This document provides an update that aims to provide an operational snapshot for NGOs in a rapidly changing context. This also provides some suggestions around national level response planning from a field perspective.
This booklet comprises of the presentations and papers that were presented and discussed during the seminar that was held in Beirut in October 2015, titled “Regional Seminar on Child
The Syrian crisis continues to provoke an ever increasing displacement across the border into Lebanon. According to the UNHCR, more than 569,000 Syrian refugees are now receiving protection and assistance from the Lebanese government, the UN and NGO’s. With no end to the crisis in sight, the number of Syrian refugees entering Lebanon is expected to rise to one million by the end of the year, posing a significant challenge to hosting communities around Lebanon. DRC and its partners continue to provide essential services to meet the needs of refugees and locals.
DRC’s emergency strategy focuses...
The Danish Refugee Council (DRC) is a humanitarian, non-governmental, non-profit organization working in Lebanon since 2004. In May 2011, DRC responded to a call from UNHCR, when the Syrian crisis started and the first Syrian refugees came into Lebanon. DRC believes that no refugee must be in want of help to find protection and durable solutions and hence the emergency response aims to provide immediate relief and protection to displaced refugees, including their vulnerable hosts, in an impartial, inclusive and neutral manner, adhering to the Code of Conduct of the Red Cross and Red Crescent...
تواصلت خلال عام 2012 حالات الاعتداء على العمال السوريين في أنحاء مختلفة من لبنان، من البقاع إلى الجبل ومن الشمال إلى الجنوب مرورا بالعاصمة وضواحيها. وتشي الحالات التي تم رصدها، أن الاعتداءات ضد العمال الأجانب، والسوريين بشكل خاص، ليست بحالات فردية ومعزولة بل تأتي ضمن سياق عام من التحريض العنصري ضد هذه الفئة بالتحديد. وقد رصد "المرصد اللبناني لحقوق العمال والموظفين" في هذا الإطار 29 حالة عنف موثقة ضد عمال سوريين، من خطف وعنف جسدي وسلب. هذا، وبقي المعتدين في معظم الحالات مجهولي الهوية، مما حال دون سوقهم من قبل السلطات اللبنانية إلى العدالة فضلاً عن تقصير الحكومة في اتخاذ التدابير التي من شأنها...
DRC LEBANON BACKGROUNDThe Danish Refugee Council (DRC) is a humanitarian, non-governmental, non-profit organization working in Lebanon since 2004. In May 2011, DRC responded to a call from UNHCR, when the Syrian crisis started and the first Syrian refugees came into Lebanon. DRC believes that no refugee must be in want of help to find protection and durable solutions and hence the emergency response aims to provide immediate relief and protection to displaced refugees, including their vulnerable hosts, in an impartial, inclusive and neutral manner, adhering to the Code of Conduct of the Red...
Around the world, gender-based violence (GBV) reflects and reinforces inequalities between men and women. It is entrenched by power relations and control, cultures of silence and denial, political and cultural apathy, and affects men and women throughout their lives.
