ABSTRACT
To an extent, experiences of risk and danger are relative and often aid workers are themselves part of the crisis-affected population. Ideally, increasingly so with the growing understanding of the importance of locally led humanitarian response. Organisations are always in need of qualified and experienced staff in different ‘non-family duty stations’ because much of the humanitarian leg work is simply in these contexts, while fewer people will be interested to go there due to multiple life circumstances, including parenthood. Whilst staff rotations can work to equalise the burden of working in different locations, staff can have more immediate needs that require moving to places where, for example, healthcare is available, which the staff rotation cannot address. In fact, various life situations can require this, having children being just one of them.
