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In this podcast, the Humanitarian Engineering group of the University of Twente introduces humanitarian engineering actions and their importance to society. With the guests, they talk about initiatives that develop engineering solutions that promote the well-being and lives of people lacking access to fundamental resources.
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The New Humanitarian brings you an inside look at the conflicts and natural disasters that leave millions of people in need each year, and the policies and people who respond to them. Join TNH’s journalists in the aid policy hub of Geneva and in global hotspots to unpack the stories that are disrupting and shaping lives around the world.
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In 2020, 1 in about 45 people need humanitarian assistance and protection. While these statistics are shocking, they don’t tell the complete human story. This podcast talks to people responding to crises, people affected by them, and writers telling their stories. It will explore if stories can create empathy and spark action to address the causes and consequences of humanitarian crises.
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In the year 2000, Michael Jackson was listed into the Guinness book of world records for breaking the world record for the "Most Charities Supported by a Pop Star“ an achievement that was accomplished by a lifetime of effort & tireless dedication, yet a little-known fact that has been overshadowed by years of fiction. After the 2018 release of his book "Humanitarian - The Real Michael Jackson" and the 2019 adaptation into a documentary of the same name, now Paul Dwyer brings you the stories ...
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Following an official request from the UN Secretary General, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) is moving ahead with plans for a World Humanitarian Summit in Istanbul in May 2016. The objective of the event – which will be the first-ever humanitarian summit of this scale and scope – is to set a future agenda for humanitarian action to ensure improved responsiveness to the changing humanitarian landscape in terms of greater needs, more diverse actors, new techno ...
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Welcome Friends! We are Deanna Silverman, LCSW and Erin Prewitt, Intuitive Life Coach and together we make up the Hilarious Humanitarians podcast. Working as a life coach & Clinical Social Worker in various settings, from the emergency department, and foster care system to marriage and family counseling and inpatient psych facilities, we aim to bring you two unique perspectives on everything from relationships, body image, parenting, to self-care and, mental health. You will hear everything ...
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Building more equitable and inclusive relationships and communities requires a commitment to increasing our understanding of diversity, inclusion, equity, and social justice in thought, and in practice. Actively committing ourselves to a lifetime of learning and critical self-reflection can show us the roles we can play in creating a better world by being the change we wish to see in it. Hosted by Social Worker, Social Justice Educator, Writer, and Organizational Consultant Relando Thompkins ...
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In this episode, the Humanitarian Engineering group speaks with Dr. Ayat Nashwan, Head of the Department of Sociology at the University of Sharjah. We talk about a joint project on refugee education, the Edubox, developed at the University of Twente and currently being used in Jordan to facilitate refugee education, and the unique challenges of wor…
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Humanitarians across the sector - whether directly or indirectly - are already engaging with these tools and immersing in the metaverse. What does that look like now and in the next 10 years? James and Austen take us on journeys through technology before the metaverse, and how capacity strengthening needs and solutions have evolved over time.…
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On this day, exactly one year ago, Infected Blood Australia, the support group for victims of the Infected Blood Scandal, which is our nationals deadliest public health disaster, wrote to Prime Minister Anthony Albanese pleading with him to make help available for victims and their affected family members. We didn't even get a reply. In todays epis…
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Flipping the Narrative is an ongoing series by The New Humanitarian. It aims to amplify the voices of refugees, asylum seekers, and migrants, placing them at the centre of the conversations about the policies and events that shape their lives. Today’s essay was written and read out by Sana Mustafa. She is a feminist human rights defender and CEO of…
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In this episode: Rick Bolland's life changed in the mid-1980s when he underwent a life-saving bone marrow transplant. Inspired by her son's experience, Rick's mother took the initiative to establish Australia's bone marrow registry, a remarkable endeavor that has saved innumerable lives. Her relentless dedication to this cause earned her the well-d…
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In this episode we review the Financial Reviews recent series of ‘puff pieces’ about Australia’s biggest killers CSL and their current chair Brian McNamee whose deadly blood products & ‘clot shots’ have injured and killed thousands. Despite this, the former public servant Brian McNamee has gone on to make hundreds of millions of dollars from a priv…
