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Progress despite adversity: women’s empowerment and conflict in Colombia
Research reports and studies | July 2015 |
Pilar Domingo, Alina Rocha Menocal and Verónica Hinestroza
This case study explores the trajectory of women’s empowerment in Colombia over the past 20 years in the context of conflict. It analyses important changes in women’s political voice and legal activism, and how these in turn, are contributing to shaping policy on…

Managing crises together: towards coherence and complementarity in recurrent and protracted crises
Working and discussion papers | July 2015 |
Samuel Carpenter and Christina Bennett
Hundreds of millions of people are affected by recurrent and protracted crises every year. This paper calls for a more collective approach when responding to such crises and offers suggestions for fundamental technical and architectural change.

Strengthening access and proximity to serve the needs of people in conflict
Working and discussion papers | July 2015 |
Eva Svoboda
Many of today’s humanitarian crises are marked by conflict. This paper looks at the legal framework on armed conflict, operational difficulties on the ground and reflects on how to overcome some of the major challenges facing humanitarian operations in conflicts.

Uncommon bedfellows: local response to the crisis in Ukraine
Briefing papers | July 2015 |
Christina Bennett and Kristina Jovanovski
This IRIN/HPG Crisis Brief looks at how a Ukrainian oligarch, local organisations and Russian aid are providing a lifeline in rebel-held parts of eastern Ukraine.

Why investing in disaster risk management pays off
Briefing papers | July 2015 |
Thomas Tanner, Emma Lovell, Emily Wilkinson, Francis Ghesquiere, Robert Reid and Sumati Rajput
This briefing provides seven key messages that should be addressed by the Third Conference on Financing for Development to ensure that disaster risk does not hamper the progress of achieving the Sustainable Development Goals.