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This paper identifies lessons emerging from humanitarian interventions in violent urban settings. It is operationally oriented and intended primarily for field staff involved in programme design and evaluation. Lessons are drawn from case studies and evaluations of humanitarian organisations and agencies operating in such settings.

The Humanitarian Practice Network (HPN) featured in its Humanitarian Exchange Magazine Issue 60 - Feb 2014 , Gender-based violence in emergencies.

An assessment handbook that ease the use of the SPHERE indicators during emergencies

The Index for Risk Management (InfoRM) initiative began in October 2012 as a convergence of interests of United Nations agencies, humanitarian donors and the European Commission to establish a common evidence-base for global humanitarian risk analysis. A concept was developed by a core group of agencies and presented publicly at the Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction in May 2013. The aim of the initiative is to publish and manage a humanitarian risk index as an open resource for use by actors engaged in resilience, emergency preparedness, disaster management and humanitarian response.

A mediaportal that use media as an action tool, transforming lives through media around the world. Mission : To inform, connect and empower people aorund the world

The Sphere Handbook in Action e-learning course aims to strengthen the effective use of the Sphere Handbook, Humanitarian Charter and Minimum Standards in Humanitarian Response

Cityriskpedia is an online encyclopedia and wiki for documenting best practices in disaster risk management in the world's most disaster-prone urban environments

At InSTEDD we envision a world where communities everywhere design and use technology to continuously improve their health, safety and development InSTEDD has a unique niche - we design and use open source technology tools to help partners enhance collaboration and improve information flow and knowledge sharing to better deliver critical services to vulnerable populations