The COVID-19 pandemic has torn through lives and livelihoods across the globe. Forcibly displaced people are among the most vulnerable but there is little robust data to provide insights into how their needs are evolving through the pandemic.[1] Health considerations…
Los Espacios Adaptados a los Niños (CFS, por sus siglas en inglés) —una de las intervenciones humanitarias más utilizadas para apoyar, cuidar y proteger a los niños refugiados y desplazados— ofrecen lugares físicos que son entornos seguros y estables para…
Child-friendly spaces (CFS) – one of the most widely used humanitarian interventions to support, care for and protect refugee and displaced children – provide physical places that are safe and stable environments for children to thrive and reach developmental milestones.…
The past 30 years have seen an unprecedented rise in attention towards the mental health of conflict-affected populations. The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that the burden of mental disorder among conflict-affected individuals may be as high as 22% and…
When the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and Agenda 2030 were adopted in New York in September 2015, their ambition to “leave no-one behind and “reach the furthest behind first” reflected a renewed global solidarity around further poverty reduction. While the…
When the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics published labour force statistics from its 2015–16 integrated household survey, it found that 72% of working-age Kenyans were employed.[1] In Turkana County, the rate was 62%. However, this national survey excluded refugee camps.…
In March 2020, days before COVID-19 put New York into lockdown, the UN Statistical Commission (UNSC) unanimously endorsed the world’s first International Recommendations on IDP Statistics.[1] These recommendations provide a framework to help countries to better define IDPs and to…
يُقوِّض التَّهجير والمُرهِقات المرتبطة به مصادرَ استقرار الناس مثل الهوية الفردية والجماعية، والشعور بالمكان والانتماء، والحالة القانونية والاجتماعية. ويمكن أن يُرْجِعَ دَعْم الصحَّة العقليَّة والحال النفسانيَّة الاجتماعيَّة استعادة الإحساس بالعَيْش الطبيعي، وأن يلأَمَ الجروح الجماعية، وأن يدعم الهوية الفردية والجماعية.…
“No hay salud sin salud mental”. El secretario general de las Naciones Unidas, António Guterres, reiteró[1] este sencillo pero poderoso mensaje en mayo de 2020. En un oportuno esfuerzo por hacer sonar la alarma, advirtió que era muy probable que…
Según he podido analizar, fue Hertha Kraus la primera en emplear el término “psicosocial” en el contexto de la migración forzada en un número especial de 1939 de la publicación The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social…