Children stand on the road outside the village of Tenke, in Congo's copper-producing south, near a smaller hamlet built by the Tenke Fungurume mining operation to rehouse local families displaced by the mine's expansion (REUTERS/Clara Ferreira-Marques).

Speech

Transitions and Durable Solutions for Displaced Persons: 21 Reasons for Optimism

May 2, 2013, Elizabeth Ferris

Elizabeth Ferris examines why there is reason for optimism in achieving progress in building bridges between humanitarian and development actors to work on solutions for displaced populations.

  • Expert Q & A | Elizabeth Ferris

    Measuring Disasters' Full Impact

    May 1, 2013, Elizabeth Ferris

  • In the News

    When you talk to people [of the Pacific nations of Kiribati and Tuvalu] they may say 'this is a beach or this used to be a piece of land that I play on as a kid but now you can see at high tide the water is encroaching and it's effectively under water.'

    April 26, 2013, Jane McAdam, SBS (Special Broadcasting Service - Australia)
  • Expert Q & A | Elizabeth Ferris and Megan Bradley

    Syria's Humanitarian Crisis Has No End in Sight

    April 25, 2013, Elizabeth Ferris, Megan Bradley and Shelly Pitterman

  • In the News

    Perhaps three million people, 10 percent of Iraq's population, remain displaced - and forgotten.

    April 23, 2013, Elizabeth Ferris, IRIN
  • Expert Q & A | Elizabeth Ferris

    The Black Swan: The Big Thaw

    February 6, 2013, Elizabeth Ferris

  • Podcast

    @ Brookings Podcast: Syria’s Escalating Humanitarian Crisis

    January 25, 2013, Elizabeth Ferris

  • Interview | World Politics Review

    Kampala Convention Sets a Global Example for IDP Protection

    December 14, 2012, Megan Bradley

  • In the News

    Isaac’s arrival has a double irony for me, as I am currently in New Orleans to conduct interviews with local leaders on the long struggle to enable the return of residents displaced by Hurricane Katrina.

    August 30, 2012, Megan Bradley, Ottawa Citizen
  • In the News

    If and when governments are forced to relocate people from areas made uninhabitable by the effects of climate change, [proactive work must be done to ensure that they] do so in a way that protects affected communities and upholds their rights.

    August 20, 2012, Elizabeth Ferris, ClimateWire
  • In the News

    In almost all refugee situations, there's a quid pro quo: 'We'll let them stay but you've got to promise to help us.' [...] It's the fear of the protracted nature of [the Syria situation]. It's not hard to be generous for a few months.

    August 2, 2012, Elizabeth Ferris, Canadian Broadcasting Corportation

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