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    Courting catastrophe? Humanitarian policy and practice in a changing climate

    Institute of Development Studies UK, 2017
    Humanitarian crises appear dramatic, overwhelming and sudden, with aid required immediately to save lives. Whereas climate change is about changing hazard patterns and crises are in reality rarely unexpected, with academic researchers and humanitarian and development organisations warning about possible risks for months before they take place.
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    Listening to women and girls diplaced to urban Afghanistan

    Norwegian Refugee Council, 2015
    Growing numbers of internally displaced people (IDPs) live  in  informal  settlements  in  major  Afghan  urban  centres.
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    Land conflict and food security in the Liberian-Ivorian border region

    Norwegian Refugee Council, 2012
    In the fall of 2010, Ivoirians went to the polls to elect a new president, to end years of political stalemate, and to unify a geographically divided country.  Disputes over the election results instead led to a violent post-election crisis.  The New Forces (FN) armed group, later renamed Republican Forces of Côte d’Ivoire (FRCI), marched from the northern zone of the country that the
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    Lebanon poised at the brink

    Norwegian Institute for International Affairs, 2016
    Gravely affected by the Syrian crisis, Lebanon has remained relatively stable against all odds – despite the influx of some 1.5 million Syrian refugees and an internal political crisis involving supporters of oppos- ing Syrian factions. Lebanon’s resilience can be explained by the high opportunity cost of state breakdown for domestic, regional and interna- tional political actors.
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    National action plan. Women, peace and security 2015-2018

    Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, 2015
    The adoption of UN Security Council resolution 1325 in 2000 was a groundbreaking event. The resolution recognised the disproportionate impact of conflict on women, the need to protect women from violence during conflicts, and the vital importance of women’s participation and the protection of women’s rights for international peace and security.
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    Displaced women and homelessness

    Norwegian Refugee Council, 2016
    This report identifies conflicts as a cause of homelessness. Displaced persons, by definition, have to abandon their homes.
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    Women refugees in Lebanon and the consequences of limited legal status on their housing, land and property rights

    Norwegian Refugee Council, 2016
    Understanding the situation for women refugees in particular, including the protection risks they face, is essential in order to develop and provide appropriate interventions taking their perspective and specific challenges into account.The aim
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    The Importance of addressing housing, land and property (HLP) challenges in humanitarian response

    International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, 2016
    This paper was published by the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) with the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) to inform the round table talks on ‘the importance of housing, land and property (HLP) rights in humanitarian response’ held in Geneva.
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    Pushed aside: displaced for "development" in India

    Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre, 2016
    By providing a first-hand account of development projects and business activities that have caused displacement across India, this report documents and analyses the scale, process and impacts of this phenomenon.
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    Civilians’ survival strategies amid institutionalized insecurity and violence in the Nuba Mountains, Sudan

    Chr. Michelsen Institute, Norway, 2016
    The Nuba’s peripheral homeland of the Nuba Mountains, in southern Kordofan, is one of Sudan’s current killing fields, with high numbers of civilian casualties, of wounded and internally displaced persons, refugees, families, and individuals.

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