communication exchange are of the essence, are yet to be realised. Uganda’s forced migrants, both those in refugee settlements and those self-settled in urban areas, hav ... more

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Loss of Tonga’s Telecommunication: What Happened, What Were the Consequences and How Were They Managed?

Niels Naghelus Schia, Lars Gjesvik, Ida Rodningen

Oslo: Norwegian Institute of International Affairs (2022), 4 pp.

"In January 2022 the subsea volcano Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai in Tonga had a major eruption which also cut the country’s communication lines nationally, between Tonga’s inhabited islands and the outside world. The damage led to a complete halt in international communication (a “digital darkn ... more

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The World’s Most Neglected Displacement Crises 2021

Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) (2022), 18 pp.

"Each year, the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) publishes a list of the ten most neglected displacement crises in the world. The purpose is to focus on the plight of people whose suffering rarely makes international headlines, who receive no or inadequate assistance, and who never become the centre ... more

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Making Humanitarian Crises: Emotions and Images in History

Brenda Lynn Edgar, Valérie Gorin, Dolores Martín-Moruno (eds.)

Cham: Palgrave Macmillan (2022), xii, 186 pp.

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Beyond Borders: Satellite Applications for Humanitarian Emergencies
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Giulia Costella, David Garcia, David Hodgson, Nicki McGoh, Stella Chelangat Mutai, Catherine Lilian Nakalembe, Rhiannan Price, David Taverner

Farnham, Surrey (UK): Caribou Space;UK Humanitarian Innovation Hub (2022), 97 pp.

"Satellite applications are being developed by an increasingly complex web of supplyside stakeholders and are being applied across a range of use cases in the life cycle of a humanitarian emergency. However, there is a limited body of evidence to offer humanitarians guidance on where satellite techn ... more

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Integrating Information Education and Communication Tools to Strengthen Disaster Preparedness and Resilience Among Social Assistance Beneficiaries: Lessons for Indonesia and Beyond

Asha Williams, Atin Parihatin, Ekki Syamsulhakim, Juwita Nirmala Sari, Rissalwan Habdy Lubis, Shonali Sen

Washington, DC: World Bank (2022), 56 pp.

"This note aims to help inform the planned development of a Disaster Preparedness Module for Indonesia’s PKH program [Family Hope Program, Program Keluarga Harapan PKH] and to provide lessons for other countries on the development of IEC (Information, Education and Communications) tools to improve ... more

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Digital Technologies and Inclusion in Humanitarian Response

John Bryant

London: Overseas Development Institute (ODI) (2022), 29 pp.

"This paper brings together the key findings of research into digital humanitarian action and inclusion, asking what the impact of new digital approaches has been on how inclusion is understood and operationalised in humanitarian action. The Humanitarian Policy Group undertook three thematic case st ... more

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Systems Impact Assessment of the Renewable Energy for Refugees (RE4R) Project

Scott Chaplowe, Taruna Gupta

Practical Action (2022), 19 pp.

"The purpose of this Learning Brief is to share key lessons to inform future efforts to effect systems-level change in humanitarian response, seeking to create positive transformational change. Given that transformation is an unfolding, open-ended process, we acknowledge that our learning is an ongo ... more

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Interconnected Disaster Risks

United Nations University (UNU) (2022), 114 pp.

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Needles in a Haystack: An Analysis of Global South Roles in Humanitarian Knowledge Production

Campbell Aitken (ed.)

Humanitarian Advisory Group (2022), 25 pp.

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Suffering in Silence: Zehn humanitäre Krisen, die 2021 keine Schlagzeilen machten

Stefan Brand, Lukas Kamleithner, Katharina Katzer et al.

Care (2022), 27 pp.

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Early Warning Alert and Response in Emergencies: An Operational Guide

World Health Organization (WHO) (2022), xiv, 189 pp.

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Earthquake aftersongs: Music videos and the imagining of an online Nepali public

Michael Hutt

Popular Communication, volume 20, issue 1 (2022), pp. 42-59

"The major earthquake that struck central Nepal in April 2015 inspired a flurry of literary and cultural production, including the creation and online publication of over 50 earthquake-related music videos. Although they share a common thematic focus, these videos’ representations of the earthquak ... more

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O Auxílio Emergencial no Brasil: Desafios na implementação de uma política de proteção social datificada

Clarice Tavares, Juliana Fonteles, Mariana Bárbara: Valente Simão

Derechos Digitales (2022), 41 pp.

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Let it be as Local as Possible: Dismantling Information and Communication Hierarchies in Displacement Settings

Hannah Murphy

Bonn: Deutsche Welle DW Akademie (2022), 33 pp.

"This paper serves to explore how we can embrace a more expansive and inclusive view of media by drawing on case studies and examples of good practice, particularly with regards to the COVID-19 response, which necessitated major operational changes and reliance on local partners. By collating and sh ... more

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The Digitalisation of Armed Conflicts: Three Humanitarian Priorities

Peter Maurer

Brussels: Brussels School of Governance, Centre for Security, Diplomacy and Strategy (2022), 5 pp.

"States should interpret – and apply – existing rules in a manner that ensures adequate and sufficient protection for civilians and civilian infrastructure, information and communication technology (ICT) systems and data in our ever-increasingly digitalised societies. Academia, tech companies, s ... more

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Haiti Six Months On: Good Intentions, Bad Memories and Local Frustrations. Was Communication, Community-Engagement and Accountability Considered in the 2021 Haiti Earthquake Response?

Michelle Betz

CDAC Network (2022), 28 pp.

"This review was commissioned by CDAC Network to provide a snapshot of the status of Communication, Community Engagement and Accountability (CCEA) in Haiti six months into the earthquake response. The study aims to identify common themes and critical questions that response actors should be asking t ... more

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Assessment of Communication, Community Engagement and Accountability in Sudan

CDAC Network;UNICEF (2022), 22 pp.

"The humanitarian Communication, Community Engagement and Accountability (CCEA) coordination structures in Sudan are primarily led by UN agencies with governmental counterparts at the sector level in Khartoum and field sites. These coordination structures have a relatively low level of representatio ... more

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The State of Communication, Community Engagement and Accountability Across the Ukraine Response. Second Edition. 30 September 2022

London: CDAC Network, 2nd ed. (2022), 22 pp.

"This report is published quarterly and gives an overview of key communication, community engagement and accountability (CCEA) barriers and gaps across the Ukraine response, as well as recommendations for practitioners and responders to improve the use of CCEA for those affected by the crisis. Despi ... more

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The humanitarian–development interface of communication and community engagement in Fiji: A working paper

Setareki Tale et al.

London: CDAC Network (2022), 39 pp.

Beyond Borders: Satellite Applications for Humanitarian Emergencies Top Insights

Beyond Borders: Satellite Applications for Humanitarian Emergencies
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