A/HRC/3/2 page 65 overwhelming majority of internally displaced persons. In addition to the general suffering of civilians, women have been the victims of more specific human rights violations such as arbitrary detention or cruel and inhuman treatment.243 In addition, due to the armed conflict there will be an increase in women-headed households with all the human rights problems that implies, such as limited access to social benefits and housing rights. 280. As the conflict becomes more distant and life resumes, it is feared that other problems will arise. There is concern about an increase in domestic violence and sexual abuse due to the fact people again have to live together in very close proximity having lost their homes, creating distress and stress. Domestic violence and sexual abuse are known to rise in such circumstances. Intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations told the Commission that they are trying to collect data. In the meantime, projects are being developed with local associations in areas such as South Beirut to sensitize mothers and community leaders. In southern Lebanon women’s community centres are being created. 281. The conflict also brought to light the specific problems of the many unskilled foreign workers in Lebanon. Agricultural workers were mentioned earlier (see Al Qaa). At the time of the conflict, it was reported that more than 200,000 migrants were living and working in Lebanon, many from poor countries. Among them were more than 90,000 documented Sri Lankan women working as cheap domestic help and child-minders.244 One, it will be recalled, perished together with the family of Sheikh Akkash in Al Duweir. The Commission came across another person in the streets of Khiyam: the family had left when the bombing began, but she had nowhere to go. One spoke of how the family with whom she worked had fled when the bombing began, taking her passport and leaving her locked in the house. Other families either dropped off their employee in the street in front of their embassy or simply left them to fend for themselves when the bombing began. Charitable organizations tried to find them shelter and food, and to help them return home.245 It was clear that the situation of migrant workers in Lebanon needs to be monitored, to ensure that their human rights are fully respected. Lebanon should seriously consider become a party to the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families. 282. The Commission also heard of several other cases of how the elderly were often unable to leave their communities after warnings were given, and got caught in the bombings, their bodies later found under rubble of the buildings in which they sheltered. Others died from heart attacks or inability to obtain medication for serious health conditions. 3. Children 283. Children have been disproportionately affected by the armed conflict in Lebanon. As in all recent armed conflicts, children have numbered too many among casualties. Children continue to be victims of cluster bombs in the south of the country. This represents a clear violation of the basic rules of international humanitarian law, as indicated earlier in this report, and is also a blatant violation of one of the core principles of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, the right to life (art. 6). Consequently, more special awareness sessions need to be provided to children regarding the danger of cluster munitions and other unexploded ordnance (UXO).