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  Meeting the needs of refugee children: is UNHCR protection sufficient?

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002

  Refugee children, especially adolescents, are acutely at risk from the effects of violence and conflict. Could the international community do more to offer them protection from sexual exploitation and forcible military recruitment? How could the UN High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) use community services and education as tools of protection?
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  Is aid in crisis?

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002

  Are aid agencies addressing the causes of conflict in dysfunctional states? Can humanitarian assistance be neutral when aid is an instrument of foreign policy wielded by powerful donor states? In an era of disintegrating state authority are aid providers succeeding in attempts to make relief more development-oriented?
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  War and underdevelopment: challenges of the new humanitarianism

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002

  Is underdevelopment, and the exclusion and destabilisation of developing countries it brings in its wake, a global security threat? How do development policy and conflict analysis dovetail to meet post-Cold War challenges? What can we learn from international responses to the internal and regional conflicts of recent years?
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  Peacebuilding from below: can NGOs promote non-violent conflict resolution processes?

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002

  How can international NGOs (INGOs) integrate peacebuilding into development and relief work in conflict zones? What are the risks and consequences of mixing relief with peacebuilding? Can INGOs simultaneously be mediator, arbitrator, advocate, trainer, witness, supporter, counsellor and therapist in fraught circumstances?
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  World Disasters Report 2003

  International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, 2003

  In the light of the ‘war on terror’ and the changing landscape in which humanitarian organisations operate, this report asks what ethical dilemmas and moral trade-offs do humanitarians face in an increasingly politicised environment? It further asks if is aid really reaching those in greatest need? Do we even know where humanitarian needs are greatest?
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  State of the world's mothers 2003: protecting women and children in war and conflict

  Save the Children Fund, 2003

  This year's State of the World’s Mothers report focuses on the tens of millions of mothers and children whose lives have been affected by armed conflict, bringing attention to critical protection needs in war-torn communities around the world.Findings include:the Conflict Protection Scorecard identifies Afghanistan, Angola, Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo and Sierra Leone as f
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  The education imperative: supporting education in emergencies

  Academy for Educational Development, USA, 2003

  This publication aims to provide information about the current state of education in emergencies, explain why it is needed, and describe how it can be done better and reach more children.It begins by outlining the scale of the problem and stating that of the estimates 7 million refugees and internally displaced persons, around a third are school age children.
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  Forced migration and transmission of HIV and other sexually transmitted infections: policy and programmatic responses

  HIV Insite, 2001

  Sexually transmitted infections (STIs) and HIV/AIDS have become urgent concerns for populations affected by armed conflict and migration (both forced and voluntary). Poverty, powerlessness, and social instability affect the spread of STIs and HIV.
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  Effects of a refugee-assistance programme on host population in Guinea as measured by obstetric interventions

  The Lancet, 1998

  When refugees arrive in a country in large numbers, they are generally moved into camps where they can get relief assistance. Several studies have shown that such refugee assistance may have a negative impact on the quality of health services offered to the host population because of the diverting of human and financial resources towards the refugee health services.
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  Gender-based violence: emerging issues in programs serving displaced populations

  Reproductive Health for Refugees Consortium, 2002

  This book is a compendium of key lessons learned during the author's five years working with gender-based violence (GBV) programs in 12 countries, in particular Angola, Eritrea, Guinea, Serbia, Sierra Leone, Thailand and Zambia.The book describes the evolution of GBV programs serving populations affected by armed conflict.

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