• Unicef

  • Anthony Kwan/MSF

    Christine Akoth is a Kenyan midwife, and she leads the maternity services in MSF primary health centres in Jamtoli and Hakimpara, Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh. The Rohingya women prefer to give birth in their homes. Traditional practices in the community, lack of trust in healthcare providers, combined with exclusion from healthcare in Myanmar contribute to deliveries at home. MSF health promotion teams work with traditional birth attendants, and community and religious leaders to encourage expectant mothers to give birth in health facilities where they can be assisted by medical professionals. MSF in Cox’s Bazar assists deliveries, and provides antenatal and postnatal care, family planning services, menstrual regulation (Bangladesh term for safe abortion care), mental health care, and medical and psychosocial support for survivors of sexual violence.

  • Arie Kievit/Cordaid

    Griekenland 10 september 2015 Vele vluchtelingen willen de grens over steken naar Macedonie. De politie van Macedonie laat ze passeren maar dat gaat gepaard met veel schreeuwen en soms slaan. foto: ARIE KIEVIT

  • Oxfam

  • ZOA

KUNO: Platform for Humanitarian Knowledge Exchange in the Netherlands

The Netherlands is one of the biggest humanitarian players in the world, and the Dutch humanitarian field is broad and diverse. Varied expertise is available from academics, policymakers, practitioners, entrepreneurs, and others. Cross-sectoral exchange of knowledge, however, is modest, and translating existing knowledge into new actions and policies remains a challenge. KUNO facilitates knowledge sharing and reflection. In this way, KUNO helps the Dutch humanitarian sector to innovate and jointly meet challenges of the future. | MORE

Themes

Migration

Global migration is expected to rapidly grow in the coming years. Migration continues to be a highly sensitive political issue. What exactly is the impact of this global trend on humanitarian action?

Climate

Climate hazards are increasing in many parts of the globe. Climate change is a key driver for migration, demanding immediate attention from humanitarian organisations and practitioners.

The Way We Work

With new challenges, new technologies and a changing context, humanitarian practitioners need to adapt and rethink their added value and their working processes. How can humanitarian NGOs adjust to remain reliable allies for people in need?
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Events

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Updates

  1. Localisation of Humanitarian Research

    6-May-23 | Report NEAR has been working to learn about the experiences of national and local humanitarian research institutions based in the Global South, their unique contributions to humanitarian research, and the barriers they face in getting investments, visibility, and uptake for their research. They wrote a report about their findings. KUNO got the opportunity to ask co-author Teddy Atim several questions.

  2. Afghanistan series and publication

    6-Apr-22 In the past 20 years, Afghanistan proved (again) to be a complex context for humanitarian NGOs to operate in. Dutch humanitarian, political, military and development organisations were all present, with objectives that sometimes overlapped, but also contradicted each other.

  3. The genocide of Banyamulenge

    15-Mar-23 There is a silent genocide going on against the Banyamulenge people in Eastern Congo. Delphin Rukumbuzi Ntanyoma, a researcher at KUNO member ISS is not only conducting thorough research into the abuses, he is personally heavily involved himself. We had the unique opportunity of asking him some questions about the situation there, and insights on how the humanitarian sector can and should response.

Learnings

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Professionals

  1. Renate Bode

    Woord en Daad
    Projectleader Emergency Relief and Resilience

  2. Eva van Roekel

    Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
    Lecturer and researcher Social en Cultural Anthropology

  3. Bram J. Jansen

    Wageningen University and Research
    Anthropologist

  4. Evert van Bodegom

    Kerk in Actie
    Global Programme Coordinator Disaster Management

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