ATHA - Advanced Training Program on Humanitarian Action

Are men more likely to listen to other men in conversations about gender equality? We discuss this and other questions on this month's episode of the Humanitarian Assistance Podcast:

Engaging Men to Advance Gender Equality If the audio player above does not load, you can listen to the podcast here.

Meredith Blake highlights inequalities in the humanitarian sector and why women's leadership and equity are critical to response.

Toward Leading by Example: Gender Inequality and the Humanitarian Sector As humanitarian professionals pay greater attention to the differential impacts of disasters and conflicts on women, men, boys, and girls, they increasingly incorporate gender analysis into their preliminary assessments and response plans.

"While gender-based violence against local populations in conflict zones is already a significant part of humanitarian programming – and organisations such as UN Women, amongst others, advocate for survivor-centred approaches – there is little information on how to address the impacts of sexual violence against humanitarian aid workers themselves from an organisational perspective."

Founder of Report the Abuse, Megan Nobert, discusses what survivors of sexual violence actually want, in a guest blog for ATHA.

What do Survivors Want? Sexual violence happens all over the world – in and out of conflict settings. Statistics suggest that at least 1 in 3 women will be affected by sexual violence. It is a degrading experience, one that takes away the ability to choose what happens to one’s body, and that affects individuals throughout...