The Aid Worker Security Database

The Aid Worker Security Database (AWSD) is a project of Humanitarian Outcomes.

Media citations

2014:

  • AFP
  • Al Jazeera
  • Chatham House
  • Devex
  • Deutsche Welle
  • El País
  • The Guardian
  • The Guardian
  • Huffington Post
  • The Independent
  • International Business Times
  • International Peace Institute
  • IRIN
  • The Irish Times
  • Le Figaro
  • Le Monde
  • New York Times
  • OCHA
  • The Telegraph
  • Thomson Reuters Foundation
  • Xinhua

2013:

  • Devex
  • El País
  • IRIN
  • New York Times
  • Psychology Today
  • Reuters
  • Scientific American

2012:

  • Christian Science Monitor
  • PBS Newshour

2011:

  • AFP Reuters AlertNet
  • CNNIRINLos Angeles Times
  • People's Daily

2010:

  • EU Observer
  • National Public Radio
  • People’s Daily
  • Reuters AlertNet

2009:

  • Associated Press
  • ReutersTime

2008:

  • ASIS Security Management
  • Bloomberg

2007:

  • The American Prospect
  • ASIS Security Management
  • The Economist
  • The Globalist
  • The New Republic
  • UN Dispatch
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  • Reports and briefing papers
  • Media citations
  • Additional resources
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Latest analysis:

Aid Worker Security Report 2016 - Figures at a glance

Aid worker Security Report 2015 - Figures at a glance

Aid Worker Security Report 2014 - Unsafe Passage: Road attacks and their impact on humanitarian operations

Aid Worker Security Report 2013 - The New Normal: Coping with the kidnapping threat

The Aid Worker Security Database team welcomes your feedback. If you would like to add an incident to the database or suggest a correction, please contact us at info@aidworkersecurity.org. We also welcome input on how the website can be made more useful.

The AWSD is a project of Humanitarian Outcomes and is made possible by contributions from the Government of Canada, Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT); the Office of US Foreign Disaster Assistance (OFDA/USAID); and the Government of Ireland, Irish Aid.

Office of US Foreign Disaster Assistance (OFDA/USAID)