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Throughout the year, VOICE produces and disseminates key documents reflecting on humanitarian aid issues at the EU level and from an NGO perspective. They are addressed to decision-makers within the European institutions, at the National level, to NGO networks and other stakeholders of the humanitarian community, as well as to the VOICE members. Some documents are produced by the VOICE Secretariat with the support of VOICE members while others are publications from members and other key stakeholders in the humanitarian sector.
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Managing Misinformation and Disinformation in the Humanitarian Space
03 October 2025VOICE out loudVOICE out Loud #39 features an article by Geneva Call on tackling misinformation and disinformation in armed conflict, highlighting how false narratives threaten humanitarian access and civilian protection. The piece outlines proactive, responsive, and precautionary approaches for engaging armed groups, communities, and local leaders to safeguard trust and ensure principled humanitarian action. -
Health in Exile: Upholding the right to dignity for the Sahrawi people
03 October 2025VOICE out loudVOICE out Loud #39 features an article by Médicos del Mundo on the collapsing health system in the Sahrawi refugee camps, warning that decades of exile, funding cuts, and shortages have pushed healthcare to the brink. The piece calls on the EU and international donors to match declarations of solidarity with sustained financial commitment to uphold dignity and the right to health. -
VOICE Key Highlights from VOICE event “Decolonising Humanitarian Action: Shifting Power, Voices, and Resources”
03 October 2025VOICE out loudVOICE out Loud #39 features highlights from the VOICE event “Decolonising Humanitarian Action: Shifting Power, Voices, and Resources,” which explored how colonial legacies continue to shape humanitarian practice and narratives. The discussion called for shifting power and resources to local actors, amplifying community voices, and challenging the sector’s structural inequalities to build more just and inclusive humanitarian action. -
Story-Owning: Representation, power, and the future of humanitarian narratives
03 October 2025VOICE out loudVOICE out Loud #39 features an article by HIAS on the ethics of humanitarian storytelling, calling for a shift from “storytelling” to “story-owning” to restore dignity, agency, and accountability to displaced people. -
More Than a Picture: Navigating the ethics of visual storytelling in humanitarian fundrasing
03 October 2025VOICE out loudVOICE Out Loud #39 features an article from ADRA reflecting on the ethics of visual storytelling in humanitarian fundraising, highlighting the risks of stereotypes and the importance of dignity, consent, and solution-based communication. -
Interview with Hadja Lahbib, EU Commissioner for Equality; Preparedness and Crisis Management
03 October 2025VOICE out loudVOICE Out Loud #39 brings an interview with EU Commissioner Hadja Lahbib, exploring how the EU balances visibility with dignity in humanitarian communication, counters misinformation, and amplifies local voices. -
VOICE Out Loud 39 “The Challenge of Humanitarian Communication: Bridging Principles and Public Perception"
30 September 2025VOICE out loudThis issue explores how humanitarian narratives can uphold dignity, agency, and justice in an increasingly complex landscape. Inside you’ll find:
- Contributions from ADRA, HIAS Europe, Geneva Call, and Médicos del Mundo on topics ranging from the ethics of visual storytelling, countering disinformation, neglected crises, and shifting power toward local communities.
- Highlights from our recent VOICE event on decolonising humanitarian action.
- An exclusive interview with EU Commissioner Hadja Lahbib, reflecting on the importance of responsible, dignified, and inclusive humanitarian communication.
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VOICE at Work 9 - Spotlight on EU Humanitarian Action
29 September 2025VOICE at workTable of contents:
Von der Leyen Acknowledges Humanitarian Catastrophe in Gaza in State of the Union Speech
The Next MFF: Ensuring Humanitarian Action Takes One Step Forward, Not Two Steps Back
VOICE Policy Resolution 2025 - Time for Action: Humanitarian NGOs call for a bold response to fragility
Reforming the Humanitarian System: 5 Key Actions the EU must take!
