The geopolitics of homophobia
Homophobia, understood as discrimination of all kinds against LGBT people (lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender), is still too widely used for internal policy purposes, when it is not part of...
Médecins Sans Frontières-France: tensions arising from the “Migration” projects
Can Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) be first responder, advisor and activist, all at the same time? While the organisation has never seemed to be on the front line with regards...
Humanitarianism at the heart of tomorrow’s urban challenges
The urban clinical picture is disquieting, but not hopeless. Emmanuel Matteudi, in his analysis of the world’s urban explosion, appropriately reminds us that humanitarianism, lying at the heart of the...
Environmental health at Médecins du Monde: from the emergence to the structuring of a struggle
Linking environment and health is not obvious for many humanitarian NGOs. Médecins du Monde has managed to make this theme one of its priorities. A look at a fight that,...
Health multilateralism in the Biden era: it is a change for the better, but is it a change for good?
About six months have passed since the Biden Administration took the reins of government in the United States on 20 January 2021. It seems like a good time to take...
War in Ukraine: Why Europe urgently needs to reform international aid funding
Published on March 27, 2022 This contribution is published jointly on the Alternatives économiques website and on the website of the review Humanitarian Alternatives The analyses and proposals contained in...
Sexual abuse perpetrated by humanitarian workers: from moral relativism to competitive victimhood
Drawing on the example of Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), Françoise Duroch and Emmanuel Noyer review the measures taken by the non-governmental organisation (NGO) to combat sexual violence. The authors show...
Bye bye, Moria?
In September 2020, Moria refugee camp on the island of Lesvos, Greece, made a brief return to the forefront of the international stage when it was almost completely destroyed in...
Corruption: a challenge that doesn’t escape the humanitarian sector
Corruption. A taboo word thought to be associated with public contracts, political dealings, unscrupulous businesses, and mafia clans. Yet humanitarian agencies often find themselves having to grapple with corruption in...
Greece is an example of solidarity for Europe!
After 20 years of commitment for the defence of refugees the world over, the opera singer Barbara Hendricks was appointed Honorary Ambassador for life of the United Nations High...
The new wretched of the Earth
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The socio-economic integration of refugees involves recognising know-how, qualifications and skills
Although higher education institutions have been called upon to recruit more students, refugees face multiple obstacles when it comes to accessing them. This is a clear sign that European countries,...