Summit-Led Humanitarianism-Towards Fourth World Women s Conference

In the contemporary world humanitarianism in the form of the pursuit of human/social development has emerged as a major focus of international conferences. This globalisation of humanitarianism needs to he critically evaluated for several reasons. For, while such international conferences make possible the thematic documentation of the crises they also lead to an avoidance of any critical evaluation of the development processes which have led to the crises.