Displacement and refugees
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- Integrating gender issues in humanitarian responses to conflicts and emergencies
- United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, 2006
- 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 integration of gender issues from the o...
- How can livelihoods be supported in the midst of humanitarian crisis?
- J.R. Austin (ed) (ed); T. Morris / Women's Refugee Commission, 2009
- Although necessary, emergency relief can only fulfil a limited role. For those that are forced to rely on humanitarian assistance for long periods aid must be provided for displaced persons to garner skills, training and economic oppo...
- Protecting women's land rights in post-tsunami Indonesia
- D. Fitzpatrick / Asia Research Institute, National University of Singapore (NUS), 2008
- Women often face pre-displacement constraints on rights to land, and are at greater risk of losing access to land after disasters. Yet, the aftermath of a disaster is the time when women most need land for recovery. This paper is stru...
- Linking poverty and disaster vulnerability in the Caribbean
- M. Attzs / World Institute for Development Economics Research (WIDER), 2008
- The dislocation of households coupled with the loss of livelihoods caused by natural disaster, which usually affects the poor disproportionately, provides a push factor for migration and future remittances. After hurricane Gilbert in ...
- Protection challenges faced by women and girl refugees
- United Nations [UN] High Commission for Refugees, 2008
- Today, women and girls everywhere still face greater obstacles claiming and enjoying their rights than do men and boys. Displacement generally exacerbates these inequalities, as does a tendency to focus on human rights abuse...
- The impact of emergencies on women and children
- United Nations Children's Fund, 2007
- This Humanitarian Action Report 2007 outlines UNICEF’s appeal for children and women in 33 emergencies around the world. In each country it looks at critical issues for children, key actions and achievements in 2006 and planned h...
- Violence against Women in Burma
- Karen Women's Organisation, 2007
- This report documents the range of human rights abuses that continue to be perpetrated across Karen State as part of The State Peace and Development Council (SPDC’s) sustained campaign of terror. The report focuses in particular ...
- Addressing issues faced by women and children in the aftermath of the Pakistan Earthquake
- Khwendo Kor / Duryog Nivaran: South Asia Network for Disaster Risk Reduction, 2006
- This report provides an insight, through interviews and observations, into the issues faced by women and children affected by the earthquake in Pakistan. It assesses the relief efforts to highlight the extent to which issues specific ...
- Finding alternatives for fuel collection
- Women's Refugee Commission, 2006
- This document presents the findings of desk reviews looking into fuel provision, collection and physical protection strategies in various IDP and refugee situations worldwide and conducted site visits in Darfur, Sudan and in the Bhuta...
- Risk factors for displaced women and girls
- Women's Refugee Commission, 2006
- This paper aims to clarify risks leading to displacement, risk factors during displacement and risks that inhibit safe and sustainable return. The authors look at protection solutions in the context of displacement and in situations o...
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