Various studies of refugee livelihoods, and in particular, the gender dimensions of access to
sustainable livelihoods have emerged in the last two decades. These have attracted the attention
of humanitarian agencies, and raised related questions about the challenges facing internally
displaced communities. However, studies on appropriate interventions addressing the needs of
internally displaced persons (IDPS) for sustainable livelihoods have been more limited,
especially in tackling issues related to how women and girls are affected by the sudden lack or
deprivation of livelihoods