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The '''Aid Worker Security Database''' (AWSD) is a project of the international research group Humanitarian Outcomes. Funded by [[United States Agency for International Development|USAID]], it records major incidents, from 1997 to present, of [[Attacks on humanitarian workers|attacks on humanitarian workers worldwide]]. As cited in the [[The New York Times|''New York Times'']], "it is widely regarded as an authoritative reference for aid organisations and governments in assessing trends in security threats."<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/19/world/asia/attacks-on-aid-workers-jump-worldwide-group-says.html|title=Attacks on Aid Workers Jump Worldwide, Group Says|last=Gladstone|first=Rick|date=2014-08-18|work=The New York Times|access-date=2019-06-27|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> Since its inception in 2005 as the first fully comprehensive compilation of this data, the AWSD has been a source of quantitative evidence on matters related to the security of humanitarian operations in conflict, referenced in policy debates and cited in official [[United Nations]] statements,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.unocha.org/sites/unocha/files/statement-and-speech/USG-ERC%20OBrien%20remarks%20at%20High-Level%20Panel%20on%20Reaching%20people%20in%20need%20%20_ECOSOC_HAS.pdf|title=United Nations Remarks at the ECOSOC Humanitarian Affairs Segment High-Level Panel|last=O'Brien|first=Stephen|date=June 22, 2017|website=United Nations
The data, which is openly available for searching and downloading, is regularly relied upon by other databases in the humanitarian crisis analysis community, such as [[Armed Conflict Location and Event Data Project|ACLED]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.acleddata.com/2019/07/15/new-data-from-aid-worker-security-database-awsd-complements-acled-reporting/|title=New Data From Aid Worker Security Database (AWSD) Complements ACLED Reporting {{!}} Acled Data|last=Matfess|first=Hilary|date=2019-07-15|access-date=2019-11-14}}</ref> It has also been cited in [[United States House of Representatives|US Congressional]] and [[United States Department of State|State Department]] documents<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=H3BV5zGkd3oC&q=awsd|title=State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations for 2015: Hearings Before a Subcommittee of the Committee on Appropriations, House of Representatives, One Hundred Thirteenth Congress, Second Session|last=Programs|first=United States Congress House Committee on Appropriations Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and Related|date=2014|publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office}}</ref> and [[Parliament of the United Kingdom|UK Parliament]] reports,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201719/cmselect/cmintdev/2008/200805.htm|title=Tackling violence against aid workers - International Development Committee - House of Commons|website=publications.parliament.uk|access-date=2019-11-14}}</ref> as well as by major media outlets including: [[Associated Press|The Associated Press]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://apnews.com/f35e7778c2bf47969ab980736a7ad7fd|title=Red Cross says health and aid workers face unabated attacks|date=2019-04-01|website=AP NEWS|access-date=2019-11-14}}</ref> [[BBC News]],<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-49248204|title='Leadership' needed from UK to protect aid workers|date=2019-08-06|access-date=2019-11-14}}</ref> [[The New York Times]],<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/13/world/asia/afghanistan-taliban-aid-workers.html|title=Taliban Target Aid Groups, in an Ominous Turn in Afghanistan|last=Nordland|first=Rod|date=2019-05-13|work=The New York Times|access-date=2019-11-14|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> [[Reuters]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=
== History ==
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== Data ==
From the website, customizable search options allow for users of the data to download
=== Parameters ===
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*''Becoming an International Aid Worker;'' Reis, Chen; Bernath, Tania<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7j8oCwAAQBAJ&dq=Aid+Worker+Security+Database&pg=PA29|title=Becoming an International Humanitarian Aid Worker|last1=Reis|first1=Chen|last2=Bernath|first2=Tania|date=2016-10-16|publisher=Butterworth-Heinemann|isbn=9780128043851}}</ref>
* ''Personal Security: A Guide for International Travellers;'' Spencer, Tanya<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JMTMBQAAQBAJ&dq=Aid+Worker+Security+Database&pg=PA347|title=Personal Security: A Guide for International Travelers|last=Spencer|first=Tanya|date=2017-09-11|publisher=CRC Press|isbn=9781466559455}}</ref>
* ''Humanitarian NGOs, (In)Security and
* ''Aid in Danger: The Perils and Promise of Humanitarianism;'' Fast, Larissa<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=W9w8AwAAQBAJ&dq=Aid+Worker+Security+Database&pg=PA309|title=Aid in Danger: The Perils and Promise of Humanitarianism|last=Fast|first=Larissa|date=2014-05-14|publisher=University of Pennsylvania Press|isbn=9780812246032}}</ref>
* ''Ghosts of Afghanistan: The Haunted Battleground;'' Steele, Jonathan<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zva1izlghPAC&dq=Aid+Worker+Security+Database&pg=PT383|title=Ghosts of Afghanistan: The Haunted Battleground|last=Steele|first=Jonathan|date=2011-10-01|publisher=Catapult|isbn=9781582438405}}</ref>
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