In the News: Humanitarian-“ism”
posted by Bangirana Albert Billy
“The concept which is supposed to transcend ideology obscures the role of the west in creating disasters in the first place.” – Jeremy Seabrook
Jeremy Seabrook, in […]
The Humanitarian Misunderstanding
From Our Editors: On Poverty Tourism
posted by Tanya Schwarz
A few weeks ago, an advertisement came across our desk for a “slum tour” of the Old Fadama district of Accra, Ghana. The description says:
“Meet your […]
Anti-Terrorist Rhetoric Won’t Stop Child Abduction and Trafficking
The CIHA Blog has been following the events in Nigeria related to the kidnapping of schoolgirls from Chibok by Boko Haram, including the storm of media around the world and […]
Tom’s and the Religious Ethics of Aid
by Cecelia Lynch
What are good ways to assist people in need, no matter where they are from? What needs are imagined or exaggerated when those who want to give have […]