This article investigates the relationships between healthcare attacks, conflict incidence, and internal displacement in Syria between 2016 and 2022. Over the 13 years of civil conflict in Syria, over 7.2 million people have been internally displaced, and 6.5 million refugees have fled the country.
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Do Gender Norms Become Less Traditional with Displacement? The Case of Colombia
Between 1997 and 2018, more than 6 million people in Colombia were forcibly displaced, affecting 90 percent of the country’s municipalities. This paper examines the effect of internal displacement on gender norms in Colombia, including norms relating to reproductive...
How does poverty differ among refugees? Taking a gender lens to the data on Syrian refugees in Jordan
This paper quantifies differences between male- and female-headed households’ incidence of poverty and identifies some of the demographic characteristics that are linked to greater poverty risk. The analysis is based on microdata on Syrian individuals and households...
Forced displacement, Gender and Livelihoods: Refugees in Ethiopia
This paper examines gender differences in livelihood opportunities among refugee and host community households in Ethiopia. The analysis draws on data from the Ethiopia Skills Profile Survey 2017 (SPS 2017), which surveyed refugees in camps and surrounding host...