Reports and briefing papers December 2021 Signal Alert: Politically motived attacks rising in Myanmar Read More July 2021 Aid Worker Security Database: Figures at a Glance 2021 This report presents the latest verified statistics on aid worker violence from Humanitarian Outcomes' Aid Worker Security Database. Read More August 2020 Aid Worker Security Report 2021 Crime risks and responses in humanitarian operations Read More July 2020 Signal Alert: Politically motived attacks rising in Myanmar An increase in violence against aid workers in 2021 reflects the continuing instability following the February coup, with the direct targeting of aid workers and violent detentions significantly altering the risk environment for aid operations. Read More February 2020 AWSD Codebook, February 2020 Read More August 2019 Aid Worker Security Report 2019: Speakable Addressing sexual violence and gender-based risk in humanitarian aid Read More Aid Worker Security Database Infographic Humanitarian Outcomes initiated the AWSD in 2005 as a continuously updated database with security incident reports going back to 1997 Read More Aid Worker Security Report 2018: Figures at a glance In 2017, 158 major incidents of violence against humanitarian operations occurred in 22 countries, affecting 313 aid workers. Read More Aid Worker Security Report 2017: Behind the attacks - A look at perpetrators of violence against aid workers In 2016, 158 major attacks against aid operations occurred, in which 101 aid workers were killed, 98 wounded and 89 kidnapped. Read More Aid Worker Security Report 2016: Figures at a glance In 2015, 287 aid workers were victims of major attacks. Read More Aid Worker Security Report 2014: Unsafe Passage: Road attacks and their impact on humanitarian operations The year 2013 set a new record for violence against civilian aid operations, with 251 separate attacks affecting 460 aid workers. Read More Aid Worker Security Report 2013: The New Normal: Coping with the kidnapping threat In 2012, there were 167 incidents of major violence against aid workers in 19 countries Read More Aid Worker Security Report 2012: Host states and their impact on security for humanitarian operations In 2011, 308 aid workers were killed, kidnapped or wounded – the highest number yet recorded. Read More August 2011 Aid Worker Security Report: Spotlight on security for national aid workers: Issues and perspectives The past two years show a downturn in violence against aid workers that spiked in a small number of conflict contexts beginning in 2006 and peaking in 2008. Read More March 2010 Supporting Security for Humanitarian Action A review of critical issues for the humanitarian community Read More April 2009 Providing Aid in Insecure Environments 2009 Update Trends in violence against aid workers and the operational response Read More October 2008 The Use of Private Security Providers and Services in Humanitarian Operations Overseas Development Institute Read More September 2006 Providing Aid in Insecure Environments: Trends in Policy and Operations Read More
July 2021 Aid Worker Security Database: Figures at a Glance 2021 This report presents the latest verified statistics on aid worker violence from Humanitarian Outcomes' Aid Worker Security Database. Read More
August 2020 Aid Worker Security Report 2021 Crime risks and responses in humanitarian operations Read More
July 2020 Signal Alert: Politically motived attacks rising in Myanmar An increase in violence against aid workers in 2021 reflects the continuing instability following the February coup, with the direct targeting of aid workers and violent detentions significantly altering the risk environment for aid operations. Read More
August 2019 Aid Worker Security Report 2019: Speakable Addressing sexual violence and gender-based risk in humanitarian aid Read More
Aid Worker Security Database Infographic Humanitarian Outcomes initiated the AWSD in 2005 as a continuously updated database with security incident reports going back to 1997 Read More
Aid Worker Security Report 2018: Figures at a glance In 2017, 158 major incidents of violence against humanitarian operations occurred in 22 countries, affecting 313 aid workers. Read More
Aid Worker Security Report 2017: Behind the attacks - A look at perpetrators of violence against aid workers In 2016, 158 major attacks against aid operations occurred, in which 101 aid workers were killed, 98 wounded and 89 kidnapped. Read More
Aid Worker Security Report 2016: Figures at a glance In 2015, 287 aid workers were victims of major attacks. Read More
Aid Worker Security Report 2014: Unsafe Passage: Road attacks and their impact on humanitarian operations The year 2013 set a new record for violence against civilian aid operations, with 251 separate attacks affecting 460 aid workers. Read More
Aid Worker Security Report 2013: The New Normal: Coping with the kidnapping threat In 2012, there were 167 incidents of major violence against aid workers in 19 countries Read More
Aid Worker Security Report 2012: Host states and their impact on security for humanitarian operations In 2011, 308 aid workers were killed, kidnapped or wounded – the highest number yet recorded. Read More
August 2011 Aid Worker Security Report: Spotlight on security for national aid workers: Issues and perspectives The past two years show a downturn in violence against aid workers that spiked in a small number of conflict contexts beginning in 2006 and peaking in 2008. Read More
March 2010 Supporting Security for Humanitarian Action A review of critical issues for the humanitarian community Read More
April 2009 Providing Aid in Insecure Environments 2009 Update Trends in violence against aid workers and the operational response Read More
October 2008 The Use of Private Security Providers and Services in Humanitarian Operations Overseas Development Institute Read More
