Displaced people and emergencies
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- Integrating gender issues in humanitarian responses to conflicts and emergencies
- ( United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs , 2006)
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In the rush to provide humanitarian response when a disaster hits or a conflict erupts, paying specific attention to gender issues may seem irrelevant. This handbook sets forth standards for the in...
- Practical tools for field based humanitarian workers
- ( L. Richardson;G. Price / AID All in Diary - a practical tool for field based humanitarian workers , 2009)
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The immediate pressures of working in a disasters environment mean that humanitarian workers can struggle to access the most relevant information needed for the situation in which they are working....
- How to protect civilians: a training guide for humanitarian actors
- ( R. Hastie;S. Swithern;A. Bhreathnach;A. Bonwick / Oxfam , 2009)
- In 1991 during the first Iraq war, a destitute little girl in the holy city of Safwan stood in the middle of a crowd of displaced people with a placard around her neck: ‘We don’t need food...
- Methods of profiling Internally displaced persons (IDPs)
- ( A. Davies / Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre , 2008)
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Obtaining reliable data on internally displaced persons (IDPs) is challenging. In most countries affected by internal displacement, existing data on IDPs and the conditions of their displacement is...
- Trainers guide to integrating age-friendliness
- ( HelpAge International Asia, Pacific Regional Development Centre , 2009)
- This training of trainers manual was developed for use in by the Canadian Red Cross, but is suitable for other organisations to adapt for their own purposes. The manual consist of six units that...
- Training guide on community-based management of acute malnutrition in children
- ( H Deconinck;K. Cashin;J. Whelan / Food and Nutrition Technical Assistance Project , 2008)
- A significant gap remains between need and capacity for management of severe acute malnutrition (SAM) in children. This is despite clear advances in the development and implementation of international...
- How to advocate for civilian protection to the African Union
- ( J. Steele / African Centre for Humanitarian Action - Africa Humanitarian Action , 2008)
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Around the world, most people agree that governments must be the ones responsible for making sure that their people are protected. Unfortunately, this doesn’t always happen. In this case, it ...
- Land issues and humanitarian response in Colombia
- ( S. Elhawary / Humanitarian Policy Group, ODI , 2007)
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This Working Paper highlights some of the main land tenure issues in Colombia. It aims to look at how some of the humanitarian organisations in Colombia are responding to the country’s crisis...
Addressing the needs and rights of those affected by riverbank erosion in Bangladesh
- ( C., R. Abrar;S., N. Azad / Refugee and Migratory Movements Research Unit, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh , 2007)
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Each year, tens of thousands of people in Bangladesh are internally displaced as a consequence of riverbank erosion. Yet, such erosion does not draw the attention of policy makers in the same way t...
- How to improve services and protection for displaced people with disabilities
- ( Women's Refugee Commission , 2008)
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Persons with disabilities remain among the most hidden, neglected and socially excluded of all displaced people today. People with disabilities are often literally and programmatically “invis...
