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This blog has been created to provide regularly updated content on HI’s advocacy work and in-depth analyses developed by the HI Institute on Humanitarian Action, formerly known as the Handicap International Foundation.
This blog has been created to provide regularly updated content on HI’s advocacy work and in-depth analyses developed by the HI Institute on Humanitarian Action, formerly known as the Handicap International Foundation.
The 3rd Ministerial Conference on Road Safety (Stockholm, 19-20 February 2020) hosted more than 80 Ministers and about 1700 participants from 140 countries. Despite competing global health emergencies, the high level of participation shows that road safety is getting increasing political attention and commitments.
On 15 February, strikes on Al Jawf governorate in northern Yemen killed 31 civilians, and injured dozens. 11 aid organisations in Yemen are sharing a joint statement to express their concern.
As hostilities continue to escalate in northwest Syria, eight aid agencies are today making an urgent call for an immediate ceasefire as they warn that hundreds of thousands of people – the majority of them women and children – fleeing the unrelenting violence are caught in a humanitarian catastrophe.
Tomorrow 6 February, the Saudi cargo ship Bahri Yanbu, known to be transporting arms, is planned to arrive in Cherbourg (France), as part of a European tour that will see it calling at Sheerness (UK) and Genoa (Italy) before leaving for Egypt and Saudi Arabia, according to the shipowner. HI, along 17 NGOs, is urging […]
On January 31, the US issued an official statement announcing a change in US landmine policy. HI, along other organisations of the International Campaign to Ban Landmines (ICBL), is outraged by this decision to revive the use of mines.
By Julia McGeown, Global Inclusive Education Specialist, HI. This photo, taken yesterday at UK parliament, shows a panel debate organised by the All Party Parliamentary Group on Global Education, where the focus was on Girls’ education. HI made sure that the additional challenges for girls with disabilities, was also on the agenda!
2019 is over, we celebrate another year of responding to the essential needs and promoting respect for the fundamental rights and dignity of persons with disabilities and vulnerable populations. As we enter 2020, determined to achieve concrete changes for a more inclusive and sustainable world, we wish you a wonderful year ahead!
A quarter of all civilian casualties across Yemen in 2019 were recorded in Hodeidah governorate. Despite a ceasefire in the port city being at the heart of last year’s Stockholm Agreement, Hodeidah has seen 799 civilian casualties since the Agreement was signed, the highest toll countrywide.
On the occasion of the Universal Health Coverage (UHC) Day, Humanity & Inclusion is pleased to share the new factsheet “Accessing Rehabilitation Services: A Challenge To Overcome”, which aims at making the case for rehabilitation in the context of UHC.