Working in Hardship Locations: How Cross-Cultural Awareness Can Support Your Humanitarian Career

What does it really take to work in a hardship location, and how can understanding cross-cultural behaviour help you succeed in the field?

Join seasoned HR professional and crisis deployment specialist Antonio Fidalgo for a practical webinar exploring the realities of working in challenging humanitarian environments. Drawing on experience from deployments in contexts such as Afghanistan and Ukraine, Antonio will share insights on how cultural awareness, adaptability, and strong interpersonal skills help professionals collaborate effectively and build trust in complex settings.

Whether you are preparing for your first field assignment or considering working in a hardship duty station, this session will help you better understand how cross-cultural awareness can strengthen both your impact in the field and your humanitarian career.

In this webinar you will learn:

• What characterizes a humanitarian intervention

• What defines a hardship duty station and how hardship levels are classified

• Why cross-cultural awareness is essential when working in humanitarian contexts

• How experience in hardship locations can strengthen your professional profile

• How organizations and recruiters view hardship assignments

• Practical lessons from working in complex and high-pressure environments

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