Conflict and vulnerable groups
Considering the impact of conflict and insecurity (and injury and violence) on marginalised and vulnerable groups – children, women, IDPs and refugees – and the processes and approaches that have been employed to support them.
Latest Documents
- Syria's uprising: sectarianism, regionalisation, and state order in the Levant
- S. Heydemann / Fride, 2013
- As the Syrian revolution enters its third year, the risks to regional stability are escalating. Violence has spilled over all of Syria's borders. The conflict has elevated sectarian tensions in Lebanon, threatening the 1990 Taif settl...
- Knowledge management in practice - Implementing effective knowledge management in emergencies: a case study from Somalia WASH Cluster
- K. Harries / Regional Emergency Cluster Advisor Project, 2013
- In the last two decades few countries have experienced a more protracted emergency than Somalia. Absence of a functioning central government and the ongoing conflict have led to a lack of access to basic social services, resulting in ...
- Can local organisations secure livelihoods in the absence of the state? Evidence from DR Congo's South Kivu
- F.M. Mushi / Wiley Online Library, 2013
- The South Kivu (SK) province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo has experienced recurrent wars for more than 15 years. This article explores the way local systems of governance and networking in SK have been affected by the civil...
- The Arab Spring indicates that riots and food prices are closely linked
- M. Lagi; K.Z. Bertrand; Y. Bar-Yam / New England Complex Systems Institute, 2011
- It is noticeable that despite the many possible contributing factors, the timing of violent protests in North Africa and the Middle East in 2011 as well as earlier riots in 2008 coincides with large peaks in global food prices. This p...
- Weapons, Violence and the perpetrator-victim nexus in South Africa
- K. Thaler / Microcon, 2011
- Given the high levels of crime and violence in South Africa, there may be a temptation for citizens to arm themselves for protection. Using quantitative survey data from the Cape Area Panel Study and qualitative interviews with reside...
- Combatting sexual and gender-based violence in DRC through an innovate media campaign
- Dirk-Jan Koch; Tony Kasuza N’kolo / Search for Common Ground, 2011
- This report presents progress of a Search for Common Ground (SFCG) project aimed at sensitising the population of western Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to the need to change behaviour towards women, and to shape male attitudes so...
- Changing Their World 2nd edition
- S Batliwala (ed) / Association for Women's Rights in Development, 2011
- This selection of four new case studies are an addition to the well received ‘Changing Their World’, publication from 2008, which contained ten case studies and considered what we mean by women’s movements, what make...
- Progress of the World's Women: In Pursuit of Justice
- L Turquet / UN Women, 2011
- What are the legal frameworks in place to ensure women’s rights and access to justice? How do these laws translate into equality in practice? What interventions are needed to make justice a reality rather than an aspiration for ...
- A hidden crisis: turning the spotlight on armed conflict and education
- S. Al-Samarrai; N. Bella; S. Cameron / United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, 2011
- Violent conflict is one of the greatest development challenges facing the international community. Beyond the immediate human suffering it causes, it is a source of poverty, inequality and economic stagnation. Children and education s...
- 2010 DRC report: Amplifying the voices of women in Eastern Congo
- Women for Women International, 2011
- As part of its survey series ‘Stronger Women, Stronger Nations’, Women for Women International (WfWI) conducted an extensive study in 2009 on the needs of women in the Kivus region of Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (...
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