Surviving_Conflict_Impact_on_National_Humanitarian_Workers_Sudan.

Since April 2023, Sudan’s conflict has severely disrupted humanitarian operations and profoundly affected the national humanitarian workforce. While national staff remain the backbone of humanitarian response, their wellbeing, safety, and livelihoods have been significantly compromised. This policy brief presents findings from a qualitative study involving 66 national humanitarian workers across multiple sectors and regions. The study reveals widespread psychological distress, economic hardship, gendered vulnerabilities, uneven organizational support, and a growing intention to exit the humanitarian sector. These challenges pose serious risks not only to individual staff but also to response quality, localization commitments, and operational sustainability. The brief calls for urgent, practical action to translate duty of care, protection mainstreaming, and accountability commitments into field-level realities.