Pakistan has experienced several waves of refugees due to recurring conflict in neighboring Afghanistan, as well as repeated internal displacement caused by complex emergencies within the country. This case report looks at the integration experiences of Afghan refugees in Islamabad’s “refugee villages,” paying special attention to education, which the author argues plays a central role in the integration of young people and their families to the city.
Islamabad, Pakistan: A Case Report of Refugees in Towns
ASSOCIATED PROJECT
SUBJECTS
PUBLICATION TYPE
LOCATION
RELATED PUBLICATIONS
This learning brief explores the continuity and changes to livelihoods in select sites in Isiolo and Marsabit Counties, Kenya, and reviews the implications of the continuity and the changes on the drivers of child acute malnutrition.
•
This learning brief presents preliminary findings on strategic mobility and its nutritional benefits to pastoral and agropastoral communities in select sites in Isiolo and Marsabit Counties, Kenya.
•
In 2022 UN OCHA led a pilot anticipatory action intervention in South Sudan. This brief presents UN actors’ perceptions of this intervention.
•
This report reviews progress, outlines barriers to further progress, and makes recommendations to advance gender equality in the humanitarian system.
•
This study reviews what we have learned regarding policies and interventions to prevent famine, and how these can be scaled up more rapidly.
•
This paper examines the role of marital status and motherhood on schooling experience and educational interruption, attainment, and aspirations in South Sudan and the Kurdistan Region of Iraq.
•