Image description A physiotherapist from the HI ‘flying team’ shows a woman with partial paralysis and her family how to use her new wheelchair and rehabilitation exercises to do at home. End of image description |
This report takes an explorative and qualitative approach because the implementation of the IASC Guidelines into humanitarian programming and organizational structures remains under-researched. It is the second case study in the project ‘Phase 2 – Leave No One Behind! Mainstreaming Disability in Humanitarian Action’ and builds on the methodology and experiences of earlier field research in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh (Funke and Dijkzeul, 2021). A qualitative approach allows for a nuanced understanding of practices and local dynamics that encourage or limit the inclusion of persons with disabilities in humanitarian action and can best reflect the participants’ subjective standpoints and perspectives.