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The afikra Podcast
LINA ABIRAFEH | The Arab Institute for Women | Conversations

The afikra Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 17, 2022 49:35


Lina AbiRafeh, PhD is a global women's rights expert and gender equality advocate with decades of experience worldwide. Lina worked for over 20 years in development and humanitarian contexts in Afghanistan, Haiti, Central African Republic, Papua New Guinea, and others. Her experience spans global organizations such as the World Bank and various United Nations agencies. Lina advises several organizations and companies at a senior level. In addition, she is also the Senior Advisor for Global Women's Rights at the Arab Institute for Women at the Lebanese American University, where she served as Executive Director for seven years. Lina sits on the board of numerous global women's rights organizations including SheDecides, Global Institute for Women's Leadership, Forced Migration Review, Society of Gender Professionals, Global Women's Institute, and others. Created and hosted by Mikey Muhanna, afikraEdited by: Ramzi RammanTheme music by: Tarek Yamani https://www.instagram.com/tarek_yamani/About the afikra Conversations:Our long-form interview series features academics, arts, ‎and media experts who are helping document and/or shape the history and culture of the Arab world through their ‎work. Our hope is that by having the guest share their expertise and story, the community still walks away with newfound curiosity - and maybe some good recommendations about new nerdy rabbit holes to dive into headfirst. ‎Following the interview, there is a moderated town-hall-style Q&A with questions coming from the live virtual audience ‎on Zoom.‎ Join the live audience: https://www.afikra.com/rsvp   FollowYoutube - Instagram (@afikra_) - Facebook - Twitter Support www.afikra.com/supportAbout afikra:‎afikra is a movement to convert passive interest in the Arab world to active intellectual curiosity. We aim to collectively reframe the dominant narrative of the region by exploring the histories and cultures of the region- past, present, and future - through conversations driven by curiosity. Read more about us on  afikra.com

Healing Body  Mind and Soul with Aeriol
Interview with women's rights expert and activist Lina AbiRafeh

Healing Body Mind and Soul with Aeriol

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 14, 2022 22:07


Host Aeriol Ascher gets fired up with the amazing Lina AbiRafeh on the subject of human rights and the abolishment of violence against women.Lina AbiRafeh is a global women's rights expert and humanitarian aid worker with decades of experience worldwide. Since 2015, she has served as the Executive Director of the Arab Institute for Women at the Lebanese American University, an academic and activist institute covering the 22 Arab states. The Institute was established in 1973 as the first women's institute in the Arab region – and one of the first globally. Lina spent over 20 years in development and humanitarian contexts in countries such as Afghanistan, Haiti, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Nepal, and others. Her specific expertise is in gender-based violence prevention and response, summarized by her TEDx talk, WomenDeliver PowerTalk, keynote address for Swedish International Development Agency annual meeting, amongst others.Lina completed her doctoral work from the London School of Economics and published “Gender and International Aid in Afghanistan: The Politics and Effects of Intervention” based on her research. A second book on this theme is currently underway, to be released in early 2022. Lina speaks and publishes frequently on a range of gender issues, for instance on the need for a feminist response to the COVID-19 pandemic and its impact on Arab women and girls. She believes women's leadership is the strongest vehicle for peace and sustainable development. Lina's piece I Hate International Women's Day has resonated with women's rights activists worldwide. Her work on women in Afghanistan was featured on CNN, leading to a live CNN interview on this topic, as well as appearances on France24, CNN Greece, BBC, and others. On October 11, Lina was featured on Good Morning America for International Day of the Girl. Lina is a board member of various organizations including SheDecides, Forced Migration Review, Society of Gender Professionals, and others. Lina is among the Gender Equality Top 100 worldwide in 2018 and 2019. She was awarded a Vital Voices fellowship for 2021 for outstanding women leaders. Healing Vibes with AeriolAeriol Ascher BodyMindSoul.TV & Media Network founder, producer, host and Empowered Self-Care book compilerHealing Body Mind and Soul Network Find the healing body Mind and soul network at BodyMindSoul.TV Get your self-mastery journal and self-mastery oracle deck for special pre-order price at: selfmasteryset.aeriolascher.comAeriol Ascher BodyMindSoul.TV & Media Network founder, producer, host and Empowered Self-Care book compilerHealing Body Mind and Soul Network Find the healing body Mind and soul network at BodyMindSoul.TVSupport the show (https://paypal.me/askaeriol?country.x=US&locale.x=en_US)

@ The Corner w/ imprfct life®
Extended Episode: "Did you just say the F-word?"

