Publications by authors named "Maria Carinnes Alejandria"
Background: Despite frequently providing non-military services in times of crisis, little systematic research has examined the perspectives of crisis-affected community members on the role of armed actors responding to humanitarian crises and public health emergencies.
Methods: To address this research gap, 175 interviews were conducted (2020-2021) amongst humanitarian and public health practitioners; armed actors; and crisis-affected community members across three country and four crisis contexts. Specifically, this effort included an Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo; a refugee crisis on the Jordanian-Syrian border; and a volcanic eruption and COVID-19 outbreak in the Philippines.
Article Synopsis
- The article introduces a new framework for understanding humanitarian-military relations (HMR) during crises, focusing on how civilian responders interact with armed actors.
- It emphasizes two main factors: the feelings of crisis-affected populations towards armed actors, and how aligned or misaligned the goals of these civilians and military forces are.
- The framework is supported by a comprehensive study involving 175 interviews across four different humanitarian situations, including the Ebola outbreak in Congo and the COVID-19 pandemic in the Philippines.