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The Hidden Wounds of Sexual Violence in Sudan's War
Françoise Duroch
13.02.2024Since the start of the conflict in Sudan in April 2023 between the regular army and the rapid support forces, close to 500,000 people have taken refuge in eastern Chad, fleeing the violence...
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Quelle plus-value une organisation médicale d'urgence doit-elle attendre de l'anthropologie?
Françoise Duroch
01.10.2007A few years ago, a haemorrhagic fever led to an MSF intervention in Central Africa. The disease was poorly understood, and in an isolated forest context, the local population had mixed feelings...
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Are we using the right terms to describe the situation in Gaza?
Françoise Duroch
21.11.2023On 6 November, António Guterres, Secretary General of the United Nations, called for an immediate halt to the bombings in the Gaza Strip, highlighting a nightmarish situation for civilian...
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Pratiques délictueuses aux portes de l’Europe
Françoise Duroch, Maelle L'Homme
15.11.2023Reports of violence at Greece's borders have multiplied in recent years. A report published in November 2023 by MSF documents the harsh realities experienced by migrants on arrival in Greece, based...
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"In Niger, the population has been taken hostage"
Françoise Duroch
20.09.2023Since 30 July, the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has imposed a series of sanctions against Niger: commercial and financial transactions have been suspended, the country’s air...
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"Wichtig ist, Frauen in den Teams zu haben"
Françoise Duroch
12.03.2023How far do aid organisations go to be able to deliver assistance in authoritarian states? A conversation with Françoise Duroch about difficult compromises, working with the Taliban and whether the...
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Total, entre caution morale et greenwashing
Françoise Duroch
02.03.2023Early February, TotalEnergies announced that it had appointed Jean-Christophe Rufin to launch an assessment of the humanitarian situation in northern Mozambique. The mandate of this former...
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Les ONG et l'autre moitié du monde
Françoise Duroch
25.01.2023At the end of December, the humanitarian sector was informed that women in Afghanistan were banned from working for non-governmental organisations on the grounds that some had been seen working...
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Ethical considerations around the use of humanitarian imagery
Françoise Duroch, Maelle L'Homme
29.11.2022The growth of social media has reduced the world to a “global village” in which images travel fast and far. When they feature vulnerable people, the impact can be disastrous. Starting from a...
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Adapting MSF's sexual violence care training approach to middle eastern contexts: what does this mean in practice?
Françoise Duroch
07.06.2022This article shares the learnings of Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF)’s experience of adapting its sexual violence care training for its staff and missions in the Middle East and North Africa...
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Solidarité sélective?
Françoise Duroch
08.05.2022The war in Ukraine acts as a catalyst for the resurgence of xenophobic discourse thought to be forgotten, especially when they are hiding behind selective solidarity. Two specialists from Médecins...
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Humanitarian corridors in Ukraine: the illusion of an ideal solution
Françoise Duroch, Maelle L'Homme
10.03.2022"Humanitarian corridor". In just a few days, these two words have become a common theme in public speeches about Ukraine, evoking the illusion of an ideal solution to the suffering of people trapped ...