@ The Corner w/ imprfct life®

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 7, 2021 80:28


Kattie and Mila invite their dear friend Lina AbiRafeh (global women's rights expert and "Hell Yeah" Feminist) to join them in a discussion around feminism and feminists.   They'll explore the concept and misconceptions around the term feminist, discuss their own personal journeys around being feminists, and tackle some tough questions that often get presented to feminists to defend or justify.  They'll also spend some time discussing the situation in Afghanistan and the impact on women and girls in the country and what we can do to help.Shared on this episode: TEDBlog: What's the definition of feminism?  12 Talks that explain it to you.  The Washington Post: What type of feminist (or anti-feminist) are you? The Guardian: Am I a feminist? You asked Google - here's the answer.  by Natasha Walter, Lola Okolosie, and Kate Maltby "Feminists: What Were They Thinking?" - Trailer Roxanne Gay:  Confessions of a Bad Feminst - TEDtalk Did You Know:  The Fate of Women and Girls in Afghanistan CNN Article:  For Afghan Women the US Rhetoric of Liberation has Fallen Short by Lina AbiRafeh CNN Interview:  Fears over rights of women under Taliban control Shamsia Hassani : First female street artist in Afghanistan It Doesn't All Suck:  Compensation for Housework in DivorceNYTimes:  Husband Must Pay Wife $7,700 for Years of Housework, Chinese Court RulesGuest Bio, Links and Information:  Lina AbiRafeh, PhDLina AbiRafeh is a global women's rights expert and humanitarian aid worker with decades of experience worldwide. Since 2015, she has served as the Executive Director of the Arab Institute for Women at the Lebanese American University, an academic/activist institute covering the 22 Arab states. The Institute was established in 1973 as the first women's institute in the Arab region – and one of the first globally. Lina spent over 20 years in development and humanitarian contexts in countries such as Afghanistan, Haiti, Democratic Republic of Congo, Nepal, and others. Her specific expertise is in gender-based violence prevention and response, summarized by her TEDx talk, Women Deliver PowerTalk, keynote address for Swedish International Development Agency annual meeting, amongst others. Lina completed her doctoral work from the London School of Economics and published “Gender and International Aid in Afghanistan: The Politics and Effects of Intervention” based on her research. She speaks and publishes frequently on a range of gender issues, for instance on the need for a feminist response to the COVID-19 pandemic and its impact on Arab women and girls. She believes women's leadership is the strongest vehicle for peace and sustainable development. Lina's piece I Hate International Women's Day has resonated with women's rights activists worldwide. Her most recent writing, on women in Afghanistan, was featured on CNN, leading to a live CNN interview on this topic. Lina is a board member of various organizations including SheDecides, Forced Migration Review, Society of Gender Professionals, and others. Lina is among the Gender Equality Top 100 worldwide in 2018 and 2019. She was awarded a Vital Voices fellowship for 2021 for outstanding women leaders. She was recognized by the Women's Media Center as one of their Progressive Women's Voices for 2021 and is featured in their database of experts.  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lina-abirafeh-28774867/Twitter: @LinaAbiRafeh Instagram: @LinaAbiRafeh Medium: https://linaabirafeh.medium.com/Blog: https://linasays.wordpress.comHouse of Apis Social Media:House of ApisInstagramTwitterFacebookLinkedInCredits:Hosts:  Mila Aleman and Kattie CapozzaGuest: Lina AbiRafeh, PhDMusic: Hussa Al HumaidhiSound Effects: Zapsplat

