Select Citations AWSD menu About the AWSD AWSD Database Citations Methodology Report an incident 2019 Killing of aid worker in Syria part of ‘disturbing trend’ | UN News Red Cross says health and aid workers face unabated attacks | Associated Press Taliban Target Aid Groups, in an Ominous Turn in Afghanistan | The New York Times Briton’s death in Kenya adds to long list of aid worker killings | Reuters Foundation 2018 Five things to know about the Central African Republic | Norwegian Refugee Council Aid worker deaths: the numbers tell the story | OCHA Humanitarian Groups Seek Ways to Reduce Attacks on Aid Workers | VOA Attacks on aid workers rise in Central African Republic | Reuters 2017 LGBT, female aid workers at risk of sexual assault, report finds Red Cross killings in Afghanistan reveal the limits of aid access | IRIN In Their Own Words: Why Armed Fighters Attack Aid Workers | NPR South Sudan will now charge $10,000 for an aid worker permit. Why? | National Public Radio Aid workers attacked most often in West and Central Africa | Reuters2016 Safety and Security of Humanitarian Personnel and Protection of the United Nations Personnel” Report of the Secretary-General for the Seventy-first session of the General Assembly (A/71/395) | United Nations Gang Rape of Aid Workers in South Sudan is a Turning Point | NPR U.S. Officials Say Russia Probably Attacked U.N. Humanitarian Convoy | New York Times Killings, kidnappings and burnout: the occupational hazards of aid work | Reuters Aid Agencies Weigh Risks in Juba | IRIN2015 Where boys talk like men | Huffington Post AU The Truth About Humanitarian Work: High Ideals Vs. Hard Realities | NPR Spotty training, increased violence impact young aid workers | USA Today Taliban fighters ordered to help earthquake victims and not kill aid workers. | VICE It has rarely been more dangerous to be working in the field of aid | The Guardian 2014 The Dangers of Politicizing Aid | Chatham House Payback? Expat UN consultants killed in Somalia | Devex Deaths of humanitarian aid workers reach record high | The Guardian Danger levels spike for aid workers: increasing numbers killed, kidnapped or injured | ReliefWeb2013 Aid workers in Afghanistan increasingly under threat: U.N. | Reuters Getting Killed for Saving Lives | Scientific American Attacks on Aid Workers Rise in Afghanistan, U.N. Says | New York Times JICA wary of security in Afghanistan, Somalia | Devex Aid worker kidnappings rise, fuelling debate over ransom | IRIN