International EMT Training Programme: West China Hospital of Sichuan University
This blog was written by Dr Andrea Bartolucci, Research Associate at HCRI. Andrea is working on the HCRI EMT program within the WHO Global EMT Initiative. His research aims to support the development of a training curriculum for EMT with reference to WHO Global EMT...
NEEDS 2018: Northern European Emergency and Disasters Studies Conference
This blog was written by Bart Veneman, a student on our MSc International Disaster Management Programme. NEEDS 2018: Northern European Emergency and Disasters Studies Conference21-23 March 2018 - AmsterdamBetween the 21st to 23rd of March 2018, the upper floor of the...
Urban slums, land-rights and disasters
This blog was written by Daniel Richards, a student on the BSc International Disaster Management and Humanitarian Response Programme. Are you legally allowed to live where you do? What would you do if you returned home to find your house damaged beyond repair,...
When the lights go out after disasters: the disproportionate burden on women
Written by Dr Gemma Sou, Lecturer in International Disaster Management.@gemmasouAfter Hurricane Maria made landfall in Puerto Rico on September 20th 2017, the media kicked into frenzy mode and recounted the devastation brought by the grade 5 Hurricane. This was...
Broken Bodies: the paradox of improving maternal health in low-middle income countries
Written by Jenna Murray de López, Programme Director of HCRI's MA in Humanitarianism and Conflict Response. jenna.murray@manchester.ac.uk Measuring the quality of maternal health outcomes is not isolated to the moment of birth. As Dr. Princess Nothemba Simelela (WHO...
How engendering development can reduce disaster risks for women
Written by Heidi Parkes-Smith, a student on the BSc International Disaster Management and Humanitarian Response Programme. Gender and disastersWhilst being female in a disaster setting does not in itself increase your vulnerability, gendered power relations can...
Views on challenges for disaster management research, policy and practice: a call for new perspectives
Dr Billy Tusker Haworth, Programme Director, MSc Disaster Management: Resilience, Response and Relief (Online), HCRI, University of ManchesterTwitter: @BillyTuskerDisaster management, in theory and in practice, is complex to say the least. While there are many things...
The Syrian Vulnerable Persons Resettlement Scheme in the UK – a successful durable solution for refugees?
Blog written by Laura von Puttkamer. Laura recently got her MSc degree in Global Urban Development and Planning from The University of Manchester. She is now working for an NGO in Mexico and runs her own blog at www.parcitypatory.org. This blog article is based on an...
From Theory to Practice: a Disaster Simulation Exercise
By Ben Walkling, student on the MSc International Disaster Management programmeBefore the start of the second semester, Master's students on HCRI's International Disaster Management Programme undertook a simulation exercise run by David Powell, the former Head of...
The Oxfam Scandal: Humanitarians and Sexual Exploitation
By Professor Bertrand Taithe (HCRI Executive Director) and Dr Róisín Read (Lecturer in Peace and Conflict Studies)The guardians of public morality, the British Press, have uncovered events that date from as far back as 2011. They could have found public revelations...
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