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

Au Liban, la contestation contre le pouvoir en place dure depuis le 17 octobre. Les manifestants réclament le départ d’une classe politique jugée corrompue et incompétente alors que le pays traverse une grave crise économique et financière. Les Libanais se mobilisent, quel que so ... Show More

Le Honduras est l’un des pays d’Amérique latine les plus violents avec plus de 3 000 homicides depuis le début de l’année pour une population de 9 millions d’habitants. Dans ce contexte, les femmes et les hommes LGBT (lesbiennes, gay, bi ou transsexuels) sont particulièrement cib ... Show More

La réfugiée syrienne Sarah Mardini, 23 ans, et le jeune Germano-Irlandais Sean Binder, 24 ans, venaient en aide aux demandeurs d'asile sur l'île de Lesbos, au sein de l'ONG grecque ERCI (Emergency Response Center International). Arrêtés fin août 2018, ils sont accusés d'espionnag ... Show More

Some people fall asleep almost as soon as their head touches the pillow, while for others it can take hours of tossing and turning. CrowdScience listener Assia needs at least 45 minutes to get to sleep: it's always taken her a long time to drift off no matter how tired she is, an ... Show More