The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR)’s Global Consultations with Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) have been convened for 30 years as a space to exchange ideas, identify policy priorities, and inform collaboration between…
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7 Ways You Can Support Refugee Communities
World Refugee Day is a time to focus global attention on the rights, needs, and dreams of millions of refugees worldwide and to take meaningful action to support them. This…
Why Protection for Refugees Must Be Localized
Current “protection” efforts are failing refugees. In our latest Position Paper, The Only Real Protection is Local, endorsed by 33 international, local and refugee-led organizations across the globe, we argue…
Five Movies about Forced Displacement Worth Watching
Movies can be a powerful medium to dispel our preconceptions and connect to the people affected by the global issues we see in the headlines. This is also the case…
Welcome Lucía Chávez, the new Executive Director of Asylum Access Mexico!
(En español abajo) We are delighted to welcome Lucía Chávez as our new Executive Director at Asylum Access Mexico! As the Executive Director of Asylum Access Mexico, she will lead…
5 Refugee Women Leading Change for Forcibly Displaced Communities
War and political persecution were some of the reasons that forced them to leave their home countries. Their experience of forced displacement became a motivation to help others facing the…
Najeeba Wazefadost: Building transformative networks for increased leadership and participation
Najeeba Wazefadost’s journey as an activist began during her childhood in her home country, Afghanistan. “I experienced firsthand the oppressive conditions faced by women. Born into a world where my…
Eman Abdelrahman: Helping mothers and children with disabilities
When North and South Sudan started the separation process in 2010, Eman Abdelrahman and her brother raised public awareness about the possible implications. Her brother was arrested, and she was…
Lublanc Prieto: Breaking barriers to achieve recognition for women and refugees
She grew up in a family of community leaders. Her mother was a social leader, her father was involved in the union movement, and her brother was part of other…
Itab Azzam: Transforming women’s lives through art
Itab Azzam was born in Swaida, a small village in Syria, where she lived until the age of 18, when she moved to Damascus to pursue her studies in English…