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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.
On World Children’s Day, HI Luxembourg co-hosted an online conference to shed light on the educational situation of children with disabilities in low and middle income countries and discuss ways forward to accelerate inclusion.
Released today, the 2020 Cluster Munition Monitor report reveals that attacks involving cluster munitions continued to occur.
Today, on the occasion of the International Children’s’ Day, HI releases its new advocacy report “Let’s break silos now! – Achieving disability-inclusive education in a post-COVID world”. Exclusion of children with disabilities requires action now and collaboration across sectors.
Ahead of the G20 Leaders’ Summit in Saudi Arabia on 21 November, 11 aid organisations are calling for early action to prevent soaring rates of hunger and malnutrition resulting from the pandemic-related global economic recession.
Published today, the Landmine Monitor 2020 reports for the fifth consecutive year of exceptionally high casualties caused by landmines, particularly explosive remnants (ERW) and improvised mines.
On 26th of October, a new report was launched by Airwars and Pax – our partners in the International Network on Explosive Weapons.
Today, the United States, the European Union (EU), the United Kingdom (UK), and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) are co-hosting a virtual donor conference on “Sustaining Support for the Rohingya Refugee Response” to underscore their continued commitment in the humanitarian response to the crisis.
The COVID-19 crisis has disrupted the education of over 90% of the world’s students and exacerbated already existing inequalities. The future of an entire generation is at risk, in particular that of children with disabilities. That is why HI joined the ‘Save our Future’ campaign.
Dr. Klaus Lederer, Mayor of Berlin and Senator, Dr. Inez Kipfer-Didavi, Managing Director of Handicap International Germany, and Nivin Almaksour, Syrian survivor of explosive weapons, laid a wreath at the “Memorial for Unknown Civilians” in front of the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin.