Name: Robert Mardini on the information landscape in conflict by CDAC Network
Duration: 45 min 19 s
Description: How are shifts in the digital landscape shaping modern conflict? What role do private tech companies have to play? And how should humanitarians respond? BBC News presenter Geeta Guru-Murthy put these questions to Robert Mardini, Director-General of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), at the opening of CDAC Network’s 2023 Public Forum. Listen to their conversation.

How are shifts in the digital landscape shaping modern conflict? What role do private tech companies have to play? And how should humanitarians respond? BBC News presenter Geeta Guru-Murthy put these questions to Robert Mardini, Director-General of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), at the opening of CDAC Network’s 2023 Public Forum. Listen to their conversation.

Robert Mardini on the information landscape in conflict

CDAC Network is the global alliance of many of the world’s biggest organisations, prioritising communication with and the engagement of communities to reverse the focus of humanitarian and development decision-making – moving from global to local.

Our members include media development, UN agencies, the Red Cross/Red Crescent Movement, NGOs and specialist communications entities. Together, we are committed to putting the power in humanitarian and development action back in the hands of communities.