ReliefWeb signalled the publication of a report on Protection in Natural Disasters of the Brookings-Bern Project on Internal Displacement. This report draws the attention to the protection needs of people affected by natural disasters but which humanitarian actors often do not address while providing medical care, food, and other forms of relief: the protection from discrimination, exploitation and other human rights violations.
The paper provides an overview of protection challenges confronting those affected by natural disasters, drawing on examples presented at two workshops in Asia and in Central America. It concludes that
[...] there is still a lack of awareness of protection needs and problems in natural disasters. While first responders and others are understandably focused on immediate life-saving measures, critical issues such as discrimination against those viewed as having low social status, women, persons with disabilities and others too often goes unnoticed. Once introduced to human rights issues, however, aid workers tend to recognize examples of discrimination from their own experiences right away.
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