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Religious representatives pose for a photo during the event ‘Religious Leaders Unite for Climate Peace in Solidarity with Refugees’, one of many discussions at the Global Refugee Forum 2023 - they are standing in a group facing the camera, with three potted trees in front of them.

Multi-Religious Council of Leaders – reaffirming faith-based actors’ commitment to the GCR

Photo from the event: a panel of five people sit facing the audience, while they listen to someone in the audience speaking. The person speaking is shown on a screen behind the panel.

Dialogue Series 'Local Solutions Towards Peaceful Coexistence' launched with local and regional actors

A woman sitting at a desk. She has a laptop in front of her, but is turning slightly sideways to look at the camera. She is smiling. Her hair is dyed bright orange and she is wearing a lanyard round her neck.

Brazilian companies pledge job opportunities for 17,000 refugees

"Japan Global Refugee Forum Network" kicks off and launches National Refugee Support Initiative

A still from the video showing a woman in protective clothing smiling in a warehouse, and the words "INGKA Group pledged to provide access to training and jobs for an additional 3,000 refugees by the end of 2027"

"It’s skill development in both ways": IKEA renews its commitment to refugees

A group of seven students sitting on steps, with a large orange and black dome building behind them. They are smiling, making peace signs, and holing their arms out wide.

Revitalizing Refugee Protection: How the Global Compact effectively complements the 1951 Geneva Convention

Almost 75 years since the adoption of the 1951 Refugee Convention laid the legal foundations for refugee protection, UNHCR’s Assistant...

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Brazilian companies pledge job opportunities for 17,000 refugees

25 November 2024

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"Japan Global Refugee Forum Network" kicks off and launches National Refugee Support Initiative

11 November 2024

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Empowering refugee women: Insights from the Global Refugee Forum

08 March 2024

An illustration made during the workshop, drawing upon key themes. It includes illustrations of women standing together, women as super heroes, raising their fists in solidarity, a dove with peacebuilding written on it, and phrases including change, we have a strong story to tell, we are the leaders, knowledge exchange, impact community, we have to work on the ground.

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Protection and agency of women and girls – working towards a feminist Global Refugee Forum

03 December 2023

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City-to-city cooperation between Switzerland and Lebanon

12 October 2022

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Improving futures through education

03 October 2022

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Yvonne Ndaga, Endam Home of Hope, of Nigeria, winner of a 2022 NGO Innovation Award, receiving her award from UNHCR Deputy High Commissioner, Kelly Clements

“Helping people is temporary; empowering people is permanent.”

04 August 2022

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Open Doors: Creating Work Opportunities for All

29 July 2022

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The Jordan River Foundation helps bring job opportunities to refugees

25 July 2022

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The Lisungi Experience

15 July 2022

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Refugees at home: Dispatch from the Secretary General of the Inter-Parliamentary Union

30 June 2022

The Role of NGOs in the Global Compact on Refugees: Preparing for the Global Refugee Forum 2023

21 June 2022

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20 June 2022

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How Korean law firms are leading changes for refugees

18 May 2022

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CLAMP: Bringing Mental Health and Psychosocial Support to urban refugees

28 April 2022

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IASFM19: Global Issues, Regional Approaches – contexts, challenges, dialogues and solutions

12 April 2022

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Multi-Religious Council of Leaders – reaffirming faith-based actors’ commitment to the GCR

Dialogue Series 'Local Solutions Towards Peaceful Coexistence' launched with local and regional actors

Brazilian companies pledge job opportunities for 17,000 refugees

"Japan Global Refugee Forum Network" kicks off and launches National Refugee Support Initiative

"It’s skill development in both ways": IKEA renews its commitment to refugees

Revitalizing Refugee Protection: How the Global Compact effectively complements the 1951 Geneva Convention

Pledge updates

Brazilian companies pledge job opportunities for 17,000 refugees

"Japan Global Refugee Forum Network" kicks off and launches National Refugee Support Initiative

Empowering refugee women: Insights from the Global Refugee Forum

Protection and agency of women and girls – working towards a feminist Global Refugee Forum

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City-to-city cooperation between Switzerland and Lebanon

Improving futures through education

“Helping people is temporary; empowering people is permanent.”

Open Doors: Creating Work Opportunities for All

The Jordan River Foundation helps bring job opportunities to refugees

The Lisungi Experience

Refugees at home: Dispatch from the Secretary General of the Inter-Parliamentary Union

The Role of NGOs in the Global Compact on Refugees: Preparing for the Global Refugee Forum 2023

Cities on the frontline of the implementation of the Global Compact on Refugees

How Korean law firms are leading changes for refugees

CLAMP: Bringing Mental Health and Psychosocial Support to urban refugees

IASFM19: Global Issues, Regional Approaches – contexts, challenges, dialogues and solutions