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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Latest analysis:

Aid Worker Security Report 2017: Behind the attacks - A look at the perpetrators of violence against aid workers

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)