Society / Humanitarianism
Articles about Humanitarianism, ordered by date. 
A new universalism
It is not rationality that unites us, but the fragility of our physical bodies. Tom Whyman finds a germ of optimism in the philosophy of the Frankfurt School.
Rest for Rashida
The treatment of Myanmar’s Rohingya people has been seen as a genocide in the making. Parsa Sanjana Sajid visits those trapped on the Bangladeshi border.
‘Them, the governments’
Is the UN still capable of keeping the peace and protecting civilians? Was it ever? Ian Williams inspects the record.
The rise of the cyber-humanitarians
Aid-by-drone, what’s not to like? Plenty, as Nick Dowson explains.
![Three-year-old Kholod is admitted to hospital in Hudaida, Yemen suffering from severe acute malnutrition.* One of five children, her father is a teacher but he has not been paid for a year. Extreme hunger and disease are killing around 130 children every day in Yemen, according to Save the Children. [*We would not normally use a picture like this one in New Internationalist, but we felt that at a time when humanitarianism is under attack, it was important to show what is at stake, especially in an article that makes clear that famine is not just bad luck, it's political – ed.]Photo: Giles Clarke, UN OCHA / Getty Images](https://ddhfs03kp1zcg.cloudfront.net/uploads/image/4968/threehundred_511-how-can-famines-be-ended-1.jpg "Three-year-old Kholod is admitted to hospital in Hudaida, Yemen suffering from severe acute malnutrition.* One of five children, her father is a teacher but he has not been paid for a year. Extreme hunger and disease are killing around 130 children every day in Yemen, according to Save the Children. [*We would not normally use a picture like this one in New Internationalist, but we felt that at a time when humanitarianism is under attack, it was important to show what is at stake, especially in an article that makes clear that famine is not just bad luck, it's political – ed.]Photo: Giles Clarke, UN OCHA / Getty Images")
How can famines be ended?
Mass starvation is making a comeback as a weapon of war. To tackle this great evil we must stop talking about food and over-population, and engage with the politics, argues Alex de Waal.
How Turkey is winning hearts and minds
In 2011, Western donors sat back while 250,000 Somalis died of starvation. Then Turkey stepped in. Jamal Osman reports on the rise of aid from the Muslim world.
Articles in this category displayed as a table:
| Article title | From magazine | Publication date |
|---|---|---|
| A new universalism | Humanitarianism under attack | April, 2018 |
| Rest for Rashida | Humanitarianism under attack | April, 2018 |
| ‘Them, the governments’ | Humanitarianism under attack | April, 2018 |
| The rise of the cyber-humanitarians | Humanitarianism under attack | April, 2018 |
| How can famines be ended? | Humanitarianism under attack | April, 2018 |
| How Turkey is winning hearts and minds | Humanitarianism under attack | April, 2018 |
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