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The Spanish Red Cross has a special interest in technological innovation for humanitarian purposes. For this reason, the Humanitarian Technology Awards have been held since 2006, where ideas or initiatives with social innovation purposes are valued. As in previous editions, these awards consist of 3 categories: IMPACT (where the capacity for transformation to benefit the lives of […]

Globally, only 31% of  leadership roles are occupied by women. Besides, within the humanitarian field, gender parity is a long way off since women are still being underrepresented and have limited access to positions of leadership. While the Taliban’s recent decision to ban women’s engagement within NGOs in Afghanistan reminded us how essential it is […]

There is a long-standing challenge within the humanitarian sector – the slow process of onboarding and managing staff and volunteers for rapid deployment during a crisis. Australian Red Cross led an effort to solve this by establishing a verifiable digital credentials solution in order to remove some of the structural barriers and administrative burdens to […]

They will be supported for several months by the French Red Cross and 21, its social innovation accelerator, to learn about social entrepreneurship. It is in the South of Kenya, on the port coast of Mombasa, that a support programme dedicated to women will take root, called the Women Social Entrepreneurship Institute. On mission for […]

A more inclusive and sustainable society needs to put elderly people at the core of its model, supporting a cultural shift and redefining the role of our elders. Ageism is a phenomenon which describes people that think, feel and act differently towards others, based on age. By 2030, 1 in 6 people in the world […]

The Danish Refugee Council developed a forecasting tool in partnership with IBM and funded by the Danish ministry of Foreign Affairs. As their new report about Global Displacement Forecast 2022 has just been released, Red Social Innovation has interviewed Alexander Kjærum, Global Advisor and Senior Analyst at the Danish Refugee Council. 100 million people are now […]

Discover the agenda of social innovation events (congress, forums, fairs…) in the coming months, from June 2022 to the beginning of 2023, in the entire world. Several opportunities to bring together a range of stakeholders for dialogue, inspiration and learning. Congress Social Innovation Summit | Washington D.C., 7-8 June 2022Meticulously selected audience of top social impact […]

In order to answer new social needs in a fast-changing world, it’s crucial to put social innovation and local experimentation at the heart of the Red Cross’ mission. The French Red Cross and the Spanish Red Cross have launched Red Social Innovation, an international resource centre for social innovation available in English, French and Spanish. […]

We present the 6th edition of the Red Cross Humanitarian Technology Awards, which took place at the Mobile World Congress-4YFN on 28 February 2022.  The awards ceremony aimed to continue recognising the work of entrepreneurs who dedicate their efforts to developing technology for humanitarian purposes in each of the categories: Impact, Impulse and Red Cross.   […]

Social innovations are entrepreneurial and technological practices that aim to meet social needs and vulnerabilities in a better way than existing solutions. By imagining new socio-economic models, putting technology at the service of social good and transforming the way we work together, innovation can help us adapt and move towards a more sustainable, inclusive and […]

Over the last two years, the pandemic has reminded us of the pressing need to provide quality healthcare for all. When designed properly, mobile technologies can contribute to delivering healthcare service to remote areas, providing health workers with enhanced skills while facilitating the daily life of patients. For people living with disabilities, mobile technologies can […]

The COP 26 just ended in Glasgow, UK, with a new Climate Pact. This conference is part of a cycle of events which have happened every year since 1995 to discuss the climate crisis on a global level. Since the Paris Agreement of 2015, most of the world’s countries have committed to try and limit […]