Since the introduction of the Do No Harm framework more than ten years ago, the humanitarian sector has invested in a range of initiatives to address programme quality and accountability. Although aid agencies often seek to be neutral or nonpartisan toward the winners and losers of a war, the impact of their aid is not neutral regarding whether conflict worsens or abates’. This paper identifies conflict flashpoints common to the activities of first-phase emergency responses; identifies how programme and surge capacity staff currently apply conflict sensitivity in the context of rapid-onset emergencies, maps key conflict-sensitivity challenges faced by aid agencies; and draws out conclusions and practical recommendations to strengthen the use of conflict-sensitive approaches in future humanitarian emergencies.
Latest Publications
Towards Better Governance? A reflection on CARE's governance work in 6 countries
- Countries: Angola, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Nepal, Peru
- Co-authors: Peter Clarke
- Published: August 2011
Cash transfers, gender equity and women's empowerment in Peru, Ecuador and Bolivia
- Countries: Bolivia, Ecuador, Peru
- Co-authors: Maxine Molyneux and Marylin Thomson
- Published: July 2011
Empowering Workers on the Tea Sector of Sri Lanka
- Countries: Sri Lanka
- Co-authors: CARE International Sri Lanka
- Published: July 2011
Population mobility and HIV and AIDS: review of laws, policies and treaties between Bangladesh, Nepal and India
- Countries: Bangladesh, India, Nepal
- Co-authors: ODI, Big Lottery Fund
- Published: June 2011
