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Refugee camp, Chad The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees or UNHCR , is a United Nations agency that protects and supports refugees. [ 1 ] When the UNHCR was first established, material aspects of refugee relief (e.g., housing, food) were seen to be the responsibility of the hosting government.
Female genital mutilation is present in Senegal. [8] According to 2005 survey, the FGM prevalence rate is 28% of all women aged between 15 and 49. [3] There are significant differences in regional prevalence. FGM is most widespread in the Southern Senegal (94% in Kolda Region) and in Northeastern Senegal (93% in Matam Region). [9] [3]
Category: Refugee camps by location. 9 languages. ... Refugee camps in Asia (18 C, 6 P) E. Refugee camps in Europe (4 C, 16 P) S. Refugee camps in South America (3 P)
Refugee camps generally develop in an impromptu fashion with the aim of meeting basic human needs for only a short time. Facilities that make a camp look or feel more permanent are often prohibited by host country governments. If the return of refugees is prevented (often by civil war), a humanitarian crisis can result or continue.
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Refugee women in Chad. Refugee women face gender-specific challenges in navigating daily life at every stage of their migration experience. [1] Common challenges for all refugee women, regardless of other demographic data, are access to healthcare and physical abuse and instances of discrimination, sexual violence, and human trafficking are the most common ones. [2]
Refugee breaker Manizha Talash, or “b-girl Talash,” was disqualified from the first ever Olympic breaking competition on Friday after she wore a cape that said “Free Afghan Women" during her ...
According to UNHCR statistics and the Algerian Red Crescent, the camp has a population of about 39,000 Sahrawi refugees. [2] [3] Attempts to create an accurate census have been met with resistance from the Moroccan government. [4] The refugee camp was named after the Western Saharan city of Smara. It is located about 30 miles (50 km) from ...