Wendy Fenton

HPN Coordinator, Humanitarian Policy Group

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.

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Advancing humanitarian action: engaging with rising global actors to develop new strategic dialogue and partnerships

Event - Conference - 20 - 23 October 2013

How do rising global actors define humanitarian assistance? What implications might this definition have on the safeguarding of humanitarian principles? Is there a need to change the way humanitarian actors coordinate, communicate and engage?

North Kordofan livestock brought and traded

Sudan’s deteriorating lifeline: strategies to support livestock production and trade

Event - Public event - 9 September 2013 13:00 - 14:30 (GMT+01 (BST))

Livestock is one of Darfur’s main economic assets, making a major contribution to Sudan’s national livestock and meat exports. During ten years of conflict, Darfur's livestock trade has been badly affected. Contracting volumes of livestock brought to market and a loss of competitiveness as trading costs soar, has left the regional and national economy struggling as well as many Sudanese people who make a living in the sector.

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Clearing the rubble from destroyed building in Syria

Monitoring protection: asking the impossible?

Event - Public event - 5 July 2013 14:00 - 16:00 (GMT+01 (BST))

In today's armed conflicts, civilians bear the brunt of hostilities. Humanitarian agencies strive to improve the protection afforded to civilians, but how can they better monitor and evaluate protection programming to ensure that they best serve those in need? This event, co-hosted by the Humanitarian Policy Group and the International Committee of the Red Cross aims to understand the challenges of monitoring protecting work, and promote discussion on ways forward.

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Humanitarian Standards Forum

Event - Conference - 27 - 28 June 2013

The Humanitarian Standards Forum sought to present an agreed framework for action and outline how agencies can engage in implementation. The event also addressed issues of certification. Wendy Fenton spoke on a panel and moderated the discussion on the second day.

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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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