What does the “global reset” brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic mean for the aid industry? How should we rethink the way the world responds to crises in this time of disruption? As international aid reaches operational, financial, and ethical limits, what would it take to translate longstanding efforts at reform into meaningful and positive change?
From decolonising aid to networked humanitarianism, from the make-up of NGO governance boards to reform of the UN Security Council, co-hosts Heba Aly and Jeremy Konyndyk will take you on a thought-provoking journey as they explore the future of humanitarianism.
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In Rethinking Humanitarianism, our new 10-part podcast series, Heba, director of The New Humanitarian, and Jeremy, senior policy fellow at the Center for Global Development, will discuss the drivers of change affecting international aid, from the increasingly protracted nature of crises, to the funding environment and opportunities offered by digital. The first episode of Rethinking Humanitarianism — a joint project by The New Humanitarian and the Center for Global Development — will be available Wednesday, 21 October.
This podcast series will tap into some of the deep soul-searching that has taken place in the wake of the Black Lives Matter movement and the COVID-19 pandemic, as a basis for exploring limitations with the current aid model, sticking points that have prevented reform in the past, and bold visions for the future.
Tune in for timely analysis, dynamic conversation, and thoughtful insights.
This is a podcast for anyone with an interest in the future of humanitarianism, from donors to NGO executives, from frontline responders to policy wonks — if you’ve got an eye on the aid sector, this podcast is for you.
In the first episode of Rethinking Humanitarianism, Heba and Jeremy will be joined by Danny Sriskandarajah, Chief Executive of Oxfam Great Britain, to explore whether COVID-19 and Black Lives Matter will fundamentally change how the aid sector does business.
In the following episode, we’ll dive into the sector’s origin story: If the current aid system isn’t working, how did we get here?
Join us for the premiere episode of this 10-part podcast series on Wednesday, 21 October, and watch for new episodes every fortnight.
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