AWSD: Aid Worker Security Report

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In 2023, more aid workers died by violence than in any previous year on record, with 280 fatalities reported in 33 countries. More than half of these deaths (163) were aid workers killed in the first three months of the conflict in Gaza, mostly as a result of airstrikes.

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  • Aid Worker Security Database Verified Statistics
    Humanitarian Outcomes
    Time Period of the Dataset [?]: January 01, 1997-December 31, 2022 ... More
    Modified [?]: 10 August 2023
    Dataset Added on HDX [?]: 10 August 2023
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    This dataset updates: Never
    This dataset is part of the data series [?]: Humanitarian Outcomes - Aid Worker Security
    The AWSD is a global compilation of reports on major security incidents involving deliberate acts of violence affecting aid workers. This dataset includes all incidents up to 2022, which have gone through a comprehensive verification process.
  • Aid Worker Security Database: global incident dataset from 1997 - 2021
    Humanitarian Outcomes
    Time Period of the Dataset [?]: January 01, 2011-January 20, 2025 ... More
    Modified [?]: 15 August 2022
    Dataset Added on HDX [?]: 8 October 2021
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    This dataset updates: Never
    The Aid Worker Security Database (AWSD) is a global compilation of reports on major security incidents involving deliberate acts of violence affecting aid workers. The information in this dataset includes verified data on all incidents up to December 2021.
  • Aid Worker Security Data (global)
    Humanitarian Outcomes
    Time Period of the Dataset [?]: November 01, 2012-January 20, 2025 ... More
    Modified [?]: 16 January 2025
    Dataset Added on HDX [?]: 15 November 2022
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    This dataset updates: Live
    The Aid Worker Security Database (AWSD) records major incidents of violence against aid workers, with incident reports from 1997 through the present. Initiated in 2005, to date the AWSD remains the sole comprehensive global source of these data, providing the evidence base for analysis of the changing security environment for civilian aid operations.