WUNRN

http://www.wunrn.com

UNHCR - UN Refugee Agency

http://www.unhcr.org/pages/49c3646c1d9.html

Women and girls comprise about half of any refugee, internally displaced or stateless population.....In situations of displacement, risks for women and girls – particularly discrimination and sexual and gender-based violence – can be exacerbated. Community support structures break down and traditional or formal justice systems may not uphold women’s rights. Unaccompanied women and girls, women heads of households and pregnant, disabled or older women may face particular challenges. 

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Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre

http://www.internal-displacement.org/

GLOBAL ESTIMATE 2012: PEOPLE DISPLACED BY DISASTERS

Direct Link to Full 52-Page Report:

http://www.internal-displacement.org/8025708F004BE3B1/(httpInfoFiles)/99E6ED11BB84BB27C1257B6A0035FDC4/$file/global-estimates-2012-may2013.pdf

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13 May 2013 - This new report reveals that 32.4 million people were forced to flee their homes in 2012 by disasters such as floods, storms and earthquakes. While Asia and west and central Africa bore the brunt, 1.3 million were displaced in rich countries, with the USA particularly affected.

98% of all displacement in 2012 was related to climate- and weather-related events, with flood disasters in India and Nigeria accounting for 41% of global displacement in 2012. In India, monsoon floods displaced 6.9 million, and in Nigeria 6.1 million people were newly displaced. While over the past five years 81% of global displacement has occurred in Asia, in 2012 Africa had a record high for the region of 8.2 million people newly displaced, over four times more than in any of the previous four years......