A Report on the Psychological Effects of Overcrowding in Refugee Camps in the West Bank and Gaza Strip
Source: Prepared for the Expert and Advisory
Services Fund - International Development Research
Centre (IDRC)
by Dr. Randa Farah
April 2000
This work was carried out with
the aid of a grant from the Expert and Advisory
Services Fund which is administered by the International
Development Research Centre, Ottawa, Canada and
financially supported by the Canadian International
Development Agency in cooperation with the Department
of Foreign Affairs and International Trade.
Table of Contents
EXECUTIVE
SUMMARY
I.
INTRODUCTION
II.
THE WEST BANK AND GAZA REFUGEE CAMPS
III.
THE CAUSES OF OVERCROWDING
IV.
THE SOCIAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL EFFECTS OF OVERCROWDING
- Dominated Spaces
- Violence Against Children and
Women
- Depression, Anxiety and Emotional Stress
- Quarrels:
in Families, among Peers and Neighbors
- Early
Marriage and Divorce
- School Drop Outs
- Neglect
- Incest
V.
PRIORITIES AND RECOMMENDATIONS
VI.
SUGGESTED APPROACHES
ANNEXES
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