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]
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