When I first started working with the UN’s refugee agency 16 years ago, the number of refugees worldwide was falling. One of my first missions with UNHCR was to accompany returning Cambodian refugees. I met some of the many refugees who returned to their homes after the end of the ...
Deadly outbreaks have plagued societies for centuries. But they can lead to medical breakthroughs—if we learn the right lessons from them.
English in the European Union The European Union recognizes 24 official languages within the group as well as a number of other regional minority languages and languages of migrant populations like refugees. Because of the vast diversity of languages and cultures in the EU, there has recently been...
While ethnic minorities were explicitly mentioned by three places (Newham, Auckland, Chicago), many of the target outcomes focused on other vulnerable populations like elderly people, low-income households, refugees and sex workers. Interestingly, inequality related targets were mentioned more broadly ...
More than five times as many Democrats strongly agreed that the US should provide climate aid to poor countries as Republicans, and over 80% of Democrats agreed, compared with just under 33% of Republicans. Fig. 2 Support for climate aid by party identification Full size image Fig. 3 ...
Throughout the research, it was apparent that different people had different approaches to planning and preparing meals. The approaches tended to depend on factors such as where they lived, how they shopped, and who and how many people they were shopping for. For example, some mentioned that ...
On the local level, the TNGO acts in over 40 countries as an implementing agency for UNHCR and to execute its own mission of restoring safety, dignity, and hope to millions of refugees (International Rescue Committee, 2012, UNHCR., 2012). Save the Children International is known for its ...
This article shares the impactful story of the Planning for Canada (PfC) pre-arrival Program. Funded by Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC), PfC has benefited more than 65,000 immigrants from 111 countries since 2007. Today, almost 25% of Canadians are foreign-born...
the pandemic presented a greater challenge due to weaker health care systems and lack of social safety nets. These challenges were amplified again for cities that host large populations of refugees and displaced people, either living in camps or squatting in slums and low-income settlements in urb...
For example, Since Israel was portrayed globally as the “world’s laboratory” due to its leadership in the vaccine program, many Arab minorities, in particular, embraced the narrative that they should not be “laboratory mice” for the world.Footnote2 For example, in pitching these national/...