Vulnerability and cycles of internal displacement

In 2014, 11 million people were newly displaced due to violence or conflict. This is equivalent to 30,000 people fleeing each day. Generally, the ratio of men to women among IDPs tends to match that of the general population, with slightly more women than men living in protracted displacement. Displacement is often recurrent and protracted, fuelled by vulnerability and the failure to secure IDPs’ return, local integration or settlement elsewhere in broader development and peacebuilding programmes.

Related Subject(s): Economic and Social Development