For the past 70 years, the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) has provided humanitarian support Palestinian refugees (currently numbering 5 .
The use of digital technologies for peacebuilding and conflict prevention is increasingly normalized. This is visible in the many international initiatives attempting to harness digital development approaches, humanitarian action, and peace. Many digital peacebuilding initiatives work with data collection and analysis methods that can positively and negatively affect societies affected by conflict. Crowdsourcing, online focus. Read More
The use of digital technologies for peacebuilding and conflict prevention is increasingly normalized. This is visible in the many international initiatives attempting to harness digital development approaches, humanitarian action, and peace. Many digital peacebuilding initiatives work with data collection and analysis methods that can positively and negatively affect societies affected by conflict. Crowdsourcing, online focus. Read More
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New MidEast Policy Brief on Humanitarian Biometrics in Yemen
News 26 April 2021
In our newest MidEast Policy Brief, Piloting Humanitarian Biometrics in Yemen: Aid Transparency versus Violation of Privacy? , Maria-Louise Clausen addresses the challenges of using biometrics for the World Food Program s aid distribution in Yemen. It highlights the need for balanced approaches that counter fraud and aid diversion of humanitarian operations, while also safeguarding the privacy of beneficiaries.
Humanitarian work is under pressure from donors to prove efficiency, cut costs, and strengthen accountability. To this end, biometric data – such as fingerprints or iris scans – is increasingly used to register and identify beneficiaries in food assistance, refugee identity management, and cash assistance. The World Food Program (WFP) is on the forefront of this development, but in Yemen, their roll-out of biometric registration has been met w