Thematic Focus: People with Disabilities & Older People

Opportunity:

Webinar: Voices from Palestine: The Lives of People with Disabilities under Occupation and War, 11 June 2024 [info]

Short pieces & reports:

Disability and women and girls in displacement from Myanmar: A factsheet on refugees and asylum seekers from Myanmar (UNHCR & UN Women, May 2024) [text]

Disability inclusion and gender dynamics of the Armenia refugee crisis: Six months after the crisis (UN Women, May 2024) [text via ReliefWeb]

"Signing the war in Gaza: Overcoming deafness and displacement," UN News, 26 April 2024 [text]

Journal articles:

"Autism in the Context of Humanitarian Emergency: The Lived Experiences of Syrian Refugee Mothers of Children on the Autism Spectrum," Refuge: Canada’s Journal on Refugees, vol. 39, no. 2 (2023) [open access]

"Disability, childhood experiences of violence and associated health outcomes in refugee settlements in Uganda," Child Protection and Practice, vol. 1 (April 2024) [open access]

"Exploring the displacement induced changes in social convoys and support for older women in displacement (OWD) in Abuja, Nigeria," International Journal of Social Welfare, vol. 33, no. 2 (April 2024) [open access]

"Life as struggle: a narrative of coping strategies of elderly refugees in South Africa," Cogent Social Sciences, vol. 10, no. 1 (2024) [open access]

"Valuable Beyond Vulnerable: A Scoping Review on the Contributions of Older Forced Migrants," International Journal of Disaster Risk Science, vol. 15, no. 2 (April 2024) [open access]

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: People with Disabilities & Older People (29 March 2024)