internally displaced women, including the Office of the United Nations High
Commissioner for Refugees and the World Food Programme, as appropriate:
(a)
Take steps to ensure that women are fully involved in the planning,
design, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of all short-term
and long-term projects and programmes providing assistance to refugee
women, other displaced women in need of international protection and
internally displaced women, including the management of refugee camps
and resources; ensure that refugee and displaced women and girls have
direct access to the services provided;
(b)
Offer adequate protection and assistance to women and children
displaced within their country and find solutions to the root causes
of their displacement with a view to preventing it and, when
appropriate, facilitate their return or resettlement;
(c)
Take steps to protect the safety and physical integrity of refugee
women, other displaced women in need of international protection and
internally displaced women during their displacement and upon their
return to their communities of origin, including programmes of
rehabilitation; take effective measures to protect from violence women
who are refugees or displaced; hold an impartial and thorough
investigation of any such violations and bring those responsible to
justice;
(d)
While fully respecting and strictly observing the principle of
non-refoulement of refugees, take all the necessary steps to ensure
the right of refugee and displaced women to return voluntarily to
their place of origin in safety and with dignity, and their right to
protection after their return;
(e)
Take measures, at the national level with international cooperation,
as appropriate, in accordance with the Charter of the United Nations,
to find lasting solutions to questions related to internally displaced
women, including their right to voluntary and safe return to their
home of origin;
(f)
Ensure that the international community and its international
organizations provide financial and other resources for emergency
relief and other longer-term assistance that takes into account the
specific needs, resources and potentials of refugee women, other
displaced women in need of international protection and internally
displaced women; in the provision of protection and assistance, take
all appropriate measures to eliminate discrimination against women and
girls in order to ensure equal access to appropriate and adequate
food, water and shelter, education, and social and health services,
including reproductive health care and maternity care and services to
combat tropical diseases;
(g)
Facilitate the availability of educational materials in the
appropriate language - in emergency situations also - in order to
minimize disruption of schooling among refugee and displaced children;
(h)
Apply international norms to ensure equal access and equal treatment
of women and men in refugee determination procedures and the granting
of asylum, including full respect and strict observation of the
principle of non-refoulement through, inter alia, bringing national
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