11/22/2005
Refugees
International joins the 16 Days of Action Against Gender-Based Violence
to focus attention on how the effects of displacement are experienced
differently by men and women. RI is dedicated to building greater
awareness of GBV and incorporates a gender analysis of the situation of
all displaced people and peacekeepers.
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