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Promise to Practice: Following through on commitments to support the future of Syria and the region
The conflict in Syria has created the largest displacement crisis in well over a generation, possibly since the second world war. Six million people remain displaced internally, more than five million are registered as refugees in neighbouring countries a
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The Global Compact on Refugees: A joint agency briefing & call to action on education for refugees
2016 saw the launch of the New York Declaration, where all UN member states committed to ‘ensure all children are receiving education within a few months of arrival, and we will prioritise budgetary provision to facilitate this, including support for host
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Joint Statement ahead of the Geneva Consultations on 6 September 2018 by INGOs in Yemen
Enclosed is a joint statement by the humanitarian organisations operating in Yemen welcoming the consultation meeting in Geneva and calling for an inclusive peace process in the nation.
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The Impact of Protection Interventions on Unaccompanied and Separated Children in Humanitarian Crises
This systematic review, commissioned by the Humanitarian Evidence Programme and carried out by a research team from Save the Children UK, Save the Children Sweden and McMaster University, identifies, synthesizes and evaluates existing evidence of the impa
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"More than Six Months Stranded- What Now?": A joint policy brief on the situation for Displaced Persons in Greece
Over 60,000 people fleeing war, poverty, and natural disasters are currently stranded in Greece. The aim of this briefing is to explain the current situation for those stranded in Greece for over six months since the closure of the northern border and int
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Failing Syria: Assessing the impact of UN Security Council Resolutions in protecting and assisting civilians in Syria
Compiled by 21 aid organisations, this publication presents a condemning report of UNSC Resolutions – and the international community – in providing aid to the ongoing humanitarian crisis in Syria. Despite the adoption of Presidential Statement 2013/15, R
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A Rights in Crisis Guide to Influencing: The who, what and why of humanitarian campaigning
This guide is an essential resource for all those wanting to understand how the humanitarian system works, who to influence and what issues to campaign on in order to ensure respect for the rights of women, men, girls and boys at risk or affected by confl
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Right to a Future: Empowering refugees from Syria and host governments to face a long-term crisis
With no end to the conflict in Syria in sight, the four million people forced to flee the country have no foreseeable prospect of safe return. And as the impact of the crisis on neighbouring countries grows and aid dries up, the situation for these refuge
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One Size Doesn't Fit All: Tailoring the international response to the national need following Vanuatu's cyclone Pam
In March 2015 Vanuatu was struck by one of the worst disasters ever experienced in the Pacific. Winds gusting up to 320 km per hour destroyed homes, infrastructure, crops and livestock and left more than half the population in need of emergency assistance
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Putting progress at risk? MDG spending in developing countries. The Government Spending Watch Report
A little over two years remain for reaching the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). This report is the first ever to track what developing countries are spending on the MDGs. It finds that recent spending increases explain the rapid progress on the MDGs.
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A Dangerous Delay. The cost of late response to early warnings in the 2011 drought in the Horn of Africa
This new report from Oxfam and Save the Children “A Dangerous Delay: The cost of late response to early warnings in the 2011 drought in the Horn of Africa” says how tens of thousands of lives could have been spared in the 2011 drought in the Horn of Afric
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The role of local institutions in adaptive processes to climate variability: The cases of southern Ethiopia and southern Mali
Farmers and herders in arid regions of Africa face serious challenges in adapting to climate change and variability. They are highly exposed to climate stresses, especially drought, but adaptation to climate change is far from being a clear-cut biophysica