Showing results for "The Humanitarians" in Politics & Social Sciences

In AI for Good: Applications in Sustainability, Humanitarian Action, and Health, a team of veteran Microsoft AI researchers delivers an insightful and fascinating discussion of how one of the world's most recognizable software companies is tackling intractable social problems with the power of artificial intelligence (AI). In the book, you'll see real in-the-field examples of researchers using AI with replicable methods and reusable AI code to inspire your own uses.

Changemaker Q&A is a podcast for grassroots changemakers—activists, students, volunteers, entrepreneurs, social workers, advocates, and anyone striving for impact. Host Dr Tiyana J answers real community questions and interviews inspiring guests who share stories, lessons, and practical strategies for driving change. Produced by the Humanitarian Changemakers Network and brought to you by the School of Social Impact, the show offers insights and encouragement for every step of your changemaking journey.

In May 2003, President George W. Bush declared victory in Iraq. But while we won the war, we catastrophically lost the peace. Our failure prompted a fundamental change in our foreign policy. Confronted with theshortcomings of "shock and awe", the U.S. military shifted its focus to"stability operations": counterinsurgency and the rebuilding of failed states. In less than a decade, foreign assistance has become militarized; humanitarianism has been armed.

The "Humanitarian Frontiers" podcast series explores how cutting-edge technologies like AI and Edge Tech are fundamentally transforming global aid, featuring deep-dive conversations with innovators, policymakers, and industry leaders. Each season—such as 'Humanitarian Frontiers in AI' and 'Humanitarian Frontiers on the Edge'—delivers essential insights into the strategies, challenges, and ethical considerations for deploying scalable tech solutions in complex humanitarian environments.

Humanitarian Unwrapped is a brand, new conversational podcast about crisis response and supply chains. Join us every month for a hard-hitting conversation, between academia and the humanitarian sector, about the cutting-edge research conducted by the HUMLOG Institute. “Humanitarian Unwrapped” is the little-sister podcast to “Sustainability Unwrapped” and shares the same conversational tone, where science meets practice, with a humanitarian focus.

As an active Bahai’ and mother to her one son, Christian, Christina DiArcangelo believes that listening, learning, and growing are everyday values that can change the world by impacting our own hearts, homes, and communities. Professionally, Christina wears many hats of a global clinical research pioneer, patient advocate, writer, publisher, podcast host, entrepreneur, and chief executive officer of multiple companies. All of the above lead her down a transformational path filled with challenges, pain, opportunity, and growth. This show helps educate, empower, and deliver hope.

Humanitarian Fault Lines, from Fordham University's Institute of International Humanitarian Affairs, explores what’s not going right in the world of humanitarian affairs. Jamie McGoldrick examines why these crises have developed, and he seeks to find voices to speak on these issues and what is, or isn’t, being done to address them. Jamie also looks to find answers to some of the most challenging questions in the humanitarian world.The IIHA offers undergraduate and graduate programs, and serves the humanitarian community through intensive local training, research, webinars, conferences, ...

The New Humanitarian brings you an inside look at the conflicts and natural disasters that leave millions of people in need each year, and the policies and people who respond to them. Join TNH's journalists in the aid policy hub of Geneva and in global hotspots to unpack the stories that are disrupting and shaping lives around the world.

The "Young Humanitarian Podcast", created and hosted by the Circle of Young Humanitarians, offers a platform for insightful conversations about the humanitarian world with experts from diverse fields. The podcast emphasizes that the humanitarian field is interconnected with many other disciplines, which is why we invite experts from diverse areas to showcase how everyone can contribute. Further, it focuses on the importance of humanitarian work, current global issues, and their relevance to the younger generation. Its goal is to raise awareness, share knowledge, and foster dialogue between ...

Building more equitable and inclusive relationships and communities requires a commitment to increasing our understanding of diversity, inclusion, equity, and social justice in thought, and in practice. Actively committing ourselves to a lifetime of learning and critical self-reflection can show us the roles we can play in creating a better world by being the change we wish to see in it. Hosted by Social Worker, Social Justice Educator, Writer, and Organizational Consultant Relando Thompkins-Jones, The Notes from an Aspiring Humanitarian Podcast is an extension of the blog of the same name. In...

Alma Lutzs remarkable biography of Susan B. Anthony is celebrated for its vivid storytelling, meticulous detail, and deep historical insight into the womens suffrage movement. - Summary by PhyllisV

Two Southern Cats in the Nations Capital, discussing our lives as Humanitarians. Come for the mental fixins, stay for the Southern Fried Humor. Subscribe to the Podcast.

The global humanitarian system, already under considerable strain, will soon be tested as never before.

The Geneva Academy provides postgraduate education, conducts academic legal research and policy studies, and organizes training courses and expert meetings. We concentrate on branches of international law that relate to situations of armed conflict, protracted violence and protection of human rights.

Every month, nearly one million people flee their homes because of conflicts or natural disasters.

Yemen’s civil war is not, despite popular belief, part of a broader Saudi-Iranian conflict, but rather the result of deep historical tensions within Yemen itself. Yet the United States and Saudi Arabia can still do much to improve the humanitarian situation.

The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) Humanitarian Law & Policy blog is a unique space for timely analysis and debate on international humanitarian law (IHL) issues and the policies that shape humanitarian action.

'I was filled with apprehension about crossing the front line, but I would have risked my life to save just one child. Ivan was giving me a chance to save them all…' This is the extraordinary work of Sally Becker, a humanitarian aid worker who for over three decades has risked it all in order...

A selection of The New Humanitarian's articles in audio format.

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Revenge of Geography comes a sweeping yet intimate story of the most influential humanitarian you’ve never heard of—Bob Gersony, who spent four decades in crisis zones around the world. “One of the best accounts examining American...