VOICE Event: Navigating Geopolitical Change: Challenges and Opportunities for Humanitarian Action
VOICE Out Loud 39 "The Challenge of Humanitarian Communication Bridging Principles and Public Perception"
VOICE Annual Report 2024
Humming Word: A humanitarian term explained
VOICE Members' publications
Other relevant Humanitarian Aid publications
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Due Diligence Harmonisation in Ukraine - Local Organisation Focused Learning Report
25 September 2025Members' publicationsReport by Alianza por la Solidaridad on Due Diligence Harmonisation in Ukraine. -
Due Diligence Harmonisation in Ukraine - Inception Report and Situation Review
25 September 2025Members' publicationsReport by Alianza por la Solidaridad on Due Diligence Harmonisation in Ukraine. -
Joint NGO Statement - UNGA 80: Yemen’s Humanitarian Crisis Must Not Be Forgotten
24 September 2025Members' publicationsJoint NGO Statement on Yemen signed by VOICE members. -
Upholding Not Undermining International Law - Civil Society Open Letter to States (September 2025)
23 September 2025VOICE joined over 270 organisations in signing an open letter calling on UN Member States to uphold and strengthen international refugee, human rights, and humanitarian treaties. The letter urges governments to celebrate and reaffirm their commitments, reject attempts to weaken legal protections, and take concrete steps to safeguard people from persecution, displacement, and human rights abuses. At a time of global crises, the message is clear: international law saves lives and must be protected, not undermined. -
When Bombs Turn the Taps Off: The Impact of Conflict on Water Infrastructure in Lebanon
02 September 2025Members' publicationsAction Against Hunger, Insecurity Insight and Oxfam have worked collectively to document the impact of the escalation of conflict in Lebanon on water infrastructure since October 2023. Civilians in Lebanon already faced challenges in accessing sufficient clean water at an affordable price prior to the conflict escalation. -
Saving Lives in Conflicts: Risk Education and Conflict Preparedness to Protect Civilians in EWIPA settings
02 September 2025Members' publicationsHumanity & Inclusion’s new report, Saving Lives in Conflicts: Risk Education and Conflict Preparedness to Protect Civilians in EWIPA settings, which shed light on the specific challenges and gaps in providing Explosive Ordnance Risk Education (EORE) and Conflict Preparedness and Protection (CPP) responses for populations affected by the use Explosive Weapons in Populated Areas (EWIPA) in former and current conflicts. It provides a roadmap for strengthening these activities to better protect civilians in EWIPA settings by identifying good practices and actionable recommendations to various stakeholders, including States, UN agencies, non-state armed groups, EORE and CPP operators, and more broadly humanitarian actors. -
Aid Worker Security Report 2025
02 September 2025This year’s Aid Worker Security Report comes at a major inflection point for international humanitarian assistance and during an alarming new peak of violence against humanitarians. The 2025 edition – our 15th since data tracking began – was almost not produced after the Aid Worker Security Database (AWSD), lost its US government funding when the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) was dismantled. The funding crisis now rocking the sector comes on top of escalating conflicts and a steep erosion of respect for humanitarian norms and the laws of war by state actors – amplified in some places by public smear campaigns against aid organisations. -
La stratégie d’épuisement des ONG humanitaires en Méditerranée procède d’une faillite morale de l’Union européenne.
28 August 2025Article by Pierre Micheletti, SOS Méditerranée. -
2025 Partners' Segment Session Outcome Paper: Scaling up Disaster Preparedness in Complex Settings - A Collective Effort
27 August 2025HP Watch GroupThe outcome paper of the disaster preparedness session at the DG ECHO Partners’ Segment 2025, entitled “Scaling up Disaster Preparedness in Complex Settings - A Collective Effort", co-organised by Red Cross EU and VOICE. -
Do No Environmental Harm: a joint position paper by ADRA, HELP, Malteser International and World Vision
29 July 2025Members' publicationsThe aim of this Do No Environmental Harm Position Paper is to maintain momentum around environmental safeguarding in humanitarian programming and to ensure that key donors - such as GFFO, BMZ, DG ECHO - remain engaged and provide the necessary support for effective implementation. -
NGOs Statement - Call for the immediate withdrawal of the illegal suspension of access to asylum in Greece
24 July 2025Members' publications -
The Smartest Move: Why the EU Must Invest in Every Child, Everywhere
15 July 2025Members' publications -
Work Programme of the Danish Presidency for COHAFA - 2025
11 July 2025The Work Programme of the Danish Presidency for COHAFA Working Party, 1 July - 31 December 2025. -
We Just Lost $54 Billion. Now What?
10 July 2025Members' publicationsArticle " We Just Lost $54 Billion. Now What?" by IRC published in the Stanford Social Innovation Review. -
Gaza: Starvation or Gunfire - This is Not a Humanitarian Response
03 July 2025Members' publications160+ NGOs call for immediate action to end the deadly Israeli distribution scheme (including the so-called Gaza Humanitarian Foundation) in Gaza, revert to the existing UN-led coordination mechanisms, and lift the Israeli government’s blockade on aid and commercial supplies. -
Championing Children's Rights: The Power of Education Amid Sahel Turmoil
01 July 2025Members' publicationsSave the Children article about their EU financed project in the Central Sahel, child protection, MHPSS, and education.
Education is not just a fundamental right – it is a powerful tool for change. It protects children from harm, offers them hope for a better future, and is one of the strongest interventions against child marriage and recruitment into armed groups. -
Investing in Children Now: A smart investment in a safer, prosperous, and stable world for all
30 June 2025Members' publicationsIn this position paper, Joining Forces, an alliance of the six largest child-focused international NGOs, outlines how the next Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) must strategically put children at the core of its external dimension. For the future MFF, Joining Forces calls on the EU to:
• Put the most vulnerable children at the centre of the external dimension of the MFF. The EU must prioritise children facing poverty, conflict, displacement or discrimination in its external action – placing their rights, protection and development at the core of its policies and funding.
• Keep separate the EU’s external financing instruments, to address children’s specific needs. Merging instruments risks losing focus. Keeping NDICI-Global Europe, IPA and Humanitarian Aid distinct helps ensure tailored and effective support for children in all contexts.
• Ensure ambitious child-focused ODA funding across these three funding instruments. The EU must dedicate ambitious child-focused Official Development Assistance across the humanitarian aid, development and pre-accession funds – meeting children’s needs and protecting their rights.
• Track and report the levels of child-focused external investment. Transparency matters. The EU must track how much of its external funding goes to children and report publicly – to assess impact and improve accountability.
