ABSTRACT
The study was undertaken to assess the challenges facing internally displaced women in Ovia North East Local Government Area of Edo State. Four research questions were raised to guide the study.
The descriptive survey design was adopted for the study. The population and sample size of the study was made up of 112 internally displaced women camped in Uhogua Centre for Missions IDP camp in Ovia North East Local Government Area, Edo State. The instrument for the study was a questionnaire. Simple percentage method of data analysis used in analyzing the data gotten from the respondents.
The findings in the study revealed that Internally displaced women face challenges such as quality of labour force is reduced, internally displacement has multiple effects on the health of the population such as outbreak of communicable diseases, strategies such as raising national awareness, creating a legal framework for upholding the rights of internally displacement, preventing all causes of displacement, ensuring active participation of internally displaced and implementing and reviewing national policy on internal displacement, Agencies like NEMA, International organizations, communities and government have all been effective on the strategies in addressing internal displacement in the society, agencies in charge of internal displacement are faced with corruption, lack of appropriate legal and policy framework on addressing the affairs of internally displaced women. Based on the findings, the study recommended that Government should find lasting solutions to the challenges of displacement by promoting inclusive and accountable institutions that would effectively care for displaced persons, policy documents should make provisions for the incorporation of displaced women and persons in various camp settings other than formal ones in government management plans, and the resettlement of women in IDPs should be taking as a high priority and rebuilding process should hasten in areas that are considered now safe for the return of IDPs.
