Maria Louise Clausen

Maria Louise Clausen left PRIO in 2019. The information on this page is kept for historical reasons.

Maria Louise Clausen
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PRIO Blogs

Monday, 12 Jul 2021

Humanitarian Biometrics in Yemen: The complex politics of humanitarian technology

The introduction of biometrics in Yemen is a prime example of challenges related to the use of biometric solutions in humanitarian contexts. The complexity of the situation in Yemen needs to be acknowledged by policy makers and other stakeholders involved in the humanitarian crisis unfolding in the country. The humanitarian ...

Recorded event

Monday, 18 Nov 2019 12:00–15:15 UTC+01

01:26:09

Yemen in Context: Past, Present and Future

As the crisis in Yemen grew into a regional conflict involving multiple actors, it became the world's largest humanitarian catastrophe.

Policy brief

2021

Piloting Humanitarian Biometrics in Yemen

MidEast Policy Brief

PRIO Blogs

Friday, 20 Sep 2019

Hodeidah in 2016. Dietrich Klose via Flickr.

Fragmentation and External Intervention Hamper Peace in Yemen

The armed conflict in Yemen has grown increasingly complex as existing cleavages have become ever-more entrenched, and new ones are emerging. The conflict in Yemen escalated in March 2015 when a Saudi-led military intervention complicated an already intricate internal crisis. Saudi Arabia’s intent behind the military intervention was to weaken ...

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Monday, 26 Apr 2021

MidEast Policy Brief on Humanitarian Biometrics in Yemen

In our newest MidEast Policy Brief, "Piloting Humanitarian Biometrics in Yemen: Aid Transparency versus Violation of Privacy? ", Maria-Louise Clausen addresses the challenges of using biometrics for the World Food Program's aid distribution in Yemen.

Recorded event

Wednesday, 6 Mar 2019 08:15–09:30 UTC+01

Maria-Louise Clausen speaks about the war in Yemen, March 6, 2019. Neven Ahmad / PRIO

01:06:06

The War in Yemen – Humanitarian, Geo-Political, and Security Dimensions

The war unfolding in Yemen has developed into the world’s biggest humanitarian catastrophe.