Representing the needs of humanitarian workers

Voices added together For the last half decade the central purpose behind my research has been to hear and then amplify humanitarian voices from around the globe. Collaborative efforts all, I have administered four major Internet based surveys, reaching a total of 1,397 humanitarians. By providing a place where individuals can anonymously voice their opinion, the hope of me and my collaborators has been that data collected from these surveys can inform useful discussion, perhaps eventually leading to policy changes. One question key question on our survey targeting humanitarians from the ‘global South’ is  “Do you feel there is a need for an organization whose primary mission is to represent the needs of humanitarian workers?” Our survey to this point has generated 186 responses from around the world, with most of the responses coming from three nations:  Jordan, Iraq, and Ethiopia. Here are the results overall and then broken down … Continue reading Representing the needs of humanitarian workers