SULEIMAN J AL-HERBISH OFID Director-General (at the time of the roundtable)
OFID’s former Director-General emphasized the negative effect displacement has on development, affecting poverty reduction, economic growth, human and social welfare, and environmental sustainability. He explained that OFID has
committed considerable resources to “addressing the underlying socioeconomic factors of conflict and crisis, in addition to supporting operations aimed at tackling fragility and poverty – while in parallel supporting the development of comprehensive policy and institutional frameworks for displacement.”
LOUISE DANN Resource and Partnerships Adviser, United Nations Population Fund “Primarily, I’m here to listen – and to contribute – to the development displacement nexus conversation. My organization focuses on the needs of women, families, girls and unaccompanied minors in a migration or refugee context. These are particularly vulnerable groups while on the move and in transit situations. We need to think about both their immediate and longer-term needs. Many people focus on the big picture when it comes to refugees and displaced populations, but today, we are all bringing our unique focus, experiences and knowledge. Sexual exploitation, human trafficking, violence and simple general health needs are all important topics particularly when it comes to the aforementioned groups. We have to consider what the implications
are of not meeting these needs. We also want to include women as a specific focus when it comes to employment opportunities. Without focusing on women specifically, some of the larger employment programs may overlook women – they have families and other responsibilities. They are particularly vulnerable to sexual exploitation: sex for aid, human trafficking and very lowly paid work. People are receptive to these arguments from a moral and ethical viewpoint, but what’s interesting about today is that we’re also focusing on the economic and political implications – these tend to move governments quickly.”
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considerable resources to
“OFID has committed
addressing the underlying socioeconomic factors of conflict and crisis”
DR MICHAEL SPINDELEGGER ICMPD Director General
Michael Spindelegger highlighted the value that development approaches can have on ensuring the protection needs of refugees and other displaced populations are met, and the important role the international community must play in ensuring durable solutions: “We all have to work toward enhancing the pathways to protection and resettlement. But we also need to step up the support for the main refugee hosting countries and – this ‘and’ is the important one – to work on creating perspectives for refugees in those countries.”
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