MSc in International Humanitarian Affairs

Jo Rose & Claudia Milena Adler will take on the York 2025 Tough Mudder! Find out why below!

In 2024 Jo Rose and Claudia Milena Adler had the privilege to work with some of Pakistan's flood-affected communities. The 2022 floods swept away everything and caused mass destruction to homes and lives. Two years on relief agency Islamic Relief Pakistan rebuilt the houses, which consisted of a single room. It is in one of those rooms we gathered with women from the community. It was stifling with temperatures reaching 50 degrees Celsius, yet the women sat patiently with us and shared their stories. It is there we heard Aishia’s* story:

“Before the floods, I had a sewing machine. I would sew our traditional blankets and sell them to get money for food for my family. I would teach my daughter to sew. The floods swept away our home and my sewing machine. Now I spend every day doing nothing. The land is too dry, we cannot grow anything. The floods took away my sewing machine, they took away my life.”

This story was the same for many of the women in this community. A sewing machine costs around £100 in Pakistan. We aim to raise funds for at least 5 sewing machines. As women and mothers we went away wanting to make a personal contribution and make a small difference to their everyday lives. The ability to congregate, sew and have the opportunity to receive some income and contribute to their household living expenses would be impactful.

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Please Join Our Launch Event: Our Free Online Learning Toolkit: Reconciliation, Memory and Trauma!
Thu, 5 Dec 2024 16:00 - 17:00 GMT

Launching our free online inter-institutional learning toolkit on Reconciliation, Memory and Trauma! This stand-alone module focuses on climate change, health and wellbeing, peace and reconciliation, and memory and trauma due to the conflict in Colombia, which is covered through 10 units. The module was co-created by the University of York, the Universidad De San Buenaventura of Cartagena and the NGO Corporacion Desarrollo y Paz del Canal del Dique y Zona Costera. Each organization brings a unique set of expertise and tools that have contributed to a truly interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary module. Join us to learn more about the module and how it was co-created.

Who is this for? Anyone wanting to learn more about these concepts and gain knowledge from the experience of frontline responders. Although focused on Colombia, this module can be used for others focused on similar contexts. The core teaching team wanted to provide a free learning toolkit to anyone and everywhere to foster learning as we work collectively towards peaceful societies. This has been possible thanks to funding from the The Association of Commonwealth Universities & work with Universidad de San Buenaventura - Cartagena, Corporación Desarrollo y Paz Canal del Dique y Zona Costera & University of York

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Launch Event: Free Online Learning: Reconciliation, Memory and Trauma Join us for an introduction to our free online learning toolkit on Reconciliation, Memory and Trauma

Amazing to hear from Molgonyana leading women activist on context appropriate climate change movements!

Your only as good as your local team. Working closely with Islamic Relief Pakistan and when security became an issue the Police were right there!

Great to see our latest publication is out!

Cultivating Resilience in Chaos: Localisation as a Mechanism for Sustainability and Inner Development in Syria’s Humanitarian Crisis This article explores localisation in humanitarian settings as an example of sustainability and inner development. Through a case study from Syria, we discuss how localisation and remote management can lead to the mutual flourishing of individuals, communities and planetary health in the most challe...

We are proud to launch the International Humanitarian Affairs Team, University of York our Ethical Code of Conduct: Fostering Inclusivity. Showing our commitment to Transparency, and Social Responsibility for Ethical and Equitable Partnerships: https://sites.google.com/york.ac.uk/mihabulletin/our-ethics-code-of-conduct !

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It is great that we have launched our latest Bulletin with a powerful guest opinion piece by Rob Kaufman with IFRC!

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After their amazing hard work in 2023 and a full day planning lots of exciting new ventures for 2024 (Stay Tuned!), it was time for fun for the International Humanitarian Affairs Team at York with our Honorary member Gerardo Zavala. We tested our teamwork, communication, research & analysis skills and we did brilliantly! We solved Cleudo & escaped the room!

My new book chapter "Relief Operations" is now available in the Encyclopedia of Public Health with Elsevier Publications!

Relief operations This chapter provides an overview of relief operations that respond to disasters and conflicts. The recent history, major challenges and transitions a…

A great day learning with Fundación Amigos del Mar the importance of community led initiatives!

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