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dc.contributor.authorGritti, Alice*
dc.contributor.editorSweetman, Carolineen
dc.date.accessioned2015-11-17T10:09:02Zen
dc.date.available2015-11-17T10:09:02Zen
dc.date.issued2015-11-23en
dc.identifier.issn1355-2074en
dc.identifier.doi10.1080/13552074.2015.1095542
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10546/582282en
dc.descriptionThe concept of resilience is increasingly earning attention in development and humanitarian literature. Agencies and organisations are interested to learn about resilient communities, and keen to support the goal of &lsquo;building resilience&rsquo; in developing countries. However, there is comparatively little interest in the resilience of aid workers themselves. This article will discuss the need to support aid workers to build resilience, for their own well-being and also for the effectiveness and sustainability of the essential humanitarian and development work they do. It will advocate for the need of embracing a gender-focused approach in the study of aid workers&rsquo; resilience, and more generally, in the study and promotion of aid workers&rsquo; well-being. The article draws on a qualitative study which found international women aid workers face specific stressors within the organisations they work for, in working relationships with national staff, and in their personal life. Humanitarian and development organisations need to adopt a gender-focused approach to resilience in the provision of psychosocial support for staff working in development, and emergency relief/humanitarian aid. This article is hosted by our co-publisher Taylor & Francis. For the full table of contents for this and previous issues of this journal, please visit the <a href="http://www.genderanddevelopment.org">Gender and Development</a> website.en
dc.format.extent13en
dc.language.isoEnglishen
dc.publisherOxfam GBen
dc.publisherRoutledgeen
dc.relation.urlhttp://policy-practice.oxfam.org.uk/publications/building-aid-workers-resilience-why-a-gendered-approach-is-needed-582282
dc.subjectGender
dc.titleBuilding aid workers' resilience: why a gendered approach is neededen
dc.typeJournal articleen
dc.identifier.eissn1364-9221en
dc.identifier.journalGender & Developmenten
oxfam.signoff.statusFor public use – can be shared outside Oxfamen
oxfam.subject.keywordWellbeing
oxfam.subject.keywordAid workers
oxfam.subject.keywordResilience
oxfam.subject.keywordGender
oxfam.subject.keywordPsycho-social stressors
oxfam.subject.keywordGender and Development Journal
oxfam.subject.keywordGaD
prism.issuenameResilienceen
prism.number3en
prism.volume23en


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