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Nowhere to go

Challenges faced by sexual violence survivors in accessing services in Bangui, Central African Republic

November 2019

Sexual violence (SV) has garnered a lot of attention at international fora in recent months, with millions of dollars in donor funding pledged towards ending this “epidemic”, particularly in areas of armed conflict. However, survivors of SV in CAR aren’t feeling the impact of this momentum due to services often being absent or dysfunctional.

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Humanitarian practice

Displacement and humanitarian response in Ethiopia: challenges and dilemmas in complex crises

June 2019

Since the end of 2017 the number of people internally displaced by violence in Ethiopia has risen significantly. As a result, the humanitarian community — including MSF — has suddenly found itself needing to adapt and scale up its response to meet the acute needs in conflict-driven crises. 

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Operational challenges

Central African Republic: Unprotected

February 2019

Summary of internal review on the October 31st events in Batangafo, Central African Republic

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People and violence

Emergency Gap final report: Bridging the emergency gap

Reflections and a call for action after a two-year exploration of emergency response in acute conflict

4 April 2018

There is general consensus that the humanitarian sector is failing to mount timely and adequate responses in the acute phase of conflict-related emergencies, according to the two-year Emergency Gap Project by Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF).

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North-east Nigeria

Case Study

April 2017

This case study examines the humanitarian response to the conflict-related crisis in the North-East of Nigeria, focusing primarily on the period from 2015 to the end of 2016.  The aim is test the central hypotheses of the Emergency Gap project: that the current structure, conceptual underpinning and prevalent mindset of the international humanitarian system limits its capacity to be effective in response to conflict-related emergencies.

 

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Emergency Gap

Colombia: in the shadow of the peace process

August 2017

The report highlights the impact of violence on the health of populations in the municipalities of Buenaventura and Tumaco, where the medical organization Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) provides health services to populations who are victims of violence.

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People and violence

The Evolution of Emergency WASH in Humanitarian Action

Case Study

June 2017

An emergency WASH gap exists – there is little disagreement on this point within the humanitarian sector. There is a paucity of emergency WASH capacity, but a surplus of complacency. This report provides an overview of both historical trends and current challenges in emergency WASH programming. Some ways forward are suggested and can be summarised as three key take-home points.

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Emergency Gap

Forced to Flee Central America's Northern Triangle

A Neglected Humanitarian Crisis

May 2017

Approximately 500,000 people from the Northern Triangle of Central America (NTCA) cross into Mexico every year, fleeing violence and poverty. MSF, as a medical humanitarian organization, and through its medical programs, is witness to the reasons that have caused these people to flee from home.

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Humanitarian practice

Humanitarian financing: is it all about money?

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April 2017

This paper expands on the structural elements of the emergency gap analysis by providing critical examination of the current setup of the humanitarian sector and its financing architecture.

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Emergency Gap

Perilous terrain: Humanitarian action at risk in Mali

Case study

March 2017

This paper examines the incursion of military and political actors into the humanitarian realm in Mali, a context shaped by the rationales of “integration”, “stabilisation” and “counter-terrorism”, and argues that it is jeopardising humanitarian action in the country.

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Emergency Gap

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