Entrepreneurship training helps Venezuelan refugees find stability
Training courses are helping Venezuelan refugees and migrants across Latin America gain the tools to be self-sufficient and contribute to their host countries. By Jenny Barchfield in Lima, Peru, and Santiago, Chile | 29 March 2023 Although María had a university...
Love letter to Yemen
My dear Yemen, I cannot believe it has been eight years. My heart is filled with many emotions as I think about all that you have endured. The past years have been marked by unbearable pain, devastating loss, and unspeakable horrors. Yet, even in the face of such...
Women-run businesses in Afghanistan dealt a blow by deepening restrictions
The future of a centre, which transformed women’s ability to support themselves and their families, remains uncertain. By Caroline Gluck in Herat, Afghanistan | 27 March 2023 Just a few months back, a gleaming new women’s business centre supporting female traders...
UNHCR and Platon launch collaboration to bring refugee voices, aspirations into focus
THE HAGUE – Portrait of a Stranger, a creative multimedia collaboration between world-renowned photographer and storyteller Platon, and UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, will debut today in partnership with the Movies That Matter International Human Rights Film...
UNHCR statement on changes to the STCA
OTTAWA – In response to today’s announcement by U.S. President Joe Biden and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency’s Representative to Canada, Rema Jamous Imseis said: “UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is aware of changes announced that...
UNHCR: Islamic giving plays increasing role in helping the forcibly displaced
This is a summary of what was said by Khaled Khalifa, Senior Advisor to the High Commissioner and UNHCR Representative to Gulf Cooperation Council Countries – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at today’s press briefing at the Palais des Nations in...
After conflict, the displaced of Central African Republic dream of going home
Civilians displaced by years of civil war in the Central African Republic (CAR) are beginning to return to their homes, but many still lack the means. Like so many forced by conflict to flee their homes, Clarisse Nina Renessio dreams of returning. Now, five years...
UNHCR wins award for innovative use of blockchain solutions to provide cash to forcibly displaced in Ukraine
GENEVA – The 2023 Paris Blockchain Week today awarded UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, its “Best Impact Project Award” for a pilot project using blockchain technology to disburse cash to people displaced or impacted by the war in Ukraine. This award...