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Women are particularly vulnerable when it comes to humanitarian or natural disasters. Yet, issues relating to their specific needs tend to be overlooked or excluded as a disaster unfolds.
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THE EVOLVING PICTURE OF DISPLACEMENT FROM TYPHOON HAIYAN IN THE PHILIPPINES - DISPLACED WOMEN
Direct Link to Full 52-Page 2014
Report:
While
four million people are estimated to have been displaced by the disaster, only
400,000 sought shelter in evacuation centres, with the vast majority fleeing to
urban areas, moving in with friends and relatives, or staying in their damaged
homes in the days after the disaster, according to the report.
Now, more than six months on, more than two million people are still without adequate shelter or durable housing, with over 26,000 living in temporary sites (evacuation centres, tent cities, spontaneous settlements and bunkhouses). Many face prolonged uncertainty about whether they will be allowed to settle back in their former homes – most of which lie in designated “no-safe” zones – and what plans there are for their permanent relocation, with a lack of transparent information a key concern.
