Report

Displaced women and homelessness

Published 06. Jul 2016
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Housing, land and property (HLP) Information, counselling and legal assistance (ICLA) Displaced women's HLP rights
This report identifies conflicts as a cause of homelessness. Displaced persons, by definition, have to abandon their homes. Many of them have been forced to leave because of targeted discrimination.

NRC's research shows that this is compounded by the repressive social norms women experience from their communities and families. Those who face discrimination because of their ethnicity, place of origin and gender, are more likely to become homeless and, once homeless, are exposed to more serious protection risks.