25 February 2016

Thematic Focus: Work/Economic Aspects, esp. re. Syrians

News:

The Young African Refugees for Integral Development's "Women Empowerment Project," is the winner of the 2016 Ockenden Prize. The Uganda-based project "teaches English, business skills, tailoring and handcraft to female refugees, asylum seekers and Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) to help overcome deprivation and vulnerability to become healthy, educated, self-sustaining and contributing members of society."

For more information, read this Thomson Reuters Foundation news story and visit Ockenden International's Facebook page.

Publications:

"Can the Welfare State Survive the Refugee Crisis?," The Atlantic, 18 Feb. 2016 [text]

Helping Newly Settled Refugees Find Economic Opportunity in Sweden (LinkedIn Blog, Feb. 2016) [text]

The ILO Response to the Syrian Refugee Crisis (ILO, updated Feb. 2016) [text via ALNAP]

Labour Market Analysis (LMA) in Humanitarian Contexts:  A Practitioner’s Guide (IRC, Mercy Corps & Save the Children, Jan. 2016) [text via ALNAP]

Realization of the Right to Work, UN Doc. No. A/HRC/31/32 (UN General Assembly, Dec. 2015) [text via Refworld]

Regional Dialogue on Market Impact of Syrian Refugee Crisis in Jordan, Lebanon, Turkey, Iraq and Egypt: Summary Report and Conclusions (ILO, Oct. 2015) [text via ALNAP]

Towards Decent Work in Lebanon: Issues and Challenges in Light of the Syrian Refugee Crisis (ILO, 2015) [text via ALNAP]

Work Permits for Syrian Refugees in Jordan (ILO, Nov. 2015) [text via ALNAP]

Related post:
- Thematic Focus: Work/Economic Aspects (25 Feb. 2016)

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