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A Framework for Understanding and Evaluating Localization: The Case of HelpAge International

open access: yesPublic Administration and Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Many transnational non‐governmental organizations (TNGOs) are reevaluating their organizational forms and norms as they pursue localization. Localization itself is a contested and multifaceted concept, however, complicating the design, implementation, and evaluation of localization efforts.
Hans Peter Schmitz, George E. Mitchell
wiley   +1 more source

The inheritance of loss

open access: yesForced Migration Review, 2014
As the civil war in Syria drags on, the scale of displacement continues to increase. While the crisis may be prolonged, refugees and IDPs need support now for their protection, their recovery, and both their immediate and their long-term prospects.
Nigel Fisher
doaj  

The Stigmatizing Attitudes of Syrian University Students Toward Schizophrenia [PDF]

open access: diamond, 2022
Sarya Swed   +9 more
openalex   +1 more source

Localizing Efforts to Prevent Sexual Exploitation and Abuse in Humanitarian Aid: Evolving Experiences of Power and Agency in Lebanon

open access: yesPublic Administration and Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Efforts to address gender‐based violence in humanitarian settings increasingly call for recognition of and funding to local women‐led organizations and women's rights organizations for long‐term response. The Empowered Aid initiative seeks to address sexual exploitation and abuse by working with local organizations as well as the refugee women
Jihan Kaisi   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Refugee by association

open access: yesForced Migration Review, 2014
Many Syrians, even when they have not been individually singled out, meet the refugee criteria on the grounds of being at risk of persecution because of a perceived association, in the broadest sense, with one of the parties to the conflict.
Blanche Tax
doaj  

The inside story: internal displacement in Syria

open access: yesForced Migration Review, 2014
With IDPs currently constituting two-thirds of those uprooted by the conflict, the ‘inside story’ of displacement in Syria requires much greater attention.
Erin Mooney
doaj  

Prevalence of obesity, central obesity, and associated socio-demographic variables in Syrian women using different anthropometric indicators

open access: yesAnthropological Review, 2017
The prevalence of overweight and obesity is increasing globally in both developing and developed countries, especially, those with rapid cultural and social changes. The aims of current study were twofold: (a) to examine, for the first time in Syria, the
Bakir M Adel   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

How digitisation of herbaria reveals the botanical legacy of the First World War

open access: yesPLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
Digitisation of herbarium collections is bringing greater understanding to bear on the complexity of narratives relating to the First World War and its aftermath – scientific and societal. Plant collecting during the First World War was more widespread than previously understood, contributed to the psychological well‐being of those involved and ...
Christopher Kreuzer, James A. Wearn
wiley   +1 more source

The vulnerability of Palestinian refugees from Syria

open access: yesForced Migration Review, 2014
While Syrian nationals may eventually return to their home country, the future for Palestinians from Syria is increasingly uncertain. Meanwhile they are more vulnerable than, and treated worse than, most other refugees from the Syrian conflict.
Leah Morrison
doaj  

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