Leave No One Behind: Women, Children And Adolescent Health In Emergencies
by The Daily Eye Team May 14 2016, 3:51 pm Estimated Reading Time: 0 mins, 27 secsIf you ask anyone to describe home in one word they frequently will respond with either “comfortable” or “safe.” No matter where you live in the world, home is the place people long to be.
For the nearly 60 million internally displaced persons, refugees and asylum-seekers worldwide, home is nowhere in sight. Humanitarian emergencies and conflicts have driven them away from all they know as comfortable and safe. Those most impacted are also the most vulnerable — women, adolescents and children.