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An overview of Lagoro IDP camp in Kitgum District, northern Uganda, 20 May 2007. Manoocher Deghati/IRIN
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  1. An ICRC delegate with a member of the SLA
    An ICRC delegate with a member of the SLA

    An ICRC delegate with a member of the Sudan Liberation Army (SLA) in Sudan
    License: ICRC granted rights
    Credit: ICRC/ HEGER, Boris / V-P-SD-E-0 1934
    Source: ICRC

    Humanitarian negotiations: talking to the 'other side'

    Event - Public event - 5 September 2013 13:00 - 15:00 (GMT+01 (BST))

    Humanitarian negotiations are often essential to gaining access to populations in need of humanitarian assistance, but negotiating with armed non-state actors can present formidable challenges. This event will discuss the challenges and compromises involved and the resources and tools that have been developed to support more effective engagement.

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  2. Cash transfers: good governance and accountability in short supply

    Opinion - Articles and blogs - 8 August 2013
    Cash transfers are very popular way of improving social protection, with a proven track record of reducing poverty at household level and increasing access to basic services around the world. But despite generally positive results, there's been little research done on how they affect household and community dynamics, or on their impacts on marginalised groups such as women, youth, the elderly and people with disabilities.
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  3. Cash transfer as part of a social security program in Northeastern Kenya
    Cash transfer as part of a social security program in Northeastern Kenya

    Cash transfer as part of a social security program in Northeastern Kenya.
    License: Creative Commons
    Credit: Colin Crowley
    Source: Flickr

    The governance of cash transfers: lessons and ways forward

    Event - Round-table - 25 April 2013 14:00 - 16:00 (GMT+01 (BST))

    The focus of the roundtable session was on how citizen involvement in cash transfer programme governance and accountability can help support broader state-citizen relations.

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  4. Women waiting to receive their cash transfer
    Women waiting to receive their cash transfer

    License: Creative Commons
    Credit: EU Humanitarian Aid and Civil Protection (Flickr)
    Source: Flickr

    Holding cash transfers to account

    Event - Public event - 25 April 2013 11:00 - 13:00 (GMT+01 (BST))

    Do cash transfer programmes effectively address issues of social exclusion? These and other questions will be explored in an ODI event which will present findings from Transforming Cash Transfers, a DFID-funded study that investigates beneficiary and community perspectives on unconditional cash transfer programmes in five countries - Kenya, Mozambique, the Occupied Palestinian Territories (both Gaza and West Bank), Uganda and Yemen.

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  7. A view of Jabalia refugee camp, Gaza
    A view of Jabalia refugee camp, Gaza

    A view of Jabalia refugee camp. Jabalia is the largest of the Gaza Strip's eight refugee camps. It is located north of Gaza City, close to a village of the same name
    License: Creative Commons
    Credit: Suhair Karam/IRIN
    Source: IRIN

    Gaza calling: conflict and displacement in the Gaza Strip

    Event - Public event - 4 March 2013 14:00 - 16:00 (GMT+00)

    This event is scheduled to launch Sanctuary in the city? Urban displacement and vulnerability in the Gaza Strip, a look at internal displacement over the past ten years in Gaza. With a live video link to Gaza, this event will bring together Palestinian and international speakers to explore the multi-faceted effects of the conflict on civilians, and up to date assessment of how displaced populations have fared since the Pillar of Defence military operation in November 2012.

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  10. Sanctuary in the city? Urban displacement and vulnerability in the Gaza Strip

    Publication - Research reports and studies - 14 December 2012
    HPG Working Papers
    Simone Haysom and Wasseem el Sarraj
    This HPG Working Paper examines the successive waves of forced displacement in Gaza in recent years and explores the consequences of upheaval generated by the Israeli-Palestinian conflict for the citizens of Gaza. Based on hundreds of interviews with residents and those tasked with assisting them the paper considers the many factors that generate displacement, loss of shelter, livelihoods and life in the Gaza Strip.
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