Gender

Focus

The mental health of humanitarian aid workers and gender dynamics: between “the risks of the job”, toxic masculinity and the burden of care

How does gendered socialisation affect women more than men in the humanitarian sector? This is the question that the three authors attempt to answer here. The past few years have...

Janyck Beaulieu - Laurie Druelle - Rosalie Laganière-Bolduc

Focus

How to better understand the management of sexist and sexual violence committed by humanitarian aid workers

To introduce this Focus, its joint editor Jan Verlin presents a non-exhaustive review of the academic literature devoted to the theme of gender-based and sexual violence in humanitarian work. The...

Jan Verlin

Focus

Training future generations of international aid professionals: challenges and discussion topics

France is by no means lacking in training for young people looking to pursue humanitarian causes. As head of one of the most prestigious Master’s degrees on the subject, Stéphanie...

Stéphanie Tchiombiano

Innovations

Operational research and malnutrition: state of knowledge and food for thought

Many NGOs have already responded to the requirement of linking action and research. For instance, since 2016, Action Against Hunger has been holding a conference to take stock of these...

Amador Gomez - Pascal Revault - Pawankumar Patil