Local communities: first and last providers of protection (Forced Migration Review 53)
by Oxford University · 33 episodes
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It is often people’s immediate community that provides the first, last and perhaps best tactical response for many people affected by or under threat of displacement. In the 23 feature theme articles in this issue of FMR, authors from around the world – including authors who are themselves displaced – explore the capacity of communities to organise themselves before, during and after displacement in ways that help protect the community. See more at http://www.fmreview.org/community-protection.html.
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FMR 53 - From the Editors
This issue’s feature theme, ‘Local communities: first and last providers of protection’, looks at the capacity of communities to organise themselves before, during and after displa…
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FMR 53 - Understanding and supporting community-led protection
Supporting locally led protection strategies can significantly improve the impact of protection interventions.
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FMR 53 - Challenging the established order: the need to 'localise' protection
The growing criticism of protection actors for neglecting indigenous coping strategies and capacities should prompt a radical, creative re-think of attitudes and approaches.
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FMR 53 - Women-led self-protection in Sudan
In parts of Sudan, local NGOs and women’s groups have taken the lead in their own protection, and their considerable achievements have helped change the status of women in their co…
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FMR 53 - This group is essential to our survival: urban refugees and community-based protection
Nearly 60 percent of all refugees now live in cities, a trend that will continue as camps increasingly become an option of last resort.
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FMR 53 - Refugees as a first stop for protection in Kampala
As Rwandan refugees in Kampala, I and others like me are uniquely placed to help newly arrived refugees find their feet in the city. The work is demanding but vital.
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FMR 53 - Combatting dependency and promoting child protection in Rwanda
Continuing dependence on aid that waxes and wanes with time and that comes largely from external sources can lead to feelings of powerlessness. It can furthermore undermine family-…
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FMR 53 - Local action to protect communities in Nigeria
Collaborative, creative initiatives in Nigeria helped protect local communities from much of the impact of Boko Haram violence. When international agencies arrived, however, they i…
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FMR 53 - Refugees hosting refugees
Acknowledging the widespread reality of ‘overlapping’ displacement provides an entry point to recognising and engaging with the agency of refugees and their diverse hosts in provid…
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FMR 53 - Northern Uganda: protection in displacement, protection on return
In the absence of international or state assistance and protection, community members in northern Uganda stepped in to fill this vacuum both during displacement and throughout the…
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FMR 53 - Rethinking support for communities' self-protection strategies: a case study from Uganda
Local communities will continue to find ways to address the risks that confront them with or without humanitarian support but the international community may be able to enhance the…
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10 min
FMR 53 - Rebuilding lives in Colombia
A grassroots women’s organisation in Colombia is working to protect women and girls from sexual and gender-based violence, and to support the healing of survivors.
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FMR 53 - Community-based protection: the ICRC approach
The ICRC tries to ensure that its activities on behalf of IDPs and those at risk of displacement support, rather than undermine, communities’ and individuals’ self-protection mecha…
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FMR 53 - Networks and 'the right to the city' in Medellin, Colombia
Collective action by displaced people in Medellin has been both diverse and strategic.
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FMR 53 - Effective community-based protection programming: lessons from the Democratic Republic of Congo
Oxfam’s work with local communities in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo has prompted the organisation to develop guidance for themselves and for others working in similar situa…
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FMR 53 - Community Liaison Assistants: a bridge between peacekeepers and local populations
Community Liaison Assistants may be UN peacekeeping’s most effective instrument for community engagement, with the potential to play a critical role in the protection of civilians.
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FMR 53 - Refugee community development in New Delhi
Recognising that process is as important as outcomes, a community development approach can be effective in supporting local communities as providers of first resort.
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FMR 53 - Community policing in Kakuma camp, Kenya
Community policing has become a popular way of promoting local ownership of security in refugee camps in Kenya and more widely, but it can also fall victim to its ambivalent positi…
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FMR 53 - The role of community centres in offering protection: UNHCR and Al Ghaith Association in Yemen
Community centres play an important role in offering protection for displaced communities, particularly for members of those communities who have specific needs.
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FMR 53 - The role of cultural norms and local power structures in Yemen
Community power structures and attitudes in Yemen are key factors in how IDPs can gain protection and assistance.