On August 1, 2018 the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s Ministry of Health announced the 10th Ebola virus outbreak since 1976 had been confirmed in the country’s North Kivu Province. Senior Director of Emergency Health at the International Rescue Committee, Michelle Gayer, noted this outbreak has, “the potential to be the worst ever seen in East Africa—and risks being an encore of history we simply cannot afford.”

In this episode, we speak with Wendy Betts, Director of the EyeWitness to Atrocities project of the International Bar Association.

In light of recent international negotiations over nuclear disarmament and efforts to respond to the use of chemical and poisonous weapons, we sit down with Dr. Erickson to discuss the health and environmental impacts of conflict and emergencies.

In this episode, ATHA speaks with leading experts and practitioners in the humanitarian disarmament movement.

Experts discuss Yemen's humanitarian crisis and address key challenges to international response.

In this episode, ATHA interviews Maciej Polkowski, Head of the Health Care in Danger Initiative based in Geneva.

In this episode, we speak with leading experts and practitioners about the strategic use of sexual violence as a weapon of war in Syria.

In this podcast, we speak with leading experts and practitioners about the strategic use sexual violence was a weapon of war in Syria.

In this episode Meredith Blake interviews Brian Heilman, a senior research officer at Promundo, whose work focuses on eliminating harmful masculine norms, preventing all forms of gender-based violence, and achieving broader gender equality and social justice both in the United States and globally.

In this episode, we speak with the founders of the Humanitarian Women’s Network, a 4200-member and growing, global network of professional women working in the aid and development sector.

In this episode, ATHA speaks with the founders of Ladysmith, a feminist venture for gender equality.

In this episode, ATHA speaks with Isabelle Arradon, the Director of Research and a Special Advisor on Gender at the International Crisis Group’s headquarters in Brussels.

In a panel conversation with experts and practitioners, this episode will explore how men can work as allies to advance gender equality in humanitarian settings, what challenges remain for the practical implementation of gender equitable policies and programming, and opportunities to advance a broader coalition of voices in humanitarian leadership and decision-making.

Following up on our previous podcast discussion on the cholera outbreak in Yemen, this episode explores elements of the ongoing response to this complex humanitarian crisis, as well as reflections on lessons learned over the last several months of fighting.

In a panel conversation with experts and practitioners, this episode will explore how the Syrian refugee crisis is reshaping host communities in the Middle East, what challenges remain for the protection of vulnerable populations, and opportunities for advancing humanitarian protection and the integration of refugees into host communities.

In this episode, ATHA's Meredith Blake speaks with Sawsan Samara and Joel Hernandez about their time working for the Elpida Home for Refugees in Thessaloniki, Greece.

In this episode, experts discuss the epidemiological implications and medical treatment of Yemen’s cholera epidemic amidst an active armed conflict, as well as the ongoing challenges of maintaining humanitarian assistance and protection operations to mitigate the devastating impact of this crisis on vulnerable populations.

In conversations with experts, trainers and practitioners, this episode will explore humanitarian education and professionalization, pathways into the field, and opportunities for professional growth within the humanitarian sector.

Through a conversation with experts involved in studying, developing, and implementing a wide array of game-based modes of education and training, this episode focuses on the objectives, design, and impact of these innovative pedagogical tools.

In this episode, we look to explore how the risk, and reality, of famine has come about in Yemen, South Sudan, Somalia, and Northeastern Nigeria.

In this episode of the podcast, we speak with experts and practitioners about the duty of care for humanitarian organizations, and the challenges of implementing it in practice.

In this episode, we speak with experts and practitioners about the risks and rewards of speaking out against targeted attacks, versus not doing so, and how to better equip organizations and professionals to make such difficult decisions.

In this Practitioner Profile, ATHA sat down with Dr. Sinead Walsh to discuss her work in Sierra Leone and Liberia and her research on key lessons learned in the 2014 Ebola outbreak in West Africa.