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Still Invisible: The Plight of Syrian Women in Lebanon and Iraq

Still Invisible: The Plight of Syrian Women in Lebanon and Iraq

Report for Islamic Relief (April 2017)

Six months ago, in September 2016, Islamic Relief released Invisible Lives, a report outlining the plight of Syrian women in Lebanon and the Kurdistan region of northern Iraq. It described the lack of good employment opportunities, the prevalence of gender-based violence in communities and the workplace and extremely limited access to good education for children, including girls. Six months on, ahead of another international conference on Syria, the UN has launched new aid appeals and strategies for Lebanon and Iraq. But what has changed? Is the international community now delivering? Are women refugees receiving more and better support? Are their lives improving?

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Categories: Emergencies, Refugees
Hotter Planet, Humanitarian Crisis: El Niño, the ‘New Normal’ and the Need for Climate Justice

Hotter Planet, Humanitarian Crisis: El Niño, the ‘New Normal’ and the Need for Climate Justice

Report for ActionAid (November 2016)

The world is enduring an unprecedented combination of climate related crises. We are living through what will almost certainly be the hottest year on record, and have faced one of the strongest El Niño weather events of all time. In 2016, the Earth has recorded the highest ever level of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, which are set to rise still further. The 2015-16 El Niño may yet prove to have caused the biggest drought that the world has ever seen and many countries are enduring their worst droughts in decades, affecting hundreds of millions of people. The Paris Agreement on climate change was celebrated with much fanfare less than a year ago, but the lack of an adequate response to the global El Niño drought shows that the world is not yet willing or able to respond properly to an actual climate crisis. The report argues that the world must now act to further cut greenhouse gas emissions, and that, since climate-induced extreme weather events are likely to become the “new normal,” far greater efforts are needed to prevent these from becoming humanitarian crises. Governments, donors, climate and humanitarian agencies must work together to prepare for and respond to an increasingly climate-chaotic world.

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Categories: Climate, Emergencies, Food & Agriculture
Invisible Lives: How the International Community is Failing Syrian Women Refugees

Invisible Lives: How the International Community is Failing Syrian Women Refugees

Report for Islamic Relief (September 2016)

This report focuses on the plight of female Syrian refugees who are trying to survive and make a living in two countries neighbouring Syria – Lebanon and Iraq. Over 1.5 million Syrians are now in Lebanon and over a quarter of a million are in the Kurdistan region of Iraq. A  large proportion are women and girls. Women now find themselves not only as refugees but often as heads of household and bread-winners, away from their traditional sources of support. This report focus on the barriers they face in providing for their families, such as: A lack of good employment opportunities; gender-based violence in communities and in the workplace; and extremely limited access to good education for their children, including girls. At the same time, not only has the international community failed to bring about an end to the war in Syria, but it is also failing to adequately support those who are fleeing it. UN financial appeals for Lebanon and Iraq remain massively under-funded.

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Categories: Education, Emergencies, Refugees
Back from the Brink: 10 Ways the International Community Must Address Somalia’s Humanitarian Crisis

Back from the Brink: 10 Ways the International Community Must Address Somalia’s Humanitarian Crisis

Report for Islamic Relief (February 2012)

Seven months on from the declaration of the first famine of the 21st century, this report sets out the urgent action that the international community needs to take to prioritise saving lives and rebuilding livelihoods in Somalia. Over 2 million people – nearly a third of the population – are unable to meet essential food and non-food needs. Among the key factors exacerbating the crisis is a collective failure by all parties to the conflict to support unimpeded humanitarian access to those most in need. Aid has become politicised, the Kenyan military intervention is hampering relief efforts, aid levels have been inconsistent, early warnings have been ignored and there is a lack of investment in long-term solutions.

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Categories: Emergencies
Flooded and Forgotten: The Ongoing Crisis affecting Lives and Livelihoods in Pakistan

Flooded and Forgotten: The Ongoing Crisis affecting Lives and Livelihoods in Pakistan

Report for Islamic Relief (July 2011)

Twelve months on from floods that forced 11 million people from their homes and wiped out entire villages, a largely unnoticed humanitarian crisis continues in the flood-affected areas of Pakistan. At least eight million people remain in dire need of basic health care, food or shelter. The evidence on climate change suggests that Pakistan’s next episode of severe flooding may be just around the corner, and the report predicts that millions or even tens of millions of people in Pakistan will be affected by extreme weather events every year. Unless the international community really wakes up, a country seen in the west as a key to regional stability will be plunged into future crises with ever-greater human costs and the threat of growing unrest.

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Categories: Emergencies