Wendy Fenton

HPN Coordinator, Humanitarian Policy Group

w.fenton@odi.org.uk

Wendy has over 25 years of operational, management and advisory experience in humanitarian and development programming across a wide range of sectors primarily in Sudan and Ethiopia. She has extensive experience of working with both donors (USAID/OFDA and CIDA) and NGOs (Save the Children UK). Most recently, as an independent consultant, she has focused on fragile states, specifically issues related to NGO programming, funding mechanism performance and safety nets.

Outputs

Learning from the city: humanitarian action in urban areas

Event - Public event - 19 April 2013 12:30 - 14:30 (GMT+01 (BST))

With rapid urbanisation taking place on a global scale, urban areas are increasingly affected by humanitarian emergencies. Amid the growing recognition of the need to address the operational implications of urban risk and vulnerability in the humanitarian sector, this event will launch the British Red Cross’ recent study on humanitarian action in urban areas: Learning from the city.

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UK International Development Minister Lynne Featherstone at the ASAZA gender-based violence centre.

Good practice in preventing and responding to gender-based violence in humanitarian contexts

Projects - April 2013 to June 2013

This project seeks to map and critically analyse evidence of good practice in prevention and response to gender-based violence (GBV) in humanitarian contexts which can support humanitarian practitioners and policy makers to improve the quality of GBV programming in the field. The literature review will also inform the Humanitarian Practice Network’s (HPN) and DFID’s understanding of the scope and quality of the current evidence base of good practice in GBV prevention and response and recommend areas where additional research and evidence is needed.

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Mauritanian herder seeks pasture during 2012 Sahel food security crisis

HPG Integrated Programme 2013-15

Projects - March 2013 to March 2015

This is the eleventh Integrated Programme (IP) of work proposed for funding by the Humanitarian Policy Group (HPG).The Integrated Programme gives intellectual consistency to the research work of HPG, helping to ensure HPG’s effectiveness and providing a clear basis for the mobilisation of funds.

The projects constitute the core of HPG’s research work in 2013–15, combining policy-relevant research and engagement, humanitarian practice, academic engagement and a vigorous and extensive public affairs programme of events, conferences and media work.

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Mbororo Refugees in Cameroon prepare communal land

Response analysis and response choice in food security crises: a roadmap

Event - Public event - 25 February 2013 11:30 - 13:30 (GMT+00)

This event will launch Network Paper 73: Response analysis and response choice in food security crises: a roadmap, which provides an in depth discussion of the process of making an appropriate response choice in humanitarian emergencies, and an analysis of the most important factors involved in that choice.

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Infoasaid project - Mengo sub location, Mengo

Improving communication between aid agencies and crisis-affected people

Event - Public event - 20 February 2013 11:30 - 13:30 (GMT+00)

The growing recognition of the importance of communication in disaster response has prompted an upsurge in initiatives aimed at improving how agencies communicate with their beneficiaries and, ultimately, enhance the quality and accountability of humanitarian assistance. This event highlights the work of one such initiative, infoasaid, outlining what was done, how it was done, what the challenges were and what was learnt from the perspective of the project and its partners.

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