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"In Niger, the population has been taken hostage"

Françoise Duroch

20.09.2023

Since 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

12.03.2023

How 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

02.03.2023

Early 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

25.01.2023

At 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

29.11.2022

The 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

07.06.2022

This 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

08.05.2022

The 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 ...

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Sexual abuse perpetrated by humanitarian workers: from moral relativism to competitive victimhood

Françoise Duroch

24.03.2021

Drawing on the example of Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), Françoise Duroch and Emmanuel Noyer review the measures taken by the non-governmental organisation (NGO) to combat sexual violence. The...

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Should we discriminate in order to act? Profiling: a necessary but debated practice

Françoise Duroch

28.01.2021

In October 2020, MSF organised a workshop in Dakar on staff profiling in operations in the Sahel. Profiling involves the selection of staff based on non-professional criteria, including nationality,...

Vaccine preparation

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Vaccination: A Matter of Trust, with Caveats

Duncan McLean, Françoise Duroch

16.01.2021

The palpable relief being felt by many over the accelerating approvals of apparently safe and efficient Covid-19 vaccines is hardly surprising. But away from triumphalist headlines, partially satiric ...

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«Vivement le nouveau vaccin, qu’on puisse le refuser»

Françoise Duroch

10.12.2020

A l’aube des premières campagnes de vaccination contre la Covid-19, une formule a largement circulé sur les réseaux sociaux, en substance: «Vivement la sortie d’un nouveau vaccin, qu’on...

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