Middle East Centre
The Tinderbox documentary film discussion

Middle East Centre

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 20, 2021 51:23


Gillian Mosely (Film Director and Producer) joins Dr Anne Irfan, Professor Eugene Rogan and our Middle East Centre webinar audience to talk about her documentary film, The Tinderbox - Israel and Palestine: time to call time? Dr Anne Irfan (Refugee Studies Centre, Oxford) and Professor Eugene Rogan (St Antony’s College, Oxford). Extract from British Council Film website: Knowledge is power, but lack of knowledge keeps power where politicians want it... From BAFTA-award-winning producer Gillian Mosely, in association with multi-award winners, Spring Films (NIGHT WILL FALL, THE ACT OF KILLING), THE TINDERBOX is a controversial, revealing, and timely new feature documentary exploring both sides of the Israeli Palestinian conflict. It’s the first time the facts behind the divide have been brought to the screen in a single film, and delves deep into history, as well as hearing from contemporary Israeli and Palestinian voices. Exposing surprising, shocking and uncomfortable truths, not least for its Jewish director and onscreen investigator, this is an important film that will provide valuable context and help people make up their minds – or even change them. http://www.thetinderboxfilm.com A first-time director, Gillian Mosely began producing films in 1997, creating, developing, producing and exec producing a wide range of high end documentaries for Arte, BBC, Channel 4, Discovery, History, ITV, NatGeo, PBS and ZDF among others. In 2017 Gillian produced her first Feature Documentary: Manolo: the Boy Who Made Shoes for Lizards (Netflix). TV films include “Ancient Egypt: Life and Death in the Valley of the Kings,” BBC2, and BAFTA, Royal Television Society and AIB award-winning “Mummifying Alan,” Channel 4, Discovery, NGCI. Dr Anne Irfan is Anne Irfan is Departmental Lecturer in Forced Migration at the Refugee Studies Centre. She holds a Dual Master’s Degree from Columbia University and the LSE and a PhD from the LSE, where she wrote her doctoral thesis on the historical role of the UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) in the Palestinian refugee camps. She previously taught at the University of Sussex and the LSE, and is an Associate Fellow of the UK Higher Education Academy. Anne’s research interests include global refugee history, UNRWA and Palestinian refugees, forced migration in the Middle East, the spatiality of refugee camps, and archival suppression. She is currently Co-Investigator on the British Academy-funded research project Borders, global governance and the refugee, examining the historical origins of the global refugee regime. In recent years, she has spoken at the UK Parliament in Westminster, and the UN Headquarters in New York and Geneva about the functions of the UNRWA regime and the exclusions facing Palestinian refugees from Syria. Anne’s work has been published in Journal of Refugee Studies, Jerusalem Quarterly and Forced Migration Review, as well as media outlets The Washington Post and The Conversation. Her article ‘Is Jerusalem international or Palestinian? Rethinking UNGA Resolution 181’ was named co-winner of the 2017 Ibrahim Dakkak Award for Best Essay on Jerusalem. She is currently working on a book about UNRWA’s institutional history. Professor Eugene Rogan is Professor of Modern Middle Eastern History at the University of Oxford and Director of the Middle East Centre at St Antony’s College. He is author of The Fall of the Ottomans: The Great War in the Middle East, 1914-1920 (Penguin, 2015) which was named The Economist books of the year 2015 and The Sunday Times top ten bestseller; and The Arabs: A History (Penguin, 2009, 3rd edition 2018), which has been translated in 18 languages and was named one of the best books of 2009 by The Economist, The Financial Times, and The Atlantic Monthly. His earlier works include Frontiers of the State in the Late Ottoman Empire (Cambridge University Press, 1999), for which he received the Albert Hourani Book Award of the Middle East Studies Association of North America and the Fuad Köprülü Prize of the Turkish Studies Association; The War for Palestine: Rewriting the History of 1948 (Cambridge University Press, 2001, second edition 2007, with Avi Shlaim), which has been published in Arabic, French, Turkish and Italian editions; and Outside In: On the Margins of the Modern Middle East (I.B. Tauris, 2002).

