A/HRC/16/43 during displacement is well documented and occurs in the context of both conflict and nonconflict induced displacement situations. Women are also particularly affected by the breakdown of basic infrastructure, given their role as care-givers, and when assistance is insufficient they often face the dilemma of having to subject themselves to sexual exploitation in order to feed their children. Once the reasons for displacement have ended, women are rarely included in peace processes or decisions relating to their future, so that durable solutions fail to take into account what would actually enable these women to rebuild their lives. 70. Ongoing efforts in the context of Security Council resolutions 1325 (2000), 1820 (2008 )and 1888 (2009), which seek, inter alia, to strengthen women’s participation in decision-making and their agency in conflict prevention, early recovery and governance, as well as in ending conflict related sexual violence and impunity, are important in the context of internal displacement. Equally relevant to the situation of women and girls in internal displacement situations are a number of other instruments, including the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, the Convention on the Rights of the Child, and the fundamental guarantees provided for in international humanitarian law. Despite these frameworks, the international community has paid insufficient attention to the particular human rights situation and solutions for women and girls in the specific context of internal displacement. The Special Rapporteur proposes to devote particular attention to exploring the gender dimensions of internal displacement, including by strengthening links with the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women, the Committee on the Rights of the Child and other relevant bodies and organizations, in order to address the specific human rights violations and discriminatory practices which impact on women and girls at every stage of the displacement process, and by examining alternative solutions and prevention strategies which would be especially effective for them. 4. Internally displaced persons outside camps 71. Of the 27 million IDPs in the world today,14 the vast majority live outside the types of settings, namely IDP camps and settlements, which we have come to associate with displacement situations. Indeed, the majority live in either urban or rural settings either by their own means in rented accommodation for example, or with host families. In some situations, IDPs merge with homeless or landless sections of the population in shantytowns and squatter areas. The capacity of the humanitarian community to address the specific needs of these displaced populations, as well as the particular impact and needs of host communities, however remains inadequate. A variety of reasons have converged to promote expertise and mechanisms that provide humanitarian assistance in camps and settlements, while ad hoc responses generally remain the norm with regard to IDPs outside of camps sometime referred to as the ‘invisible displaced’ due to the difficulty in identifying and assisting them once they have become part of the general population. 72. Assisting IDPs in these diffuse settings can often be more complex and technically challenging than servicing a compact camp of internally displaced persons; the latter are frequently much less mobile and remain in camp for predictable periods of time, they represent a consolidated group of persons which one can identify and monitor more easily for assistance and protection needs, and the provision of assistance is facilitated by the fact that is takes place in a set location. While practices to effectively assist IDPs outside camp settings already exist among international and national actors in many countries, challenges 14 IDMC, at: http://www.internaldisplacement.org/8025708F004CE90B/(httpPages)/22FB1D4E2B196DAA802570BB005E787C?Ope nDocument&count=1000 17