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Acting in Advance of Flooding: Early action in South Sudan

In 2022 UN OCHA led a pilot anticipatory action intervention in South Sudan. This brief presents UN actors’ perceptions of this intervention.
Read MoreSex, age (and more) still matter: Data collection, analysis, and use in humanitarian practice

This report reviews progress, outlines barriers to further progress, and makes recommendations to advance gender equality in the humanitarian system.
Read More“Co-investigators but with different power”: Local voices on the localization of humanitarian research

Building on a previous report on the localization of humanitarian assistance, this study focuses on issues unique to the localization of humanitarian research.
Read MoreFamine Prevention: A Landscape Report

This study reviews what we have learned regarding policies and interventions to prevent famine, and how these can be scaled up more rapidly.
Read MoreAnticipatory Action in Motion: Recapping the most recent evidence and illuminating a pathway forward

This anticipatory action landscape brief summarizes what has been published on anticipatory action since 2020 and what progress has been made on existing recommendations.
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