Return (Forced Migration Review 62)
FMR 62 - From the Editors

Return (Forced Migration Review 62)

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 25, 2019 3:41


Voluntary return in safety and with dignity has long been a core tenet of the international refugee regime. Voluntary return in safety and with dignity has long been a core tenet of the international refugee regime. In the 23 articles on ‘Return’ in this issue of FMR, authors explore various obstacles to achieving sustainable return, discuss the need to guard against premature or forced return, and debate the assumptions and perceptions that influence policy and practice. This issue also includes a mini-feature on ‘Towards understanding and addressing the root causes of displacement’.

Return (Forced Migration Review 62)
FMR 62 - Returns in complex environments: the case of South Sudan

Return (Forced Migration Review 62)

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 14, 2019 14:45


Humanitarian agencies must be extremely cautious about how they support returns and relocations to ensure that they avoid causing harm or allowing humanitarian assistance to be instrumentalised by political actors.

Return (Forced Migration Review 62)
FMR 62 - Return decision making by refugees

Return (Forced Migration Review 62)

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 14, 2019 9:45


There are multiple factors influencing refugees’ decisions to return to their country of origin, not all of which reflect conventional wisdom.

Return (Forced Migration Review 62)
FMR 62 - Repatriation principles under pressure

Return (Forced Migration Review 62)

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 14, 2019 18:26


The laws and norms established by the international community to ensure that organised repatriation takes place in a way that protects the rights of refugees are increasingly being violated.

Return (Forced Migration Review 62)
FMR 62 - Sri Lankan Tamil refugees in India: return or integration?

Return (Forced Migration Review 62)

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 14, 2019 12:46


For Tamil refugees, considerations of sustainability affect their decision to remain in India or return to Sri Lanka. Their views and aspirations must inform planning for both integration and repatriation.

Return (Forced Migration Review 62)
FMR 62 - South Sudanese returns: perceptions and responses

Return (Forced Migration Review 62)

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 14, 2019 15:08


Gaining insight into the experiences and perceptions of refugees can help ensure programming is better able to support refugees’ durable return and reintegration.

Return (Forced Migration Review 62)
FMR 62 - Mini-feature - The Palestinian refugee question: root causes and breaking the impasse

Return (Forced Migration Review 62)

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 14, 2019 16:29


Acknowledging the root causes of Palestinian displacement and objectively applying international law will be key to any solution to the Palestinian refugee question.

Return (Forced Migration Review 62)
FMR 62 - Mini-feature - Gang violence, GBV and hate crime in Central America: State response versus State responsibility

Return (Forced Migration Review 62)

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 14, 2019 15:09


Significant displacement is caused in Central America by gang violence, gender-based violence and hate crimes against LGBT+ people but State responses have failed to address their root causes.

Return (Forced Migration Review 62)
FMR 62 - Mini-feature - Community-level conflict prevention and peace building in DRC and Somalia

Return (Forced Migration Review 62)

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 14, 2019 16:45


There is growing recognition of the need to address the root causes of displacement through the perspective of the humanitarian-development-peace ‘triple nexus’. A locally led programme in DRC and Somalia reflects this approach and offers useful lessons.

Return (Forced Migration Review 62)
FMR 62 Mini-feature - Land and conflict: taking steps towards peace

Return (Forced Migration Review 62)

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 14, 2019 15:30


Thousands of displaced Yazidis in Iraq have been assisted in making a safe, sustainable return through a project that addressed the complexity of issues around land tenure.

Return (Forced Migration Review 62)
FMR 62 - Mini-feature - Shifting power and changing practice to support locally led peace building

Return (Forced Migration Review 62)

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 14, 2019 15:32


Building sustainable peace requires both a greater awareness of the dynamics of localised conflict and a willingness on the part of external actors to cede control to local actors.

