Displacement and Women's Economic Empowerment: Voices of Displaced Women in the KRI

Women for Women International UK, the LSE Centre for Women, Peace and Security and GAPS have released a new report: Displacement and Women's Economic Empowerment: Voices of Displaced Women in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq.

This report examines, and makes concrete recommendations for, women's economic wellbeing and empowerment in the context of conflict-related displacement, focusing on livelihood needs and opportunities.

It provides insights into how displacement has affected the position of women in the economic life of the family and community, and captures specific and contextualised aspects of women's opportunities and barriers to empowerment from their perspective. The key contribution of this report is that it reflects the voices of displaced women in the KRI. Hear directly from women in the KRI in these videos: Alia; Shireen; Raja.

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