May 19, 2024

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Nazanin Zadeh-Cummings

Nazanin Zadeh-Cummings

Nazanin Zadeh-Cummings is a Lecturer in Humanitarian Studies at Deakin University's Centre for Humanitarian Leadership. Her research interests include the DPRK, humanitarian aid, disaster management and civil society.

Features

Balancing act: humanitarian aid versus human rights activism

Which better helps the DPRK people: working on the ground, or agitating for change?

Nazanin Zadeh-CummingsNazanin Zadeh-CummingsNovember 19, 2017
Analysis

Illusion of independence: North Korea’s “civil organizations” and NGOs

Non-state-led collective action is an anathema to the country's politics - but progress is happening

Nazanin Zadeh-CummingsNazanin Zadeh-CummingsOctober 12, 2017
Opinion

How the U.S.’s North Korea travel ban politicizes humanitarian aid

The need for State Department approval of aid projects risks undermining NGO independence

Nazanin Zadeh-CummingsNazanin Zadeh-CummingsSeptember 13, 2017
Analysis

Helping hand: Humanitarian aid in North Korea, short and long term

Should NGOs aim towards grander objectives, or focus on the here and now?

Nazanin Zadeh-CummingsNazanin Zadeh-CummingsJuly 21, 2017
Analysis

Can aid workers in North Korea help improve local human rights?

The complex demands of humanitarian protection are even more complex when in the DPRK

Nazanin Zadeh-CummingsNazanin Zadeh-CummingsJuly 12, 2017
Analysis

The “Do No Harm” principle and its application in North Korea

The concept is central to humanitarianism, but is it applicable to the DPRK?

Analysis

True believers: Faith-based NGOs in North Korea

As long as they avoid evangelism, the DPRK's religious NGOs have considerable room to work

Nazanin Zadeh-CummingsNazanin Zadeh-CummingsMarch 14, 2017
Evergreen

Aid from the enemy: American and S. Korean NGOs in the DPRK

For N. Korea, desperate need for help often trumps ideology

Nazanin Zadeh-CummingsNazanin Zadeh-CummingsDecember 6, 2016
Evergreen

The perils and positives of residency in North Korea as an NGO

Permanently staying in the DPRK has its benefits - but comes with plenty of obstacles

Nazanin Zadeh-CummingsNazanin Zadeh-CummingsOctober 7, 2016
Analysis

Aid in North Korea and the four humanitarian principles

Examining how aid works in the DPRK is essential to balancing its pros and cons

Nazanin Zadeh-CummingsNazanin Zadeh-CummingsSeptember 8, 2016