Return (Forced Migration Review 62)
FMR 62 - Mini-feature - Preventing displacement, addressing root causes and the promise of the Global Compact on Refugees

Return (Forced Migration Review 62)

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 14, 2019 14:27


Preventing displacement by addressing its root causes requires a holistic approach and engagement by a wide range of actors. The starting point must be a better understanding of root causes and their complexity.

Return (Forced Migration Review 62)
FMR 62 - Syrians in Germany: individuals’ reasons for returning or remaining

Return (Forced Migration Review 62)

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 14, 2019 5:46


Syrian refugees in Europe are not one homogenous group but are individuals and families from different parts of Syria who have different experiences in exile and different expectations around return.

Return (Forced Migration Review 62)
FMR 62 - Political and economic reintegration: key to successful return

Return (Forced Migration Review 62)

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 14, 2019 11:39


Refugees and IDPs require national and international actors to make concerted efforts to ensure that they are successfully reintegrated into the economic, social and political landscapes of their countries of origin.

Return (Forced Migration Review 62)
FMR 62 - Educating for return: Somali refugees in Dadaab

Return (Forced Migration Review 62)

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 14, 2019 10:05


Finding a ‘durable’ solution for Somali refugees in Dadaab means ensuring they have the knowledge, capacity, confidence and qualifications required for meaningful, lasting return.

Return (Forced Migration Review 62)
FMR 62 - IDPs of East Beirut versus the Lebanese State

Return (Forced Migration Review 62)

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 14, 2019 8:51


This year marks the thirtieth anniversary of the Taif agreement that formally ended the Lebanese Civil War of 1975–1990. Three decades later, some communities remain internally displaced because of the actions of the State.

Return (Forced Migration Review 62)
FMR 62 - Durable solutions for returnee children

Return (Forced Migration Review 62)

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 14, 2019 13:14


Durable solutions frameworks for measuring progress towards sustainable return and reintegration fail to specifically consider children’s different needs and experiences.

Return (Forced Migration Review 62)
FMR 62 - The politics of return from Jordan to Syria

Return (Forced Migration Review 62)

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 14, 2019 13:36


Return preparedness of Syrian refugees has become a prominent issue in Jordan, but the prospect of return raises numerous concerns.

Return (Forced Migration Review 62)
FMR 62 - Rethinking Somali refugee solutions in Kenya

Return (Forced Migration Review 62)

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 14, 2019 7:53


Amid uncertain return conditions, the repatriation of Somali refugees from Kenya risks leading to instances of forced return. Alternative avenues, such as local integration, should be explored.

Return (Forced Migration Review 62)
FMR 62 - Encouraging Syrian return: Turkey’s fragmented approach

Return (Forced Migration Review 62)

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 14, 2019 15:07


Turkey’s approach to encouraging refugees to return to Syria risks jeopardising the safety and voluntariness of such returns.

Return (Forced Migration Review 62)
FMR 62 - Forced to return? Facilitated return of refugees to Myanmar

Return (Forced Migration Review 62)

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 14, 2019 14:37


Despite recent political developments in Myanmar and difficult conditions in Thailand, there has been widespread and deep-seated reluctance among refugees to participate in the official facilitated return mechanism.

Return (Forced Migration Review 62)
FMR 62 - A premature attempt at cessation

Return (Forced Migration Review 62)

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 14, 2019 13:50


There are many lessons to be learned from UNHCR’s controversial – and ultimately reversed – decision to end refugee status for Burmese Chins in India and Malaysia.

Return (Forced Migration Review 62)
FMR 62 - Minority return: the way home

Return (Forced Migration Review 62)

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 14, 2019 13:38


Studying cases of successful minority return may help determine what policies could help other potential returnees.

Return (Forced Migration Review 62)
FMR 62 - Legal preparedness for return to Syria

Return (Forced Migration Review 62)

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 14, 2019 16:55


Return (Forced Migration Review 62)
FMR 62 - Return to Syria after evading conscription

Return (Forced Migration Review 62)

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 14, 2019 7:31


Syrian refugees who have evaded military service face barriers to return which call into question the viability and sustainability of other refugee returns.

