Laura Perez, the Institute of International Humanitarian Affairs’ Helen Hamlyn Senior Fellow and Director of Graduate Studies, has been hard at work this year furthering the research on children in armed conflict at IIHA. She is an expert on the protection of children in situations of armed conflict and on…
December 17, New York, NY — Emily Lucchesi is about to wrap up her first semester as a grad student in the Master Science in Humanitarian Studies program. She grew up in a small town on the Jersey Shore and was always curious about the world. …
May 14, New York — The Institute of International Humanitarian Affairs is proud to welcome Mr. Jamie McGoldrick, former Deputy Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, United Nations Resident Coordinator and Humanitarian Coordinator for the Occupied Palestinian Territory, as the first IIHA Distinguished Fellow.
According to Brendan Cahill…
By LYNNE JONES
“I wanted to increase our understanding of who migrants are, what forces them to take such extraordinary risks in travel, and put up with so much uncertainty and ill-treatment.”
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Dear Friends,
It gives me great pleasure to introduce you to The Refuge Press.
The Refuge Press is an independent imprint — founded in 2020 by Fordham University’s Institute of International Humanitarian Affairs (IIHA) and The Center for International Humanitarian Cooperation (CIHC) — with an emphasis on humanitarian and social…
April 19, New York — As a kid growing up in Tennessee, Benjamin Spicer was always exposed to the racial injustice prevalent in the U.S. “Each morning on my way to school, I passed a statue of Nathan Bedford Forrest, a Confederate general and the first Grand Wizard of the…
April 12, New York — When Michela Fahy searched for colleges, she thought she wanted to utilize a business degree to pursue her passion for nonprofit work. …
March 18, New York — Fadia Mahdi still remembers the day the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)headquarters building next to her school was destroyed in an attack. Her school was shut down for three weeks to fix the shattered windows and broken doors. …
March 16, New York — Aidan Auel lives by the quote, “One person can make a difference, and everyone should try,” and try he might. A Humanitarian Studies major, Aidan knew he wanted to pursue a career in the humanitarian sector after working for a defense investigator in highschool.
“Although…
March 15, New York — Patricia Cole always had a calling for humanitarian work. She recalls fundraising as a kid — walking around with the popular penny boxes to raise funds for missionaries working abroad — and winning an award for an international humanitarian poster competition. Born in a small…
