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Global forced displacement has increased in 2015, with ...
www.unhcr.orgGlobal forced displacement has increased in 2015, with record-high numbers. By the end of the year, 65.3 million individuals were forcibly displaced worldwide as a result of persecution, conflict, generalized violence, or human rights violations. This is 5.8 million more than the previous year (59.5 million). An estimated 12.4 million
CONFLICT-RELATED SEXUAL VIOLENCE - United Nations
www.un.organd a brutally effective tool of displacement and ... forced prostitution, forced pregnancy, forced ... The past decade has seen a paradigm shift in global understanding of the impacts of the ...
GLOBAL MIGRATION INDICATORS - IOM Online Bookstore
publications.iom.intGlobal Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration ... SDGs. Overall, migration data needs have increased as a result of the SDGs, as countries need to provide comparable data ... for example into forced displacement. However, before big data can be used regularly by policymakers, further efforts are needed
2022 - unicef.org
www.unicef.orgto escape violence, with increased protection risks such as trafficking and sexual exploitation and abuse. Central sahel crisis (Burkina Faso, mali and Niger) The consequences of climate change, insecurity, forced displacement, lack of access to basic services and the socioeconomic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic have
Major challenges facing Africa in the 21st century: A few ...
www.culturaldiplomacy.orgcompared with the 1970s. It also increased significantly in the 1990s and in the period 2000– 2003. Comparisons with global flows and those of other regions may be more useful, however. In the mid 1970s, Africa’s share of global FDI was about 6 percent, a level that fell to the current 2–3 percent.
MIGRANTS AND THEIR VULNERABILITY
publications.iom.intThe global community has pledged, through the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), to address global challenges to achieve a better and more sustainable future for all. SDG 8.7 aims to eradicate modern slavery, trafficking, forced labour and the worst forms of child labour by 2030, and to end child labour by 2025.
CLIMATE CHANGE: EXACERBATING POVERTY AND …
www.un.orgAssessing the effect of climate change on displacement is challenging. However, one estimate puts the number of people forced to move as a result of …
Root Causes of Migration - Justice for Immigrants
justiceforimmigrants.orginvoluntary. Environmental factors cause displacement, or the forced movement of people by social or environmen-tal factors.7 Crop failure for example, often results in both food scarcity and a drop in agricultural jobs, prompting people to move to a place with better job opportunities and climate.8 Pollution of water, air and soil in both urban
Global Challenges and their Impact on International ...
www.unocha.orgII. GLOBAL CHALLENGES What are global challenges? 6. For the purposes of this paper, ‘global challenges’ will be defined as any major trend, shock, or development that has the potential for serious global impacts and thus to create humanitarian needs and change the environments in which humanitarian actors will operate in coming years.
GLOBAL TRENDS - UNHCR
www.unhcr.orgApr 20, 2016 · UNHCR > GLOBAL TRENDS 2016 5 Over the past two decades, the global population of forcibly displaced people has grown substantially from 33.9 million in 1997 to 65.6 million in 2016, and it remains at a record high (see Figure 1).6 Most of this increase was concentrated between 2012 and 2015, driven mainly by the Syrian conflict.
GLOBAL STUDY ON HOMICIDE 2018
www.unodc.orgvictims reported globally last year, and little progress has been made in preventing such murders. Targeted responses are clearly needed. This booklet – part of the forthcoming Global Study on Homicide by the United Nations Office on Drugs and