Different vulnerabilities --- This is a very long list of different possible situation of vulnerability, highlighting the fact that it is a very volatile concept, in my opinion. A person might be subjected to different kind of vulnerabilities, that might resurface over time, environment, context. In a humanitarian situation, I think it is a quick short cut to refer to individuals as "vulnerable people", a label prompt to stamp, but that hides the real question on how to address the different vulnerabilities. And maybe to address a rather tabu question, is there a prioritization of vulnerabilities?

Source author: Fanny Charmey fanny.charmey@eda.admin.ch