Human-Centred Design in Humanitarian Settings: Methodologies for Inclusivity
Key Guidance
London: GSMA (2020), 40 pp.
"To ensure that mobile solutions are designed inclusively in humanitarian contexts, it is important that target users are involved as co-creators of the future they want. A human-centred design approach is one way to ensure that users’ perspectives are fully integrated into programme design. This approach is also useful for work involving marginalised populations, including refugees and people with disabilities, as these populations tend to have fewer opportunities to voice their experiences and influence decisionmaking processes. At the same time, they face complex systemic challenges. To shape solutions that will effectively address these challenges, their perspective is absolutely critical. Human-centred design research methodologies are well suited to the challenge because they bring the perspective of this end user to the forefront. This report documents the human-centred design process used in a project conducted in 2020 in Nairobi, Kenya. It includes research tools that can be used in other contexts, as well as the adaptations that were made to research tools to ensure they were inclusive. These are documented in the two page spreads below: Location Mapping, User Journeys, Communication Mapping, Future Me and Daily Diaries. These tools are followed by the main lessons learned, and recommendations for others who want to implement a similar process. More research should be conducted to better understand the experiences of people with disabilities in humanitarian contexts." (Executive summary)
INTRODUCTION, 4
HUMAN-CENTRED DESIGN RESEARCH, 7
1 Location Map, 9
2 User Journey, 15
3 Communication Map, 19
4 Future Me, 23
5 Daily Diaries, 27
After the research sessions, 32
LESSONS LEARNED: MAKING DESIGN METHODS MORE INCLUSIVE, 36
CONCLUSION
HUMAN-CENTRED DESIGN RESEARCH, 7
1 Location Map, 9
2 User Journey, 15
3 Communication Map, 19
4 Future Me, 23
5 Daily Diaries, 27
After the research sessions, 32
LESSONS LEARNED: MAKING DESIGN METHODS MORE INCLUSIVE, 36
CONCLUSION