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Doug Mercado has worked in the field of international humanitarian assistance and post-disaster recovery over the past 32 years on assignments with the United Nations, USAID, OAS & NGOs. He currently holds the position of visiting lecturer at Princeton University’s School of Public and International Affairs. He says, “Works of fiction have their pa…
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Ms April Pham is a Senior Gender Advisor and the Head of Gender Unit in the UN's Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. She has over 25 years of experience in social justice, human rights, gender equality, and the prevention and response to violence against women/gender-based violence in development and humanitarian settings. Twitter:…
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In this episode, the Humanitarian Engineering Group talks to three vice deans for education from the University of Twente, Prof. Mascha van der Voort from the Engineering Technology faculty, Prof. Ciano Aydin from Behaviour, Management and Social Science faculty, and Prof. Victor Jetten Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation. We discuss the …
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Christian Saunders was appointed as the UN’s special coordinator on improving the response to sexual exploitation and abuse in July. The New Humanitarian’s Investigations Editor Paisley Dodds spoke with him on 19 April following his recent trip to South Sudan, where allegations of sexual abuse and exploitation surfaced last year at a UN-run camp fo…
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Anzac Day remembers Australians and New Zealanders who served and died defending our nations. It’s a day about remembering and honouring heroes. What better day then to have a second interview with Aussie world darts champion and Haemophilia hero Tony David. In this episode we find out Tony David’s throwing action that took him to global dominance …
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Tony David is rarity in every scene of the word. He has a rare condition, a bleeding disorder called Haemophilia. He then copped tainted blood as a kid. But just like his nickname in the darts world the ‘deadly boomerang’ he made the most astonishing comeback and is the only Australian to win a world darts championship. But the comebacks don’t stop…
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Does the humanitarian sector have something to learn from this celebrity’s approach to relief work? Chef José Andrés took his cooking skills to disaster zones and began distributing hot meals to people in need, via the NGO he founded: World Central Kitchen. Their model is simple: Respond quickly after a disaster by tapping into resources already av…
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Charles MacKenzie who is the president of Infected Blood Australia, a Not-For-Profit group that supports those that were affected by tainted blood, has spent his entire life campaigning for justice on behalf of the Australian victims of the infected blood scandal. In this first introductory episode of the investigative series that will expose the c…
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When Humanitarians Kill is a podcast investigation into the Australian Red Cross Lifeblood’s criminal coverup of Australia’s deadliest medical scandal HIV & HepC contaminated blood. For the first time ever our audience will be able to listen to interviews from some of the tens of thousands of Australians who are infected & affected by this atrocity…
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In this episode, the Humanitarian Engineering Group talks to Prof. Ochieng, Head of Civil and Environmental Engineering Department at Imperial College of London. We discuss his work on navigation and wayfinding systems for the ageing and visually impaired, his take on humanitarian engineering and the importance of culture, and his achievements for …
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Humanitarian learning experts Dr Nazanin Zadeh-Cummings (Centre for Humanitarian Leadership) and Esther Grieder (Humanitarian Leadership Academy) join forces to help us to navigate the maze of learning pathways and opportunities available to current and aspiring humanitarians - whether through an academic route at university, lifelong learning, or …
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“Solidarity is the political expression of love. And I have hope and faith that we can get to a place that's equitable for all.” – Michelle Brillouet Listen to Ka Man Parkinson in conversation with Michelle Brillouet and Tim Carpentier on a thought-provoking exploration of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) - and why it matters now more than eve…
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For International Women's Day, two senior leaders at the Humanitarian Leadership Academy (HLA) share their journeys in the humanitarian sector. Nwabundo Okoh speaks to Rachel O'Brien and Nancy Mureti about navigating leadership roles and embracing equity in their individual lives as women, and as advocates in the wider context. ___ Rachel O'Brien i…
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Are more equitable trade policies possible at a time many countries are turning to protectionism? Why have developing countries and emerging economies not benefited as much from the globalised trade architecture as multinational corporations and international investors? And what needs to change for global trade to be more equitable? This episode of…
