IASC Weekly (GVA) - Launch of the DARA Humanitarian Response Index 2011
Geneva
Meeting Documents
1. Launch of the Humanitarian Response Index (HRI) 2011: Addressing the Gender Challenge
Philip Tamminga, Head of Humanitarian Response Index Initiative at DARA, will present the findings from DARA’s HRI 2011 report. The report is based on field research in nine different crises, an assessment of the quality and effectiveness of the 23 main donor governments’ humanitarian assistance, and a special focus on how donors can more effectively support gender in humanitarian programming. Representatives from ICVA and GenCap will also provide commentary.
Background
Now in its fifth year, the HRI 2011 gathered and analysed data on donor governments’ humanitarian assistance policies and funding and practices in the field. This year’s report also analyses how donors support gender in their policies and funding, and how field actors perceive donor commitment to gender issues. The HRI analyses the issues and challenges facing the humanitarian system and assesses donor application of the Good Humanitarian Donorship Principles. The full report includes contributions from Michelle Bachelet, Executive Director of UN Women, and Valerie Amos, UN Emergency Relief Coordinator, along with analysis from the HRI field research in Chad, Colombia, Democratic Republic of Congo, Kenya, Pakistan, Somalia and Sudan, and an assessment of OECD/DAC donors. Issues covered inlcude donor governments’ role in increasing politicisation of aid, support for prevention, preparedness and risk reduction, the status of humanitarian reform, issues around access and protection, and learning and accountability in the sector.
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