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How InterAction and ICVA are Supporting the Action Agenda on Internal Displacement

By the end of 2022, the number of internally displaced persons (IDPs)—people forced to flee their homes but who remain…

June 22, 2023
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InterAction and ICVA Welcome the U.N. Secretary-General’s Action Agenda on Internal Displacement and Call for Details on its Implementation

By 2050, the World Bank estimates that more than 216 million people could be forced to flee climate pressures…

April 5, 2022
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NGO Recommendations for the High-Level Panel on Internal Displacement

In July 2018, the Government of Norway, alongside thirty-six member states, initiated a call for the U.N. Secretary General to…

February 25, 2020
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Afghans in Pakistan: Forced Displacement and an Uncertain Future

After the Taliban became Afghanistan’s de-facto authorities in August 2021, over 600,000 displaced Afghans sought refuge in…

August 15, 2024
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Forced Displacement: A Growing Crisis in Sudan

One year since conflict erupted between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), Sudan has quickly…

April 15, 2024
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Joint Letter Urging U.N. Secretary General Guterres To Take Immediate Action For The Internally Displaced After Report Release

Nearly two years after its launch, the U.N. Secretary-General’s High-Level Panel on Internal Displacement released a much-anticipated report…

October 14, 2021
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Six Practical Measures That Reduce And Respond To Conflict-Induced Displacement

It is impossible to fully prevent displacement in armed conflict, particularly when military operations are carried out in populated areas.

March 12, 2021
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InterAction Joins the Call for the Extension of the High Level Panel on Displacement

Since its inaugural meeting in February 2020, the High-Level Panel on Internal Displacement has worked toward its goal of identifying recommendations…

August 4, 2020
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The Venezuela displacement crisis

“We can’t eat there. We can’t eat here. I don’t know what to do anymore.” As of November 2019,…

December 19, 2019
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Addressing Sexual and Gender-Based Violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo

On November 25, 1960, agents of the Dominican Republic’s Trujillo dictatorship brutally murdered Patria, Minerva, and Teresa Mirabel, three activists…

December 5, 2024