Towards post-displacement durable solutions for internally displaced women (IDW) in Nigeria: a study of the challenges and needs of IDW in three selected IDPs camps

• Main Author: Titilope, Alli Ganiyat
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English; English
• Published: 2021
• Subjects: DT Africa; JA Political science (General)
• Online Access: https://etd.uum.edu.my/9930/1/depositpermission_s901819.pdf; https://etd.uum.edu.my/9930/2/s901819_01.pdf; https://etd.uum.edu.my/9930/
• Institution: Universiti Utara Malaysia

This study examines the challenges, needs, and durable solutions for Internally Displaced Women (IDW) in three selected IDPs camps in Nigeria. It evaluates the condition of the IDW in those camps, including prerequisites and challenges in achieving a durable solution through an integration approach in Nigeria. Human security concept, empowerment, and social inclusion theories constitute the analytical tools used in this study to effectively explain the needs and challenges confronting IDW in attaining the solution. This study employed qualitative research which involved multiple data collection methods, including narrative interviews, focus group discussions, and semi-structured interviews. Secondary data are also utilized in this study such as conference papers, journal articles, textbooks, book chapters, newspapers, and archival sources. Research findings show that the IDW facing numerous challenges such as inadequate economic opportunity, financial capability, social network and targeted support. There are also hindrances in expediting their integration in Nigeria, including high unemployment, financial constraints, the poor state of infrastructure, uncertainty at home, lack of adequate assistance to return, and ineffective integration policy of IDW in Nigeria. Therefore, the study shows that a framework that truly reflects the needs, challenges, and integration of the displaced women in Nigeria is important and needed to achieve a lasting solution to the IDW. The study identified some factors in achieving lasting solutions which are a social network, socio-economic status, ethnic similarities/differences, and gender framework. This study also examined the legal frameworks available to protect IDW in Nigeria and discovered that there is no independent framework that specifically addresses them. Generally, the study has contributed to the body of knowledge on IDPs in Nigeria, particularly the integration of IDW in that country, which is rarely addressed. It has also elaborated the legal, social-economic and institutional frameworks available to protect IDW and how the lack of a proper framework affects the IDW to achieve durable solutions