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Ashley Jackson

Research Fellow, Humanitarian Policy Group

Ashley Jackson recently joined the Humanitarian Policy Group as a Research Fellow. She has substantial emergency and humanitarian program and policy experience, including work in natural disaster, conflict and post-conflict situations. Prior to joining ODI, she spent several years in Afghanistan working in the Department of Political Affairs in the UN Assistance Mission to Afghanistan (UNAMA) and as Head of Policy for Oxfam. She has also worked with the Red Cross on disaster relief and recovery operations in Southeast Asia and the United Nations Development Programme on gender issues in New York. She holds an MSc in Gender and Development from the London School of Economics.

Her current research with HPG focuses on humanitarian principles and negotiations with armed non-state actors. In addition, she serves as an advisor to the UK Parliament International Development Committee on Afghanistan and contributes to the Secure Livelihoods Research Consortium's work on Afghanistan.

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Humanitarian negotiations: talking to the 'other side'

Event - Public event - 5 September 2013 13:00 - 15:00 (GMT+01 (BST))

Humanitarian negotiations are often essential to gaining access to populations in need of humanitarian assistance, but negotiating with armed non-state actors can present formidable challenges. This event will discuss the challenges and compromises involved and the resources and tools that have been developed to support more effective engagement.

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Talking to the 'other side': Humanitarian negotiations in Southern Kordofan and Blue Nile, Sudan

Publication - Research reports and studies - 30 August 2013

HPG Working Papers

Irina Mosel and Ashley Jackson

This Working Paper examines humanitarian negotiations with armed non-state actors in Southern Kordofan and Blue Nile. Through interviews with armed groups, aid workers, local and international experts and civilians, the study aims to improve understanding of the opportunities for, and obstacles to, engagement with the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement-North (SPLM-N) and the Government of Sudan for humanitarian access.

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Humanitarian Exchange 58: Humanitarian Negotiations

Publication - Research reports and studies - 30 July 2013

Humanitarian Practice Network, Ashley Jackson and contributors

This edition of Humanitarian Exchange, co-edited with Humanitarian Policy Group (HPG) Research Fellow Ashley Jackson, features humanitarian negotiations. In many contexts, negotiations with a wide array of actors – both state and non-state – are essential to gaining access to populations in need of assistance. This issue looks at field experiences of undertaking humanitarian negotiations, the challenges and compromises involved and the resources and tools that have been developed to support more effective engagement.

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Advanced course on conflict, crisis and transitions - 2013

Event - Course - 16 - 23 July 2013

The Humanitarian Policy Group (HPG) at the Overseas Development Institute and the Post-war Reconstruction and Development Unit (PRDU) at the University of York are partnering to offer an ‘Advanced Course on Conflict, Crisis and Transitions’, a week-long programme targeting mid-career and senior professionals.

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