UN Women urges immediate global action to end oppression of Afghan women and girls Women’s rights in Afghanistan have always been a matter of fierce struggle over regimes and generations, but the...
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UN Women urges immediate global action to end oppression of Afghan women and girls Women’s rights in Afghanistan have always been a matter of fierce struggle over regimes and generations, but the...
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Disasters triggered 225 million internal displacements across Asia and Pacific region between 2010 - 2021 From Pakistan to the Philippines, Asia and Pacific is the region most affected by disaster...
This case study is part of the Diaspora Emergency Action and Coordination Platform's (DEMAC) "Research study on diaspora humanitarian response and engagement". Recurring floods, droughts, earthquakes...
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The Islamic Republic of Pakistan (hereafter Pakistan) is affected by climate change, increased urbanization, environmental degradation, and increasingly severe and larger scale...
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Are women more vulnerable to the effects of disasters than men? On the surface, the damage wrought by disasters may not seem to discriminate based on gender, but sobering data suggest otherwise. When...
Highlights** “Integrated Context Analysis” tool to rank vulnerability launched. Women in Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) receive livestock management training. Roll-out WFP’s stunting...
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Document Overview This document provides practical examples of ongoing or recent activities of the International Organization for Migration (IOM) related to internal displacement. In line with the...
PESHAWAR: The Chitral Scouts stopped members of the Dawn Relief Earthquake Welfare Organisation, also known simply as Dawn Relief, from entering the calamity-hit area of Churan Oveer over the...
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY On 26 October 2015, a powerful 7.5 magnitude earthquake struck Jurm district in Afghanistan’s Badakhshan province. 1 By 3 November 2015, at least 15 of Afghanistan’s 34 provinces...
In October 2015, a 7.5 magnitude earthquake struck Badakhshan province, leaving over a hundred dead and tens of thousands displaced across Afghanistan’s most mountainous region. The earthquake struck...
FOOD SECURITY SNAPSHOT Favourable prospects for 2017 wheat crop production Above-average production for 2016 summer cereal crops estimated Rice exports expected to increase in 2016 Prices of wheat...
The Natural Disasters Consortium (NDC) comprising IOM, FAO, UNICEF, ACTED and HANDS completed year one of its operations. During this year, the NDC responded to the 2015 floods and earthquake,...
Description of the disaster A massive earthquake of 7.5 magnitude struck North West Pakistan on 26 October 2015, leaving at least 280 people dead and injuring over 1,773 people. The quake was also...
Telepsychiatry sessions between doctors in Karachi and villagers in the north mean distance is no issue. Hadi Usmani In March 2015, floods ravaged the small village of Charun Oveer, tucked way beside...
Highlights: · In 2016, UNICEF humanitarian support continued for displaced and returning families in KP & FATA, and children and women affected by drought in Sindh. · Over 151, 000 families (50 per...
Sindh Drought Needs Assessment - SDNA 2015 9 Districts 100 UC's 272 Villages 68% of the farmers have no seeds for the next cropping season 67% of large ruminants were lost due to the impact of...
A. Situation analysis Description of the disaster Around 13:40 local time (UTC +4:30) on 26 October 2015, a magnitude 7.5 earthquake struck Badakhshan province in the north-east region of...
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28 MILLION PEOPLE FORCIBLY DISPLACED BY CONFLICT AND DISASTERS IN 2015 AND MILLIONS MORE STILL INVISIBLE: IDMC NEW REPORT HIGHLIGHTS GLOBAL CRISIS OF INTERNAL DISPLACEMENT Conflict, violence and...
Notes: Natural disaster events include avalanches, extreme winter conditions, flooding, heavy rainfall, landslides & mudflows, and heavy snowfall as recorded by OCHA field offices and IOM Afghanistan...
Highlights The Education Cluster planned to support the education of 204,000 children of which 93,840 girls in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and FATA during 2016. By March 2016, the cluster managed to reach...