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Displacement
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Forced Migration Review: Being Young and Out of Place
This issue of Forced Migration Review includes a large theme section that examines the particular stresses of ‘being young and out of place,’ explores young people’s needs and coping strategies and asks why relatively little attention is paid to the righ
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Climate extremes and child rights in South Asia: a neglected priority
The links between climate change and disasters in South Asia, such as flooding in Pakistan or cyclones in Bangladesh, are increasingly evident. However, there is little recognition of the potentially life-long impact of climate change and related disaster
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Addressing climate change and migration in Asia and the Pacific
Climate change will increase the frequency of extreme weather events, making more geographic places inhospitable to human habitation and secure livelihoods. This report presents a detailed picture of the potential impacts of climate change on migration in
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Regional Inter-State Consultation Mechanisms on Migration: Approaches, recent activities and implications for global governance of migration
Produced by the International Organization for Migration (IOM), this report summarizes 25 regional and interregional consultative processes and forums on migration, also known as regional consultative processes (RCPs). It provides commentary on the purpos
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Scattered dreams, broken promises: An Assessment of the Links between Girls’ Empowerment and Gender-based Violence in the Kyaka II Refugee Settlement, Uganda
Assessment Report by The Women’s Refugee Commission (WRC) from its mission to Kyaka II Camp in Kegegwa, Uganda, aimed to explore the relationship between the empowerment of adolescent refugee girls and the prevention of gender-based violence (GBV). This i
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MPI Policy Brief: Demography and Migration: An outlook for the 21st century
The Migration Policy Institute (MPI) produced this policy brief, September 2013, on the economic and demographic disparities that influence and are influenced by international migration and internal mobility. The brief postulates that migration cannot mit
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The Consequences of Limited Legal Status for Syrian Refugees in Lebanon. NRC Lebanon Field Assessment Aarsal and Wadi Khaled
According to Lebanese national law, without the required entry or stay documentation to be in Lebanon, refugees from Syria are considered to be ‘illegally’ present, giving them limited legal status in Lebanon. Having such limited legal status in Lebanon o
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ARC- Module contenant un sujet fondamental 6: Mobilisation communautaire
ARC- Module contenant un sujet fondamental 6: Mobilisation communautaire Nous avons rédigé ce module sur la mobilisation communautaire pour qu'il serve de ressource au personnel humanitaire et aux personnes qui travaillent dans l'urgence et dont l'engagem
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Child Protection: Taking action against all forms of abuse, neglect, violence and exploitation (CPI Brochure)
The brochure highlights the priority areas of focus of Save the Children's Child Protection Initiative (CPI), such as (i) children without appropriate care (including neglected and/or abused children in their families, children in institutions or other fo
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A Study on Children’s Protection Mechanisms in Sudan
One of the recommendations of the UN Study on Violence against Children was for all states to develop a multi-faceted and systematic framework to respond to violence against children which is integrated into their national planning processes. In an effort
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ARC- Module contenant un sujet fondamental 5: Plaidoyer
ARC- Module contenant un sujet fondamental 5: Plaidoyer Vous trouverez dans ce module des informations pratiques, des lignes directrices, des exemples et des outils destinés à soutenir les organisations et les acteurs-clés à s'engager dans le plaidoyer po
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Great East Japan earthquake and tsunami emergency response and recovery program. Six-month report 2011
It is now six months since a major earthquake and tsunami hit the northeastern coast of Japan on March 11. The scale of this disaster, compounded by the subsequent nuclear crisis in Fukushima, was unprecedented. The government of Japan met many of the pop