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With an unprecedented number of humanitarian crises around the world, the Humanitarian Agenda is committed to inform policy solutions to novel humanitarian challenges through expert dialogue and analysis and to developing and advancing avenues for improving humanitarian response and increasing humanitarian access.

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Mitigating Financial Access Challenges

Nonprofits experience significant difficulties transferring funds for humanitarian and peacebuilding activities in areas with the presence of sanctioned actors. Ensuring financial access requires close cooperation between the nonprofit, governmental, and financial sectors.

Report by Jacob Kurtzer , Sue Eckert , and Sierra Ballard — October 25, 2022

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The Humanitarian Dilemma in Afghanistan

The Taliban's recent ban on female aid workers and education has put severe pressure on humanitarian organizations' ability to deliver lifesaving assistance to Afghans.

Event by Jacob Kurtzer , Najia Nasim , Janti Soeripto , and William Byrd, Ph.D. — March 1, 2023

The Taliban’s Increasing Restrictions on Civil Society and Aid Organizations

New Taliban restrictions on girls' education and female humanitarian workers echo the same playbook the Taliban used in the 1990s. These restrictions challenge the United States and other stakeholders to implement new strategies.

Critical Questions by ​Marti Flacks , Lauren Burke , and Nicolas Jude Larnerd — February 16, 2023

Rethinking Humanitarian Assistance: Climate and Crisis in the Horn of Africa

Humanitarian actors face unprecedented scale and frequency of climate shocks, making existing challenges harder to address. A new CSIS report analyzes the current crisis in the Horn of Africa and presents ideas on rethinking humanitarian assistance to chronic crises.

Report by Beza Tesfaye , Erol Yayboke , Anastasia Strouboulis , and Abigail Edwards — January 9, 2023

The Humanitarian Influence of Yemen's Truce

Despite a six-month truce, humanitarian conditions in Yemen remain dire while the implications of the truce’s expiration remain uncertain. Ongoing humanitarian and protection concerns remain, while a funding gap impedes the ability of aid actors to respond.

Commentary by Sierra Ballard and Jacob Kurtzer — December 19, 2022

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Beyond Despair: Gretchen Steidle

Kirsten Gelsdorf speaks with Gretchen Ki Steidle the founder of Global Grassroots, a mindfulness-based social venture incubator for women in East Africa.

Podcast Episode — November 17, 2022

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