Resources

Navigating new waters: why the EU’s new migration pact has to change the tide

Louisa Waugh asks whether the new migration and asylum pact will embody the fundamental EU values of respect for human dignity and rights, freedom, equality and the rule of law?    

Statements on the Sixth Conference of States Parties to the Arms Trade Treaty

Running on the spot: The Sixth Conference of States Parties to the Arms Trade Treaty

With COVID-19 creating havoc for all manner of international processes, the Sixth Conference of States Parties of the Arms Trade Treaty limited itself to a ‘conference by written procedure’, intended to do little more than keep things ticking over. In this it largely succeeded, but a pre-COVID-19 trend to less transparency seemed to accelerate over the year, writes Roy Isbister.  

The missing link: Access to justice and community security in Somalia

Security Policy Change Project

Oxford Research Group have been a great ally of Saferworld in working to improve responses to conflict and we are sad to hear they will close at the end of the year. Despite this difficult news, we are pleased to be sustaining their Remote Warfare Programme. 

“I was not worried about COVID-19... only my next meal”: how COVID-19 is affecting LGBTI communities in Nepal

COVID-19 is having a huge impact on the work, wellbeing and rights of sexual and gender minorities in Nepal. We heard from Maya and Pari, two transgender women whose lives have much got worse since the pandemic, and find out what support they’ve been getting from our partner the Federation of Sexual and Gender Minorities Nepal.

Grasping things at the root: walking the talk on decolonisation and anti-racism

World Humanitarian Day arrives as the world continues to fight COVID-19, grappling with its immediate consequences and starting to plan for its long-term impact. This day also arrives at a critical juncture in time, with two overlapping events that have tested the foundations of the aid system, writes Susana Kilen, Saferworld’s Director of International Programmes.

Youth Decide: Stories from Kyrgyzstan

We collected stories, originally written in Russian and Kyrgyz, from some of the young women and men who participated in our two youth support projects in Kyrgyzstan. They spoke about their experiences, ideas, worries and hopes. These stories were part of a media campaign in Kyrgyzstan that amplified young voices and raised public awareness of the issues that affect them.

“A war that hurts us twice”. Inside Kenya’s war on terror: community perspectives on security in Mandera county