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Subject: IRIN's Top Picks: Obsessions, omissions and repetitions
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*IRIN's Top Picks: Obsessions, omissions and repetitions
<http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=101559>*
[image: lead photo]DUBAI, 29 May 2015 (IRIN) - Welcome to IRIN's reading
list. Every week our global network of specialist correspondents share
their top picks of recent must-read research, interviews, reports, blogs
and in-depth articles to help you keep on top of global crises. We also
highlight key upcoming conferences, book releases and policy debates.
*Five to read:*
*The “Tweet. Recycle. Repeat” of technology-for-development*
<https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/tweet-recycle-repeat-technology-for-development-ken-banks>
“Talk is cheap if we do something very different on the ground (or do
nothing at all” laments not-for-profit tech guru Ken Banks. Here he calls
out the development community for repeating its own good ideas – and
appreciation of those ideas – without then moving forward to delivery. Some
of the “revelations” that Banks says are “tweeted, recycled and repeated”
include: “Too many pilots fail or fail to get to scale”; “Stop reinventing
the wheel”; “Involve more local people in programme design”; “Understand
and measure our impact”. It’s time to break out of the circular debates, he
argues, and start driving real change, not just tweeting about it.
*Has anyone here been raped by ISIS?*
<http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/05/18/has-anyone-here-been-raped-by-isis.html#>
Human rights lawyer Sherizaan Minwalla calls into question the
international media’s “obsessive focus” on the sexual violence perpetrated
against Yazidi women by militants from the so-called Islamic State.
Minwalla, based in Iraq’s semi-autonomous Kurdistan where many Yazidi women
have sought refuge, asks: “Does the public’s interest in knowing explicit
details of sexual violence outweigh these victims’ urgent need for safety
and privacy?” Minwalla argues that the level of detail reported by
journalists has allowed many survivors to be identified and subsequently
shamed and stigmatized within their own communities. In some cases women
have even been tricked into giving interviews. “Journalists play an
important role in drawing attention to their plight, but it should not be
at the expense of the safety and dignity of these victims,” she notes.
*Funding for local humanitarian actors – small and poorly documented*
<http://www.local2global.info/wp-content/uploads/l2gp_local_funding_final_250515.pdf>
This report provides an interesting overview of humanitarian funding for
local aid organisations. It draws largely on published data from sources
such as the 2014 Global Humanitarian Assistance (GHA) Report and the
Financial Tracking Service (FTS) of the UN’s aid co-ordination arm, OCHA.
But it also highlights where there are major statistical gaps. For
instance, it observes that the UN’s World Food Programme (WFP) has “no
data” on how much of its annual humanitarian budget is made available for
national and local NGOs, “although such data could be available after
activating its new financial tracking systems later in 2015”. This lack of
transparency is a cause for concern.
*Aid inside Syria: A step in the right direction? *
<http://refugeesinternational.org/sites/default/files/150511_syria_local_aid.pdf>
Washington-based think-tank and advocacy group Refugees International
presents a thorough overview of the challenges of local aid organisations
working inside Syria. Based on field interviews conducted in March in
Turkey, the authors reveal the difficulties many Syrian groups have with
international donors and the hurdles they face in delivering their aid. The
report contains a number of recommendations to the US government and other
donors as well as UN agencies and international NGOs.
*Development deferred: Eastern Sudan after the ESPA*
<http://www.smallarmssurveysudan.org/fileadmin/docs/working-papers/HSBA-WP36-Development-Deferred-Eastern-Sudan.pdf>
A detailed analysis of the Eastern Sudan Peace Agreement (ESPA), this
report unpicks complex issues such as: the role played by the Government of
Sudan (GoS) in implementing the agreement; the current challenges to and
constraints on human security in the region; and the prospects for
development for the region. An important read for anyone following or
interested in knowing more about Sudan and its conflicts.
*One to listen to:*
*Aid to Nepal: Following the money*
<http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b05vfjxx>
This edition of Assignment on the BBC World Service travels to Nepal to
investigate the aid flows to the earthquake survivors and the allegations
that not all the money is going where it is claimed to be.
*Coming up:*
*Global forum for improving humanitarian action*
<http://www.alnap.org/what-we-do/effectiveness/global-forum>
4 & 5 June, New York
Convened by ALNAP (Active Learning Network for Accountability and
Performance) in partnership with the US government, the Organisation of
Islamic Co-operation, the League of Arab States and the World Humanitarian
Summit (WHS) Secretariat, this forum is part of the consultation process
ahead of the WHS next year. For those who can’t attend, there is a wealth
of material available online
*From IRIN:*
*The struggle for survival across Ukraine's frontline*
<http://newirin.irinnews.org/extras/2015/5/19/aid-eastern-ukraine-longread>
*: *
Ukraine's frontline cuts across the east of the country like a jagged scar.
Despite a February ceasefire, the fighting hasn't stopped. In March and
April, Kristina Jovanovski had rare access to rebel-held areas to
investigate the humanitarian disaster that has unfolded on Europe's
doorstep. Read her exclusive report on why aid isn't getting through.
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