Beth is an OG HAG. A co-founder of HAG and the Director, Beth has braved the acronym filled world of large international NGOs, small local NGOs and the United Nations. Now, she revels in the dynamic energy of a nimble team, relishing the ability to make quick decisions and tackle humanitarian challenges head-on as they surface.
In an unforeseen turn of events, Beth found herself immersed in the world of humanitarian civil-military coordination in Afghanistan and Liberia. This journey extended to working on humanitarian reform in the wake of the Humanitarian Response Review in 2005.
It was her passion for humanitarian civil-military coordination that saw Beth awarded a Fulbright Scholar in 2019 allowing her to spend three months at the US Naval War College with the Humanitarian Response Program team (where she sampled a diverse array of doughnuts). Beth has co-authored a range of publications including the protection of humanitarian personnel, peace and development in Iraq, the role of women in countering violent extremism, From Principle to Practice: Protecting civilians in violent contexts, the tension between humanitarian values and military objectives, and was involved in drafting the Australian Guidelines for the Protection of Civilians.
Beth is the host of HAG’s podcast ‘I Think You’re on Mute’ which elevates voices of local humanitarian experts. Beth is currently the Team Convenor for her local Macedon Ranges Australian Red Cross Emergency Services Team.
Examples of Beth’s work include:
- HAG’s podcast ‘I Think You’re on Mute’
- Same Space – Different Mandates
- Humanitarian Civil-Military Coordination in Emergencies: Towards a Predictable Model
- Mid-Term Evaluation of the Tropical Cyclone Gita Response and Recovery Package
- From Principle to Practice: protecting civilians in violent contexts
- Positive Disruption? China’s humanitarian aid
- Independent Interim Review of the Australian National Action Plan on Women, Peace and Security 2012-2018
- Annual Civil-Society Report on Australia’s National Action Plan on Women, Peace and Security
- Humanitarian Partnership Agreement: the impact of disaster risk reduction programming
- My Fulbright Journey: Musings, memories and momentum
- Getting out of our Siloes: Leveraging the Women, Peace and Security Agenda to Transform Humanitarian Action
- Trump and Humanitarianism
- Walking the Talk: Five Ways to Increase Women’s Humanitarian Leadership
To send Beth an email, please write ‘beggleston’ followed by @humanitarianadvisorygroup.org
