Humanitarian turning points over the past quarter century: Is Covid-19 and the #BLM movement finally forcing a moment of change?

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For 25 years the aid sector has endlessly tried to reform itself. But change has not come easily. Will new pressures and operating models brought on by the post-COVID landscape and #BLM be enough to push through reforms that had been slow to take hold until now?

Jessica Alexander is a humanitarian aid professional with nearly 20 years experience in operations, evaluation and policy. Her career includes global deployments spanning Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Middle East. She currently teaches humanitarian affairs at numerous global universities and is the editor of The New Humanitarian's Rethinking Humanitarianism series. She has authored various policy papers, mainstream articles and a book, Chasing Chaos: My Decade In and Out of Humanitarian Aid. She also teaches a SIPA course titled Accountability in Humanitarian Assistance in the spring semester.

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