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New Article! 📙 'The Role of Academics as Refugee Policy Advocates: Lessons from Australia' 🇦🇺 Dive into the interconnectedness between academia and policy with this article by Philomena Murray and Ainoa Cabada, exploring strategies for achieving policy changes towards humanitarian approaches for asylum-seekers. Learn from Australia's case study and discover insights on effective refugee policy advocacy. This article shares insights on the following: - Firstly, it provides a context for this advocacy. - Secondly, it examines how and why academics seek to influence policy and how scholars assess their effectiveness. - Thirdly, it interrogates how academics could be more effective while working alongside refugees and other advocates. 🔗Read full article here: https://lnkd.in/eSYdwKAp

Join our panel discussion “Unveiling Refugee Stories: Media & Advocacy Tactics” on June 28, 2024, from 18:00 – 20:00 Geneva time at the University of Geneva, Room MR150. 🌍 This panel will bring together a diverse group of stakeholders to explore innovative approaches to addressing the challenges faced by refugees, displaced persons, and conflict victims through media, advocacy efforts, and development initiatives. Panel Outline: 1️⃣ Media’s Role and Challenges: Advocacy for refugee rights, press freedom threats, and dangers in conflict zones. 2️⃣ Development Strategies and Policies: Successful empowerment initiatives and global policy comparisons. 3️⃣ Legal and Policy Frameworks: Legal protections, civil society advocacy, and policy collaboration. 4️⃣ Personal Narratives and Impact of Conflicts: Refugee stories, conflict impacts, and international accountability. 📍 Location: University of Geneva, Unimail, Bd du Pont-d’Arve 40, 1205 Genève, Room MR150. 💻 Hybrid event with online participation available. Stay tuned—we’ll announce our speakers later this week! 🎤 Global Migration Policy Associates Don’t miss this insightful discussion! #RefugeeStories #MediaAdvocacy #GenevaEvents #HumanRights

Discover pathways to Meaningful Refugee Participation in Cohere’s latest report, "Five Organisational Pathways for Enabling Meaningful Refugee Participation: A Step-by-Step Implementation Guide." This comprehensive guide explores essential strategies for international organisations to enable Meaningful Refugee Participation. Highlighted in the report: Pathway 5 - Support for Localised Refugee-led Advocacy. This pathway empowers refugee leaders to drive policy changes, promoting their participation in policy-making and society at every level. By broadening the participation agenda and emphasising involvement beyond humanitarianism, this pathway fosters real change in community well-being. Step-by-step implementation includes orienting to a localised mindset, focusing on power transfer and power building, funding political movements, and leveraging positions of power for safer advocacy environments. Unlock actionable strategies tailored to your organisational identity! Dive into the full report to learn more. 🌍📘 https://lnkd.in/durDRHks #MeaningfulRefugeeParticipation #ByRefugees #Localisation #Codesign

❗ reminder ❗ If you are part of an Europe-based organisation led by forcibly displaced and stateless persons or know one, please fill & share the survey linked below 🙏 The survey is part of a project - on which I am collaborating - aimed at giving visibility to these organisations, mapping them, and understanding the challenges they face as well as how they can thrive. More details below. Do get in touch if you have any questions 😊

Can you help us reach organisations led by forcibly displaced and stateless persons across Europe? The Migration Policy Centre at the European University Institute, in collaboration with the UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency Europe Regional Bureau, has launched a study to map and amplify the work of refugee-led and stateless-led organisations in Europe. We invite members of these organisations to participate in a short survey to showcase their work, provide original insights into engagement strategies, and strengthen collective advocacy. #RefugeeVoices #Statelessness https://lnkd.in/dednCV46

Empowering Voices of Refugee Youth In today's video on our Youtube channel, check out this powerful snippet from the Refugee Youth Summit, where our team lead, Simon Marot Touloung, passionately addresses the urgent need for refugee youth to share their own stories. “If there are people who are writing refugee stories, why do we have others coming from outside to tell our stories in the refugee settlements?” he challenges. Simon poses thought-provoking questions that resonate deeply with our mission: “Do we want to wait for tomorrow to see the change we need, or is tomorrow now?” “What kind of leadership do we envision for our communities, and what is the leadership we currently lack?” These words remind us that the power of storytelling and creative expression is essential for advocacy and change. It’s time for refugee youth to seize the narrative and lead the charge! Watch the full video to see how integrating arts and culture can empower youth to become advocates for their own futures: https://lnkd.in/dv3SJHiT Let’s spark a conversation! How can we support refugee youth in sharing their stories? Share your thoughts in the comments below and on YouTube! #RefugeeYouth #Storytelling #YouthLeadership #Advocacy #Empowerment #AfricanYouthActionNetwork #CommunityChange #ArtForChange

🚨 New Report Alert!  We have put together a report detailing our experience at the 2023 Global Refugee Forum as a community of Refugee-led organizations. Was “inclusion” just a buzzword, or did it translate into action? Read our comprehensive analysis of the #2023GRF ; 🔗 https://lnkd.in/df8Q7G-S #RefugeesLead #2023GRF #RefugeeForum #InclusionOrIllusion

Tune into the final installment of our series, 'Embracing Adversity Journey - Refugee Voices- Part 12: Empowering Refugees: A Call for Compassion and Action.' This episode delves deep into the crucial need for empathy and support for refugees across the globe. Discover the challenges refugees endure, understand their rights under international law, and learn about the vital importance of recognizing their humanity. We discuss how welcoming refugees positively impacts societies and highlight the crucial role of advocacy, policy change, and community involvement in fostering long-term solutions. 🎧 Join us as we inspire action and compassion. Learn how you can make a difference: educate yourself, support refugee organizations, and help challenge and change negative stereotypes. Let’s work together to build a world that embraces all. #RefugeeRights #CompassionForRefugees #RefugeeVoices #TakeAction

The Gender Data Analysis Workshop is minutes away from convening! Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Vital Strategies, CDC Foundation, Global Health Advocacy Incubator, United Nations ESCAP, United Nations Economic Commission for Africa, UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency #BloombergPhilanthropies #DataForHealth #D4H #GenderData #GenderEquity #InclusiveData #GDAW2024

Should the US remain a safe haven for refugees? The landscape of resettlement is changing. Watch our video to understand current policies, the role of advocacy, and how to navigate the system.  #refugees #immigration #standwithrefugees