Finally, the team would like to express its gratitude to the Government of Somalia, particularly Sharmarke Farah, Director General of the Somalia National Bureau of Statistics and Zahra Abdi Mohamed, Director of the Monitoring, Evaluation and Durable Solutions, Ministry of Planning, Investment and Economic Development. [...] It is a signatory to the 1951 Convention on the Status of Refugees and its 1967 Protocol and ratified the Convention for the Protection and Assistance of IDPs in Africa in 2009. [...] The lack of skills and documentation is linked to the lower level of education of the Somalis. [...] It is a signatory to the 1951 Convention on the Status of Refugees and its 1967 Protocol and ratified the Convention for the Protection and Assistance of IDPs in Africa in 2009. [...] Some of the recognized causes of disability in Somalia are landmines and explosive remnants of war, the collapse of the Somali health system, aging and congenital problems, and the high prevalence of female genital mutilation (Rohwerder, 2018).
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Table of Contents
- List of Figures 3
- Acknowledgments 5
- Abbreviations 6
- Executive Summary 7
- Introduction 18
- Somalia’s efforts to address displacement 21
- Data gaps addressed by the report 22
- Key Findings 25
- Socioeconomic characteristics of the population 25
- Household composition 25
- Educational attainment of heads of households 27
- Disability 27
- Housing, water and sanitation and education and health services 28
- 1. 28
- Housing and shelter 28
- Water and sanitation 30
- Education 32
- Health 34
- Employment and sources of income 38
- Employment 38
- Sources of livelihood 40
- Shocks, coping mechanisms, and social safety nets 43
- Impact of the drought on households 45
- Inflation and rise in prices 48
- Food and food security 49
- Access to staple foods 49
- Prevalence of food insecurity 50
- Social cohesion and perception of safety 54
- Social cohesion 54
- Perception of safety 55
- Trajectories of displacement and intentions to return 59
- Hope for the future 62
- Differences between men and women 63
- References 68
- Annex 1: Regional context for displacement in Somalia 70
- Annex 2: Data and methodology 71
- Annex 3: Overview of humanitarian food and non-food assistance for displaced persons 74
- Annex 4: Profile of populations, by population group 75
