WUNRN
Internal Displacement Monitoring
Centre
Norwegian Refugee Council
DISPLACEMENT DUE TO NATURAL
HAZARD-INDUCED DISASTERS - GENDER
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Millions of women, men, and children
around the world are displaced from their homes each year by sudden-onset
disasters caused by natural hazard events. This study finds that 17 million
people were newly displaced by sudden-onset disasters worldwide in 2009, and
over 42 million people in 2010. Global data from the last few decades shows
that the number of natural hazard-induced disasters and the number of people
affected by them, are on the rise.