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Islamic Relief climate action position paper: Climate migration

Climate breakdown has seen hundreds of millions of people displaced from their homes. With many more having to move from their homeland due to collapsing food systems and livelihoods. This paper sets out Islamic Relief’s position towards addressing the challenge at the international level. This is part of a series of climate action position papers on aspects of the climate crisis.

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Islamic Relief climate action position paper: Climate finance

International funding to provide resources to developing countries needs to be increased if there is to be any chance of addressing climate breakdown.  This paper sets out Islamic Relief’s position on how this can be done, ensuring justice and accountability without increasing the debt and poverty levels of people, communities and countries already coping with multiple crises. It concludes with a review of the implications of climate finance for Islamic Relief’s operations. This is part of a series of climate action position papers on aspects of the climate crisis.

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Learning paper on gender responsive cash and livelihood programming in South Sudan

This paper captures learning outcomes from Islamic Relief South Sudan's year gender-responsive relief assistance and community recovery integrated humanitarian response funded by Swedish International Development Corporation Agency (Sida). It particularly examines cash programming and livelihoods, to understand gender mainstreaming, protection and inclusion components using a rights-based approach. It highlights interventions and key findings and provides a set of recommendations for improving interventions.

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“What is our Future?” Afghanistan on a knife-edge

One year since the Taliban took control of Afghanistan, this new report from Islamic Relief is calling on the international community to step up efforts to address the country’s economic collapse. Afghanistan is now one of the world’s biggest humanitarian crises, with rising poverty, hunger and malnutrition. Based on needs assessments and interviews with women, men and children across the country, the report sets out how the crisis is affecting millions of vulnerable people. Their income and livelihoods have been decimated and they are finding themselves turning to increasingly harmful ways of coping, often with women and girls facing the highest risks. The report sets out 10 steps the international community must prioritise in order to save lives, protect livelihoods and ensure a better future for Afghan civilians.

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Islamic Relief Nepal Citizen-led Sustainable Development Goals Monitoring

Groups at further risk of marginalisation are left behind from discussions around Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) at different levels. Islamic Relief Nepal, as part of efforts to Leave No One Behind, conducted an initiative along with other stakeholders that provided a platform for youth-led SDGs monitoring in Rajdevi municipality of Rautahat District. The monitoring aimed to create a platform for citizens’ voices on the progress of SDGs under specific national indicators by using various participatory tools including community score cards. This assessment report has been prepared for documenting the progress against the SDG indicators and proposed actionable recommendations that contribute towards Nepal’s policy development process and tracking the SDGs progress over time.

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On the Brink: Food security crisis in Afghanistan, Ethiopia and Yemen

The food crisis is being acutely felt in Afghanistan, Ethiopia and Yemen, where it is exacerbating existing inequalities in society, with women and girls being hit hardest. This report highlights Islamic Relief’s position on food insecurity and provides insights into how we are tackling the crisis. It contains recommendations for the attention of the international community, donors, governments and civil society organisations, advocating for long-term adaptation responses to avert further escalation and save lives.

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Haiti Earthquake (2012)

Two years on On January 12, 2010, a powerful earthquake struck the Caribbean nation of Haiti. Over 200,000 people died and 1.5 million were made homeless. Islamic Relief – one of the first international organisations on the ground in the aftermath of the disaster – sets out the shift from emergency relief work toward recovery and securing stability.

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Eight days in Gaza (2012)

The impact of the conflict The conflict of November 2012 has had a devastating impact on the people of Gaza. With 163 killed, 1,200 injured, thousands displaced and significant damage to infrastructure over a period of eight days, the effect of the bombardment has been catastrophic in this densely populated territory where most of the population were already dependent on humanitarian aid for survival.

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Palestine Conflict: One Month On (2014)

The impact of the crisis and our work on the ground so far   Since the conflict began, more than 1,900 Palestinians – including women and children – have died and hundreds of thousands have fled their homes. Over 1.5 million people are without reliable access to basic services and the public health system is close to collapse. Up to a quarter of the population has been displaced and many homes destroyed. Islamic Relief is on the ground in Gaza, delivering vital humanitarian aid.

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