UN SG's High-Level Panel on Internal Displacement

🚨 The report of @IDPs_Panel is out! With millions of people trapped in #displacement, the Panel calls for a development-oriented approach that prioritizes #SolutionsForIDPs. Maintaining the status quo is not an option. ➡️ bit.ly/IDPsPanel ➡️ bit.ly/IDPsReport

🚨 @IDPs_Panel completed its mandate in Sep 2021 & its Secretariat has closed as of 31 Dec 2021. It is with profound gratitude that we say goodbye to all partners, contributors & supporters of the Panel process. More info & future contacts ➡️ bit.ly/3EBACYI

Millions of Somalis have been internally displaced by conflict, violence, or disasters. Efforts to build back a safer and resilient future must start with protection of migrant's rights to harness their potential. #InternationalMigrantsDay

With the support of the UK & UN Women, the draft of the new Georgia National Action Plan on Women, Peace and Security (2022–2024) has been developed through the active participation of internally displaced and conflict-affected women. #FundingGenderEquality

"Collectively, we've made many small steps in the right direction & I truly believe that, working together, we can advance solutions for the world’s #IDPs in the years ahead." IDMC director @AlexandraBilak ends this year feeling hopeful. Read her letter: bit.ly/3ywxcVO

To make better use of private sector capacities in #InternalDisplacement contexts, donors & humanitarian & development organizations should commit to sourcing products from the local private sector when possible. View all @IDPs_Panel recommendations ➡️ bit.ly/IDPsRecs

To strengthen the engagement of academia on #InternalDisplacement, efforts should be made to create, expand & support networks of researchers working on #IDPs issues, particularly in displacement-affected countries. View all @IDPs_Panel recommendations ➡️ bit.ly/IDPsRecs

We all have a role to play in addressing the global #InternalDisplacement crisis. @IDPs_Panel's report to @antonioguterres has recommendations targeting: ✅ States ✅ Civil society ✅ International community ✅ Private sector How you can contribute ➡️ bit.ly/IDPsRecs

Khaled is a tech overachiever & devoted volunteer in his community. After being internally displaced by the conflict in Syria, Khaled had to interrupt his studies. Through a scholarship at the German Jordanian University, he was able to do a Master's in Network Engineering!🎓

1 481 701: this is the number of internally displaced persons (IDPs) recorded in Burkina Faso as of 31 October 2021, a 5% increase compared to the previous month (September). This rise in displacement is due to an increase of security incidents.@spconasur @onubf

How does displacement alter the meaning of 'home'? Another new addition to the #IDRP Working Paper series! Nikola Lero offers an (auto)ethnographic insight into the long journey of (re)construction of the meaning of #home for Bosnian #IDPs: researchinginternaldisplacement.org/working-papers…

At the end of 2020, IDMC recorded 55 million #IDPs worldwide. Knowing these numbers, however, is not enough to provide them with adequate support. That is why IDMC started assessing the conditions in which IDPs live. Our 2021 severity report is out: bit.ly/3GGuHUB

Dr. Mariam runs a health clinic in a camp hosting 30,000 internally displaced persons in western Afghanistan.    She works every day to uphold equal healthcare access for women and girls in the camp.  #HumanRightsDay     liberties.aljazeera.com/en/on-the-fron…

How can research take forward recs from the @IDPs_Panel? Filling knowledge/data gaps, analysing incentives for providing solutions, expanding research networks - today's animated discussion w/ Internal Displacement Research Programme (#IDRP) Research Affiliates (also, a cat)

Meet Alhaji. He is a person with a disability helping IOM create a more inclusive, safe and dignified environment in camps for internally displaced persons in north-east Nigeria. #IDPD

Today December 3 is #InternationalDayOfPersonsWithDisabilities - they are part of society, should be able to exercise their human rights & should not be left behind, including those in the context of internal displacement, in protection and solutions. See: undocs.org/A/HRC/44/41