26-02-2007 Photo Collection
Women and Displacement: Bearing the Burden
Women bear the brunt of the burden of displacement,
having to strike a delicate balance between the risks they run in often hostile
environments and the imperative to provide for the immediate needs of the
family. This gallery provides a glimpse of contexts from around the world in
which the ICRC is active and in which courageous women come together in their
struggle to survive in sometimes impossibly difficult environments.
IDP - Internally Displaced
Person
IRAQ
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Woman with her four children in IDP camp in
Sulaymaniyah, Iraq – Civilians continue to pay a high price in the
current conflict in Iraq. It is now rare to find a family in Iraq that has
been spared. Fear of being killed, kidnapped, or of becoming a refugee in
one’s own country is ever-present. According to the Iraqi Red Crescent
Society, around 99'000 families were displaced last year. The ICRC
supports displaced families (many of which are female-led) with essential
items such as food, drinking water, blankets, hygiene kits and, if
necessary shelter material.
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