Women in Displacement is a web-based platform dedicated to strengthening the participation of women and girls in displacement. The platform enables sharing and exchanging of tools and materials, and fosters user feedback and discussion.

Feb 21, 2024 · Through a deep dive analysis of five host cities, the report draws examples of key challenges faced by displaced women in multiple regions. The report identifies gender gaps and interventions across five areas: spatial, physical, social, economic, and institutional.

Mar 11, 2025 · Pierre is one of thousands of internally displaced women in Haiti, where 55% of the country’s 1,041,229 displaced persons are women and girls, according to the International Organization for Migration (IOM). Many have lost their homes, businesses and even family members to gang violence.

Mar 5, 2020 · More than half of the 41 million people worldwide living in internal displacement at the end of 2018 were women and girls. They experience displacement differently from men and boys, and face specific challenges that must be better understood to provide them with the support they need.

Mar 5, 2020 · Two-thirds of these internally displaced women and girls were in Africa and the Middle East. Nine countries worldwide hosted over one million women and girls each: Syria, Colombia, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Somalia, …

Nine countries had more than one million women and girls internally displaced by conflict and violence as of the end of 2018: Syria, Colombia, DRC, Somalia, Afghanistan, Yemen, Nigeria, Ethiopia and Sudan.

Mar 7, 2025 · Today, more than 60 million women and girls remain forcibly displaced or stateless across the globe. After having fled conflict, violence and human rights abuses, many continue to live on the frontlines of crises, separated from loved ones and exposed to increased risks of poverty, exploitation and further violence.

More than half of the 41 million people worldwide living in internal displacement at the end of 2018 were women and girls. They experience displacement differently from men and boys, and face specific challenges that must be better understood to provide them with the support they need.

Jun 17, 2021 · During the pandemic almost 80 million forcibly displaced people — approximately half of whom are women and girls — have faced unimaginable challenges, including loss of livelihoods, living in overcrowded camps, facing stigmatization, and a lack of access to even the most basic health care.

Mar 29, 2022 · How does forced displacement affect women and men differently? And how should policy and program design and implementation reflect these differences? A major new program at the World Bank Group of research aims to answer these questions.