Reports

Reports October 27, 2021 When Aid Goes Awry: How the International Humanitarian Response is Failing Yemen By Sarah Vuylsteke Yemen is the world’s worst humanitarian disaster. The world’s biggest response. On the brink of famine for the past four years. It is neglected, grossly underfunded, and exceedingly dangerous. This is the narrative that is spun and reinforced by those… Continue reading Report section October 29, 2021 10:58 MIN Monitoring: Accountability Falters When Oversight is Outsourced By Sarah Vuylsteke Enormous quantities of relief items intended for those most in need are constantly being shipped across Yemen. These dispatches of food, medical supplies and other goods will arrive and be signed off by implementing partners — often government or Houthi… Continue reading Report section October 29, 2021 38:28 MIN Rethinking the System: Is Humanitarian Aid What Yemen Needs Most? By Sarah Vuylsteke The response in Yemen is called humanitarian, but is it really? And more importantly, does it need to be? A humanitarian response is understood to provide material support to those who have been affected by natural disasters and conflict. It… Continue reading Report section October 29, 2021 60:22 MIN A Principled Response: Neutrality and Politics By Sarah Vuylsteke On paper, Yemen is a principled humanitarian response, much like any other. Strategic documents from the past six years set out frameworks and codes of conduct that clearly reference the four fundamental principles that guide any response: humanity, neutrality, impartiality… Continue reading Report section October 28, 2021 17:45 MIN A Centralized Response is a Slow, Ineffective Response By Sarah Vuylsteke Centralization with its concentration of efforts, energy and resources in Sana’a is at the root of many of the problems and inefficiencies of the Yemen humanitarian response. Despite pressure to decentralize since early in the response, decision-makers in Sana’a have… Continue reading Report section October 28, 2021 59:30 MIN To Stay and Deliver: Sustainable Access and Redlines By Sarah Vuylsteke Access to populations in need is essential to humanitarian operations, and in conflict situations, how unimpeded and sustainable that access is depends heavily on how willing warring parties are to cooperate with humanitarians in territories they control. In the case… Continue reading