Thematic Focus: People with Disabilities & Older People

Paris 2024 Paralympic Games:

Comprised of eight athletes and two guide runners, the Refugee Paralympic Team competed in six sports at the 2024 Paralympic Games - Para athletics, Para powerlifting, Para table tennis, Para taekwondo, Para triathlon, and wheelchair fencing -  and won bronze medals in two events (women's taekwondo & men's 400m)! 

Here is a round-up of UNHCR's coverage of the games:

- Refugee Paralympic Team set to shine in Paris as final countdown begins (25 Aug. 2024) [text]

- Refugee Paralympic Team takes centre stage at Paris 2024 Opening Ceremony (29 Aug. 2024) [text]

- Zakia Khudadadi takes bronze and an historic first medal for Refugee Paralympic Team (30 Aug. 2024) [text]

- Atangana adds to Refugee Paralympic Team medal tally with 400m bronze (2 Sept. 2024) [text]

- Refugee Paralympic Team leaves Paris with historic medals and lasting legacy (7 Sept. 2024) [text]

- History-making Refugee Paralympic Team shows the power of sport to inspire (8 Sept. 2024) [text]

Reports & book chapters:

"Addressing Equity and Disability Gaps in Immigrant and Refugee Communities: A Psycho-Socio-Educational Framework," Chapter in The Palgrave Encyclopedia of Disability (Palgrave Macmillan, Aug. 2024) [ResearchGate]

Case studies repository: How to make humanitarian action more inclusive with and for persons with disabilities - Experiences from Somalia, Somaliland and Syrian crises responses (Humanity & Inclusion, June 2024) [text via ReliefWeb]

Migration and Ageing: Income Security During Old Age for the Refugee and Migrant Population In Colombia and Peru (HelpAge International, May 2023) [text]

Vulnerability, resilience, and integration of elderly South Sudanese refugees in Uganda: A Case study of Pagirinya settlement in Adjumani district, Analaysis & Policy Brief, no. 60 (Univ. of Antwerp, Sept. 2024) [text]

Journal articles:

"Assessment of mental well-being and its socio-economic determinants among older adults in the Rohingya refugee camp of Bangladesh," Scientific Reports, 14:17918 (Aug. 2024) [open access]

"Attitudes Towards Dementia Among a Diverse Group of Refugees Resettled in the United States," Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry and Neurology, OnlineFirst, 3 Sept. 2024) [open access]

"Migration and disability narratives from an intersectional perspective: a photovoice study," Disability & Society, Latest Articles, 28 Oct. 2023 [open access]

- Focuses on Sweden.

"Predicting poor mental health among older Syrian refugees in Lebanon during the COVID-19 pandemic: a nested cross-sectional study," BMJ Global Health, vol. 9, no. 8 (Aug. 2024) [open access]

"Supporting caregivers of children living with disability in a humanitarian context: realist-informed evaluation of the ‘Mighty Children’ programme in Afghanistan," BMJ Global Health, vol. 9, no. 9 (Sept. 2024) [open access]

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: People with Disabilities & Older People (30 July 2024)