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UNIFEM - INTERNALLY DISPLACED WOMEN
"The
often-cited statistic that as many as 80 per cent of displaced populations are
women and children fails to convey the complete devastation that displacement
visits upon women and communities. Leaving homes, property and community behind
renders women vulnerable to violence, disease and food scarcity, whether they
flee willingly or unwillingly. Internally displaced women face additional
dangers as they are often invisible to the international community within
the context of violent conflict"....
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INTERNAL DISPLACEMENT - GLOBAL
OVERVIEW
OF TRENDS AND DEVELOPMENTS IN
2009
Direct Link to Full 87-Page Report:
"In
2009 the world witnessed more people displaced within their country by conflict
and violence than at any point since the mid-1990s. An alarming total of 27.1
million were internally displaced at the end of the year."
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