The Education and Gender-Based Violence Protection Needs of Adolescent Girls from Darfur in Chad
More than 220,000 Sudanese from Darfur have fled the ongoing violence in their region and crossed the border into the desert of eastern Chad. Most of the refugees are now in camps; however, at the time of the Women’s Commission visit, several thousand remained on the border or on the periphery of some camps, waiting to be registered. The conditions are bleak: water is in very short supply and except for the southernmost camps, it is nearly impossible to farm or otherwise earn a living. With no resolution to the Darfur crisis in sight and violence continuing, it is estimated that between 50,000 and 100,000 refugees might flee to eastern Chad in 2005.