This literature review examines how the COVID-19 pandemic impacts the displaced population, both from a health perspective and the wider socio-economic aspect.
Call for intervention in the humanitarian crisis taking place as thousands of Yazidi leave refugee camps to return to Sinjar
World Refugee & Migration Council Chair Lloyd Axworthy speaks to the Women Refugees Advocacy Project letter calling on the Canadian Parliament to intervene.
Virtual Conference Report — Refugee Women: Responding to COVID-19
Read the final report from our virtual conference with the Global Independent Refugee Women Leaders (GIRWL) network on June 9, 2020.
Addressing Unmet Needs of Refugee Women & Girls during the COVID-19 Crisis and its Aftermath
There are the common challenges here that are accentuated because of gender and then there are the unique needs of women and girls like contraception access, safe pregnancies, gender based sexual violence, menstrual cycles and access to sanitary products, cultural and religious practices of isolation, etc. Women and girls are the most vulnerable members of […]
The Impact of COVID-19 on Syrian refugees in Jordan
This research project asks the question: How is the COVID-19 pandemic affecting Jordanian policies toward Syrian refugees and the likelihood of Syrian refugee return to Syria? Three researchers in the region are being contracted to conduct research on the impact of COVID-19 on Jordan’s economy and on the host country’s policies toward Syrian refugees. Some of […]