News - In Focus
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This section highlights current and emerging issues of global significance for people affected by humanitarian crises and for those who work to prevent and respond to such crises. Issues are presented through analytical or policy information, personal stories from the field, videos and audio content, and photo galleries. |
Internally Displaced People: Exiled in their Homeland: Shedding light on the plight of people displaced within their own country due to armed conflict, natural disasters and development projects - numbering nearly 75 million people worldwide.
Climate Change: Coping with the Humanitarian Impact: A multimedia campaign to raise awareness on the growing humanitarian needs due to the impact of climate change in risk-prone countries
IRIN Radio Project - 'Today you will understand': Stories from Women and Girls in Northern Uganda: A series of 16 personal stories of women and girls affected by the armed conflict in Northern Uganda.
Sexual and Gender-based Violence: Seeking to raise awareness of the plague of sexual and other forms of gender-based violence in war.
Global Food Trends: An analysis of trends driving the current price boom and their impact on food stocks and on humanitarian operations.