Call for papers: Special issue of ‘Intervention’ on psychosocial work and peacebuilding

Although there is increasing attention for the complex relationships between individual trauma and the larger social contexts in which they occur, we still have only a fragmented understanding about the ways in which psychosocial interventions and practices in…[Read more]

There has been much talk of decentralizing the northern-centric humanitarian aid sector to give more power to southern staff, but how much has changed over recent years?

A 2012 study reviewing progress on professionalizing the humanitarian sector – with an emphasis on the deployment of national (local) staff in affected countries – revealed…[Read more]

En Colombia, cada día 245 mujeres son víctimas de algún tipo de violencia y la impunidad ronda el 90% de los casos.

Este flagelo ha llegado a tal dimensión que Naciones Unidas lo ha catalogado como pandemia nacional.

Para encontrar soluciones que reviertan esta situación, el viernes 24 de mayo se celebrará en la ciudad de Medellín, departamento…[Read more]

Conferencia sobre Soluciones Sostenibles Para la población desplazada: Experiencias Internacionales y Nacionales. Bogotá, 28 y 29 de mayo. ACNUR actualizará información sobre la convocatoria en su página de facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AcnurAmericas

Nota semanal sobre emergencias, América Latina y el Caribe
Weekly Note on Emergencies report, Latin America and the Caribbean
Fuente (source) OCHA

HIGHLIGHTS:

MEXICO: Authorities confirm a decrease in activity from the Popocatepetl Volcano – an alert is still in effect.
PARAGUAY: 1,050 people affected by floods, of which half have received…[Read more]