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Towards Age and Gender Equality among the Displaced
When communities are displaced, women, young people, the elderly and minorities are often marginalized. They seldom get the chance to participate in decisions that directly affect their lives, which can put them at great risk of harm.
The Women’s Commission is working with the UN refugee agency to help ensure that refugee girls, boys and women of all ages and backgrounds have a chance to participate substantively in the design, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of the agency’s positions and policies. The “mainstreaming” of age, gender and diversity into the work of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) promotes equal access and opportunities for refugee women, men, girls and boys and the rights of all refugees.
- Read more about the Age, Gender and Diversity Mainstreaming (AGDM) project here.
- The Women’s Commission is undertaking in-depth research that will further inform UNHCR’s mainstreaming work. The Women’s Commission examined men’s roles in gender equality work in its report: "Masculinities: Male Roles and Male Involvement in the Promotion of Gender Equality."
- Another report outlines how to better protect displaced women and girls at high levels of risk: "Women and Girls At Risk Report."
- An assessment of UNHCR Turkey’s work on gender and children is availble here: "UNHCR Turkey Gender and Children’s Team - Five Years On."
- Read more about additional Women’s Commission gender work with UNHCR and other UN agencies here.