| Resumen: |
To date, practitioners and policy makers have devoted scant attention to
the impact of displacement caused by human rights violations, conflict and
natural hazards on older men and women. Yet people forced from their homes
by crises are among the world’s most vulnerable and, among them, older
persons are generally acknowledged to be especially at risk. While older
internally displaced persons (IDPs) and refugees share many basic needs
with the rest of the population and experience similar insecurity, human
rights violations and discrimination, they also face additional challenges
and protection risks related to their age. This report shines the spotlight
on the experience of displacement for older people in an effort to increase
understanding of its particular characteristics.
The neglected generation draws primarily on contexts of internal displacement
rather than refugee contexts, largely because IDPs represent a higher
proportion of those who are displaced globally, the number of IDPs is
increasing, and IDPs are often among the most neglected in humanitarian
contexts. Nevertheless, the findings and policy recommendations are
applicable to both refugees and IDPs.
The main sections of the report present global data on older people and |
