FMR 53 - Women-led self-protection in Su...

This issue’s feature theme, ‘Local communities: first and last providers of protection’, looks at the capacity of communities to organise themselves before, during and after displacement in ways that help protect the community. 

Supporting locally led protection strategies can significantly improve the impact of protection interventions. 

The growing criticism of protection actors for neglecting indigenous coping strategies and capacities should prompt a radical, creative re-think of attitudes and approaches. 

When women migrants return, they can face daunting challenges to re-integration but can also contribute to development and transforming societies. 

Entire villages in the Republic of Congo have been affected by recent flooding, leaving more than 350,000 people in need of food, shelter, clothing and other basics.People are living on top of their houses and some women are even giving birth in rafts, said Chris Mburu, UN Reside ... Show More

The Soviet women spreading ideas on women’s equality in Afghanistan They were highly trained, focused on their mission and dedicated to their goal of promoting women’s equality in Afghanistan. In Afghanistan, they found women activists who had already taken up the struggle for fe ... Show More

Au Rwanda, 25 ans après le génocide des Tutsi qui a fait plus d'un million de morts, des femmes continuent de se mobiliser pour venir en aide aux victimes. De nombreuses associations ont vu le jour depuis 1994, dans un pays dévasté, où entre 250 et 500 000 femmes ont été victimes ... Show More

When the daughter of a trailblazing feminist moves to small town NSW, the only women’s organisation she can join is the Country Women’s Association. How will she fit in? 

Nisrin Elamin is an assistant professor of anthropology at the University of Toronto whose work investigates the connections between land, race, belonging, and empire-making in Sudan and the broader Sahel region. Elamin joins the Ufahamu Africa podcast for this episode focused on ... Show More