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Shelter improvements and provision can assume a leading role in promoting both household livelihoods and community recovery in disaster affected areas. Livelihoods promotion in shelter sector...

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Date: Feb 2014
Location: Pakistan

The aim of this study is to enrich the understanding of existence of gender discrimination in Pakistan in
reality in Islamic perspective. It further explores is there any relationship...

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The Brookings-Bern Project on Internal Displacement, the Universidad de los Andes, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, and Acción Social jointly convened a seminar on the role of...

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Date: Feb 2014
Location: World

Sources No. 4 reveals how widespread the recognition of housing rights is throughout international, regional and national legislation. The large number of legal foundations of housing rights,...

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Publisher(s): Elsevier
Date: Feb 2014
Location: World

The ability to effectively deal with disasters is becoming more relevant because of factors that tend to increase risk. Unfortunately, there are recurring difficulties with disaster response....

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Date: Feb 2014

The consequences of living in hazard-prone areas were brought home by graphic television coverage of the hurricanes that devastated the Gulf coast of the USA in 2005. Hurricane Katrina, in...

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Date: Feb 2014
Location: Pakistan

Health systems are expected to serve the population needs in an effective, efficient and equitable manner. Therefore, the importance of strengthening of public, private and community health...

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Publisher(s): University of Punjab
Date: Feb 2014
Location: Pakistan

It is important to understand special education and the services being offered to individuals
who are deaf in light of research conducted in Pakistan. A brief historical background of
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Date: Feb 2014
Location: Myanmar

This study presents an overview of livelihood opportunities of displaced persons in temporary shelters and of the surrounding communities. It explores labour market conditions and provides...

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Date: Feb 2014
Location: Pakistan

Throughout the history floods have caused major damages to the mankind not only in terms of human life, but also complete loss of livelihoods and destruction of infrastructure. According to Munich...

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