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= '''Aid Worker Security Database (AWSD)''' =

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|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}</ref>

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* "Attacks on aid workers rise in Central African Republic" [https://www.reuters.com/article/us-centralafrica-violence-aid/attacks-on-aid-workers-rise-in-central-african-republic-idUSKBN1KH29A Reuters] 2018

* "Aid worker deaths: the numbers tell the story" UN [https://www.unocha.org/story/aid-worker-deaths-numbers-tell-story OCHA] 2018

==References==

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== External Links ==

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* [https://aidworkersecurity.org/ Official website]

* [https://www.humanitarianoutcomes.org/ Humanitarian Outcomes website]

== Aid Worker Security Database ==

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