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Women collecting water from a water tank in eastern Somaliland. Dustin Barter/Oxfam

Eastern Somaliland Protection Briefing Note

This briefing note draws attention to some of the main drought-related protection and gender concerns for displaced people in Somaliland and calls for comprehensive and sustained action by all stakeholders.

A woman walking through a settlement for displaced people in Somaliland. Allan Gichigi/Oxfam

Drought, displacement and livelihoods in Somalia, Somaliland

In 2017, serious drought forced thousands of Somali families to leave their rural homes and look for alternative means to earn an income in urban centers. However, despite the limited livelihood opportunities available, these families do not intend to return home soon.

Louise has fled fighting five times and a natural disaster once. She lost her husband and three children in one week. Louise is a member of Oxfam’s Protection Programme in North Kivu, DRC. Eleanor Farmer/Oxfam

Protection

We aim to help individuals prevent, and respond to, violence and abuse, while also holding duty-bearers to account for the protection of civilians in emergencies.

A woman collects her first bag of dried food after three months being inside an Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camp in Bunia, eastern DR Congo. John Wessels / Oxfam

Humanitarian Response

The vicious cycle of crisis Humanitarian situations in this region are nothing new, claiming thousands of lives and damaging property and sinking vulnerable populations deeper into poverty. 9 out of 10 countries in the region are currently responding to multiple and overlapping emergencies...