UNHCR has launched its report "Tearing Down the Walls: Confronting the Barriers to Internally Displaced Women and Girls’ Participation in Humanitarian Settings", available online at https://www.refworld.org/docid/5cd17b2d4.html

Reaching the people who are most in need of assistance is central to the humanitarian mandate and is reflected in the humanitarian principles of humanity and impartiality. In a humanitarian emergency, people with disabilities are often among those most in need of assistance as they are at heightened risk of violence, exploitation or abuse.  Persons with disabilities also face discrimination due to significant barriers in accessing needed humanitarian assistance.

IOM, the UN Migration Agency, is pleased to invite you to a panel discussion on participation and women’s empowerment during humanitarian crisis on Wednesday 26 September, 09.30 am – 11.30 am at the Palais des Nations in Geneva.

The panel discussion is organized as part of an advocacy event under IOM’s Women’s Participation Project.