As Haiti once again finds itself on international news reports, it seems it is a good time to discuss to what extent Haiti’s struggle may be at the hands of the international community. Dubbed “the republic of NGOs”, Haiti attracts a lot of attention but for all the wrong reasons. …
There are days when studying communication for development leads to more questions than answers. It is a world of frameworks and acronyms, which at times seem to be misleading rather than guiding. With days like these, it helps to talk with other students – exchanging perspectives in a quest for …
A discussion of the New Humanitarian’s first-ever fictional story about how the aid sector may look in 30 years from now, by Malka Older. This is the second article in a three-part series discussing the New Humanitarian’s first-ever fictional story, “Earthquake relief. Mexico. 2051. A glimpse into tomorrow’s humanitarian world,” …
Figure 1 Arab and Western foreign ministers meet at Lancaster House in London to discuss Syria’s civil war on Oct. 22, 2013[1]. The Syrian crisis started in March 2011, when a group of civilians protested asking for a reformation and a change. The Syrian regime faced these protests with hostile …
A discussion of the New Humanitarian’s first-ever fictional story about how the aid sector may look in 30 years from now, by Malka Older. In August this year, the New Humanitarian published its first-ever fictional story, “Earthquake relief. Mexico. 2051. A glimpse into tomorrow’s humanitarian world,” by Malka Older. The …
The Developmentality blog aims to critically examine the development sector and the systems and structures that shape it, discuss inherited inequalities, and amplify the voices of marginalized people and communities . To do so, it will critically discuss and examine the development sector and the discord between the practice of …
