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Showing 1 to 20 of 59 for “"Internally Displaced"”.
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An explorative study of resilience among internally displaced Sudanese youth
… society. The study focused on a group of internally displaced youth in Sudan who have experienced political violence and/or natural hazards. Interpretations of resilience from the literature on Disaster and Emergency Management and Developmental Psychology were reviewed and explored. The …
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Iraq's housing crisis : upgrading settlements for IDPS (internally displaced persons)
… country, over one million Iraqis are currently displaced. Inadequately supported by infrastructure due to a negligent dictatorship and consecutive wars, over 250 settlements have peppered Baghdad's landscape and aggravated the capital's insufficient infrastructure. It is clear that the rapid …
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The internally displaced in International law - do they require enhanced protection?
This work will examine the situation of the internally displaced from the perspective of international law. Chapter one will provide a brief outline of how the meaning of the term IDP developed and then explain who, in the context of this paper, is covered by the term IDP. Chapter two will then put …
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Humanitarian Response for Internally Displaced Women and Children in North-East, Nigeria
… Haram in the North-Eastern Region of Nigeria has displaced over 2.7 million people. From 2009 to the present day, millions of women and children are forced to seek refuge in Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camps in Borno, Adamawa, and Yobe state. The focus on women and children is because women …
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Developing framework for the reconstruction of housing for the internally displaced people due to conflict
… Haram conflict in Nigeria, many people have been displaced and a lot of houses destroyed. The displaced people are presently domiciled in different temporary camps across the country and the camps are in bad condition without electricity, clean drinking water, food, medical attention, security and …
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The plight of internally displaced persons (IDPs) during armed conflict: the case of Sudan and Somalia
The plight of internally displaced persons (IDPs)in Sudan and Somalia constitutes one of the greatest human tragedy of our time since the end of the Cold War. The concept of IDPs is immense and growing. This research paper addressed the plight of IDPs during armed conflict in Sudan and Somalia. …
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Peacebuilding in the Context of Displacement: Women’s Groups in Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) Settlements in Kenya
… fled their communities, and found refuge in internally displaced persons (IDPs) camps. Although the Kenyan Government resettled some of the IDPs later in eco-villages and inner city settlements, seven years later there were still 309,200 in IDPs camps across the country. The objective of this …
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Intergenerational Psychosocial Effects of Nakbah on Internally Displaced Palestinians in Israel: Narratives of trauma and resilience.
… responses to nakbah across 3 generations of internally displaced Palestinian families living in Israel through intergenerational narratives. Situated in a context of political violence and internal colonialism, the research was conducted with a mixed method design bringing together …
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Spatial Dimensions of Conflict-Induced Internally Displaced Population in the Puttalam District of Sri Lanka from 1980 to 2012
… Lankan civil conflict of 1983-2009, the island’s Internally Displaced Population (IDP) became a key constituency requiring the central government4s attention. Thus, it is important to ask: What are the spatial dimensions and socio-economic implications of Sri Lanka’s Puttalam District IDPs? …
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The social and cultural impact of internally displaced persons, IDPs’ camps on the host community in Nigeria: a sociological evaluation
… common occurrence throughout the world of today. Displaced persons end up either as migrants across borders, refugees seeking asylum or resettlement as internally displaced persons (IDPs) within their own country of origin. Such people cannot easily return to their homes largely because of …
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Seeking Relief in the City: An Examination of Planning in Karachi to Support Internally Displaced People after the 2022 Floods in Pakistan
… widespread devastation, resulting in millions of internally displaced people (IDPs) facing difficult choices. Karachi, the country’s largest city and capital of Sindh province, was the destination for tens of thousands of evacuees. Many of these rural-urban migrants ended up in relief camps …
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Political economy, public policy, power structures, and human rights violations : the case of internally displaced persons in Colombia between 1993 and 2010
Colombia is the second country with most displaced persons in the world, and one of the worst in human rights violations. Despite the popular believe that these human rights violations are due to the internal conflict with guerillas, this thesis found that rather, the largest share of violence, …
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International displacement and state compliance with international human rights standards: the current protection of internally displaced persons' right to physical security in Nigeria
There are approximately 65.3 million forcibly displaced people in the world. A large majority of these people are internally displaced. Of the 40.8 million internally displaced persons' (IDPs) worldwide, Nigeria had a total of 1,955,000 IDPs at the end of 2016. Consequently, Nigeria is among the …
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Internally displaced children and HIV in situations of armed conflict in the DRC : a study of the obligations of the government and selected non-state actors
… and nonstate actors regarding the protection of internally displaced children living with HIV in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The war and armed conflicts in the Eastern DRC have exacerbated the vulnerability of children, causing them to be separated from their families, to experience …
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"Obubomi Bulukhuni/It is a Hard Life, This": Journeys in and narratives of childhood cancer in a South African public healthcare context
… cancer diagnosis. I argue that families become internally displaced to seek life-saving treatment for the child diagnosed with cancer. By actively engaging with theories of ‘home’ and ‘households’ I aim to present greater insights into the ways in which people create meanings for these terms in …
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Internal displacement: A study of homelessness in the city of Toronto (Ontario)
… in Toronto face similar experiences to other internally displaced persons throughout the world, if they fit the description of internally displaced persons developed by the UN and, if so, what are the implications of these findings. The research was grounded on principles of social action …
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Inching Closer: Life on the Sinking Island of Ghoramara
… there is no policy or legal framework regarding Internally Displaced People (IDPs) in India. This documentary film has been conceptualized to highlight how the slowly transforming environment such as extensive soil erosion, dwindling livelihoods, and fading traditions affect this coastal …
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