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‘I see Engine 2 as being an enabler, giving us the opportunity and permission to be much more forward-looking, really focusing on strategic and innovative solutions to support locally-led humanitarian action.’ Listen to Samantha Davis talking to Fiona Tan about the work taking place at pace at the HLA through its Engine 2 programme to reconfigure t…
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The COVID-19 pandemic showed that the current global health architecture is not fit for purpose. While rich countries hoarded vaccines, low and middle income countries were left behind, coping with massive global healthcare inequalities. Despite lofty promises, COVAX, the global initiative launched during the pandemic to ensure a fair and equitable…
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'Ukraine will accelerate necessary change in aid. Everyone's saying the old ways don't work anymore. We're going to create a different way of being: it's about accelerating change.' In our first podcast, listen to Save the Children UK's Gareth Owen in conversation with Pawel Mania. Gareth sets out the vision behind the DEC-funded programme Engine 2…
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For one week every year, some of the world’s richest business people and most powerful politicians descend on the Alpine ski town of Davos, Switzerland. They’re here for the World Economic Forum’s Annual Meeting, which bills itself as the premiere global forum for the public and private sectors to join forces to “drive tangible, systemic change for…
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The effects of the war in Ukraine continue to ripple across the globe. We are near the point of no return for those on the front lines of the climate crisis. Soaring public debt is preventing governments from being able to prepare for crises. These trends are shaping the world – and humanitarian needs – in 2023. But what are policymakers doing abou…
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Time and again, guests on this season of Rethinking Humanitarianism have called for systemic changes to the humanitarian system and global governance – from alternatives to the UN to revolutionised global climate financing. But how can you imagine something you’ve never seen before, while being grounded in the realities of today? In many ways, this…
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Matteo Fraschini Koffi is a freelance journalist who writes, photographs and produces documentaries for radio and TV. He works for Italian and foreign media focusing exclusively on Sub-Saharan Africa. He has won the Premiolino award and published a book-diary, “Fields of red gold," about his experience in the ghetto of Rignano (Apulia), and his aut…
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Delphine Vakunta is a Cameroonian-American communication and public relations professional in the international humanitarian and development affairs field. Her work spans the African Development Bank, the United Nations, NGOs, and the private sector. She says, “We should all strive to prevent humanitarian crises by thinking about what we can indivi…
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Aida Mengistu is the Deputy Head of the Inter Agency Standing Committee’s Peer-to-Peer Support Project which provides targeted support to humanitarian leaders in country operations. She is a graduate of the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy and a mother of three kids. She says, "It’s important to understand the day-to-day life of people caught u…
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Sébastien Trives is a French national currently working for the NGO ACTED in Paris. He for the Humanitarian Advisory Team to the Famine Relief Fund, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, UNRWA, UNAMA and OSCE. He holds a M.A. in international relations, a B.A. in international affairs and history, and a diploma in European studie…
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The call for reparations, which has long reverberated in former colonies, is now gaining momentum in the aid and philanthropy sectors, too. It’s a call that rejects the idea of aid as charitable giving, and instead reframes it as justice for the ravages of colonialism and imperialism. But like similar conversations in the United States around slave…
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For many countries in the Global South, tackling today’s interlocking crises – climate change, the pandemic, the rising cost of living supercharged by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine – is made practically impossible by sky-high interest rates on runaway government debt. Enter Barbados. No world leader is being invoked more at the moment than Barbadian…
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For the first time in the COP summits’ nearly 30-year history, a call for climate reparations championed by the world’s most vulnerable nations has made it onto the official agenda. It’s formally called loss and damage, and it entails payouts from developed countries (who have profited the most from burning fossil fuels) to developing countries (wh…
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All contribute, all decide, all benefit: the three pillars of a bold idea to transform how global public goods are financed. Once laughed off as a pie-in-the-sky idea, Global Public Investment (GPI) has been gaining traction in recent years and is increasingly seen as a plausible paradigm shift for a traditional aid system beholden to the whims of …
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