SUMMARY The impacts of climate change, conflict, and gender inequality are increasingly intertwined. While there is a growing body of evidence recognizing that environmental and humanitarian crises...
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Housing key to economic security for displaced people: report
Berlin – Internally Displaced People (IDPs) who have access to adequate housing are over three times more likely to not rely on humanitarian assistance and twice as likely to have stable income...
Georgetown University Launches Platform to Navigate Laws Governing the Prevention of Infectious Disease Emergence Worldwide
WASHINGTON | July 19, 2023 – Georgetown University announces the launch of Analysis and Mapping of Policies for all Emerging Infectious Diseases (AMP for EID), a first-of-its-kind policy platform to...
Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace and Security: Exploring the Links between Women’s Status and Democracy
Authored By: Elena Ortiz, Joshua Allen, Dr. Robert U. Nagel, and Dr. Jessica M. Smith Executive Summary From democratic backsliding in Tunisia, Ethiopia, and Hungary to the rise of far-right...
De nouvelles lignes directrices offrent le premier cadre stratégique mondial pour la protection des enfants en déplacement face aux changements climatiques
GENÈVE/NEW YORK/WASHINGTON, le 25 juillet 2022 – Le Fonds des Nations Unies pour l’enfance (UNICEF), l’Organisation internationale pour les migrations (OIM), l’Université de Georgetown et...
Guiding Principles for Children on the Move in the Context of Climate Change
New guidelines provide first global policy framework on protecting children on the move in face of climate change GENEVA/NEW YORK/WASHINGTON, 25 July 2022-- The United Nations Children's Fund...
Women, Peace and Security Index 2020/21: Tracking sustainable peace through inclusion, justice, and security for women
Overview Women’s inclusion, justice, and security are more critical than ever in the midst of a pandemic that has wreaked havoc around the world. This year’s global report, the third since the...
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Seeking Protection in a Pandemic: COVID-19 and the Future of Asylum (April 2021)
NEW REPORT SHARES IMPACT OF COVID-19 RESTRICTIONS ON THE RIGHT TO SEEK ASYLUM WASHINGTON, DC -- A new report released today from Jesuit Refugee Service/USA (JRS/USA) and Georgetown University's...
OPEN LETTER: Uniting Behind A People’s Vaccine Against COVID-19
Humanity today, in all its fragility, is searching for an effective and safe vaccine against COVID-19. It is our best hope of putting a stop to this painful global pandemic. We are calling on Health...
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Expert Recommendations for US and Global Preparedness for COVID-19
The novel coronavirus outbreak that emerged in late 2019 has infected tens of thousands in China, community transmission is feared in other countries, and containment looks increasingly unlikely. The...
Women, Peace and Security Index 2019/20: Tracking sustainable peace through inclusion, justice, and security for women
Best & Worst Countries for Women New Women, Peace and Security Index Out The Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace and Security , in partnership with the Peace Research Institute of Oslo, will launch...
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RescueWorks: Unlocking Refugee Women's Potential
In accessing paid, decent work, refugee women face restrictive labor market laws, increased threat of violence, discrimination, as well as regulatory and administrative barriers. According to a new...
Georgetown study shows aid from the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB, and Malaria linked to reducing corruption, better governance
New research shows effects of international health aid beyond fighting disease, challenges “dead aid” critique CONTACT: Johan Marulanda / johan.marulanda@georgetown.edu FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE ...
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A Toolbox: Planning relocations to protect people from disasters and environmental change
PART I: INTRODUCTION AND OVERVIEW Why this Toolbox Disasters and environmental change have always affected the habitats in which people live. In extreme cases, such as riverbank erosion, the physical...
How Technology Can Accelerate Gender Inclusion
After such a depressing week, I was especially happy to participate in an uplifting session at Civic Hall in Manhattan last Thursday night. We were brought together by Overture, a tech and...
Guidance on protecting people from disasters and environmental change through planned relocation ("Guidance on planned relocation") 7 October 2015
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, the Brookings-LSE Project on Internal Displacement and Georgetown University’s Institute for the Study of International Migration organized an...
Guidance on Protecting People from Disasters and Environmental Change Through Planned Relocation
Why Guidance on Planned Relocation? Disasters displaced an average of 27 million people per year between 2008 and 2013 – a number which will likely increase as a result of two factors. First, climate...
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Lessons from the West African Ebola Epidemic: Towards A Legacy of Strong Health Systems
The West African Ebola epidemic is an international public health crisis, representing a threat to international peace and security. UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said on September 18th, “The...
R2P4: The Unsung Fourth Element of Humanitarian Intervention
President Obama declared that Bashar Al-Assad’s use of chemical weapons on several thousand Syrian civilians (not the slaying and displacement of millions otherwise) was a breach of international...
Lessons Learned from the Development of the Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement
By: Roberta Cohen Editor's Note: The development of the Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement, the first international standards for the protection of internally displaced persons, holds many...