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CHAD - REFUGEE & INTERNALLY
DISPLACED WOMEN & GIRLS
Chad is a landlocked country
in central Africa. It is bordered by Libya
to the north, Sudan to the east, the Central African
Republic to the south, Cameroon and Nigeria to the southwest, and Niger
to the west.
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REFUGEE WOMEN IN CHAD
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I
nternal Displacement Monitoring
Centre
Link to Full Update:
http://www.internal-displacement.org/8025708F004CE90B/(httpCountrySummaries)/9E97B98C0DB7C903C1257751006B4E5B?OpenDocument&count=10000
CHAD - PREVAILING INSECURITY
BLOCKING SOLUTIONS FOR IDP'S
SERIOUS ISSUES FOR CHAD INTERNALLY
DISPLACED WOMEN & GIRLS
Around 170,000 people were internally displaced in eastern Chad and living
in 38 camps in mid-2010, as a result of internal armed conflict, inter-ethnic
violence over land and natural resources, and attacks by bandits against
civilians. The majority of internally displaced people (IDPs) had little or no
means of sustaining themselves, making humanitarian assistance vital. Chad also
hosts 270,000 Sudanese refugees in 12 camps along the eastern border with
Sudan, and 81,000 Central African refugees in 11 camps along the southern
border with CAR.
Ongoing protection monitoring of IDP camps has found the main protection
risks of IDPs to be insecurity, circulation of small arms in camps, and
violence against women including domestic violence, early and forced marriage,
and female genital mutilation (FGM). Displaced children have also faced a range
of threats. In IDP camps they have had limited access to
primary education and no chance of further schooling. In June 2010,
Chad was one of six African countries that signed the N’Djamena Declaration to
end the recruitment and use of children by armed forces and groups.
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Amnesty International
Chad: 'No Place for
Us Here’: Violence Against Refugee Women in Eastern Chad
Download: PDF
Published: 30 September 2009
Website
Also Offers Report in FRENCH & ARABIC.
Women and girls from Darfur who have fled from Sudan to Chad in search of safety face rape and other violence on a daily basis, both inside and outside refugee camps. Those responsible for rape and other violence against Darfuri refugee women and girls are hardly ever brought to justice in eastern Chad. Steps must be taken by both the Chadian government and the international community to protect women and girls more effectively.
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