The Syria crisis (Forced Migration Review 47)
FMR 47 Limited legal status for refugees from Syria in Lebanon

The Syria crisis (Forced Migration Review 47)

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 2, 2014 6:02


Having limited legal status has direct negative consequences for Syrian refugees' access to protection and assistance during their stay in Lebanon. Limited legal status also increases the risks of abuse and exploitation.

The Syria crisis (Forced Migration Review 47)
FMR 47 Foreword: the inheritance of loss

The Syria crisis (Forced Migration Review 47)

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 2, 2014 7:23


As the civil war in Syria drags on, the scale of displacement continues to increase. While the crisis may be prolonged, refugees and IDPs need support now for their protection, their recovery, and both their immediate and their long-term prospects.

The Syria crisis (Forced Migration Review 47)
FMR 47 Development and protection challenges of the Syrian refugee crisisf

The Syria crisis (Forced Migration Review 47)

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 2, 2014 19:44


The Syria Regional Response Plan 6 (RRP6) 2014 provides an increased focus on early recovery, social cohesion interventions and a transition from assistance to development-led interventions, alongside the continuing large-scale humanitarian assistance.

The Syria crisis (Forced Migration Review 47)
FMR 47 The refugee crisis in Lebanon and Jordan: the need for economic development spending

The Syria crisis (Forced Migration Review 47)

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 2, 2014 11:06


The most effective way to tackle the Syrian refugee crisis is for neighbouring states to assume a leading role in development spending, infrastructure upgrading and job creation, particularly in the most underdeveloped regions of those countries.

The Syria crisis (Forced Migration Review 47)
FMR 47 Syrians contributing to Kurdish economic growth

The Syria crisis (Forced Migration Review 47)

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 2, 2014 8:44


The circumstances for both successful livelihoods programming for refugees and for contributing to the local economy are present in the Kurdish region of Iraq.

The Syria crisis (Forced Migration Review 47)
FMR 47 The role of host communities in north Lebanon

The Syria crisis (Forced Migration Review 47)

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 2, 2014 9:54


Research conducted in Akkar, north Lebanon, suggests that the role played by the host community demonstrates good local capacity which should be built on to encourage further civic engagement and empowerment.

The Syria crisis (Forced Migration Review 47)
FMR 47 Refugee activists' involvement in relief effort in Lebanon

The Syria crisis (Forced Migration Review 47)

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 2, 2014 3:30


A cadre of educated middle-class Syrian refugees dedicated to improving conditions for Syrians at home and in Lebanon are building a civil society in exile but face obstacles to consolidating their presence and becoming more effective.

The Syria crisis (Forced Migration Review 47)
FMR 47 Coping strategies among self-settled Syrians in Lebanon

The Syria crisis (Forced Migration Review 47)

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 2, 2014 4:39


Refugees in Lebanon prefer living outside camps, where they can influence their situation.

The Syria crisis (Forced Migration Review 47)
FMR 47 Gender, conscription and protection, and the war in Syria

The Syria crisis (Forced Migration Review 47)

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 2, 2014 15:14


The struggles endured by men who remain inside Syria and the obstacles faced by others who choose to remove themselves from the fighting by fleeing the country demonstrate a need to redefine classic conceptions of vulnerability.

The Syria crisis (Forced Migration Review 47)
FMR 47 Refugee by association

The Syria crisis (Forced Migration Review 47)

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 2, 2014 8:08


Many Syrians, even when they have not been individually singled out, meet the refugee criteria on the grounds of being at risk of persecution because of a perceived association, in the broadest sense, with one of the parties to the conflict.

The Syria crisis (Forced Migration Review 47)
FMR 47 Protection challenges of mobility

The Syria crisis (Forced Migration Review 47)

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 2, 2014 11:50


It is easy to say that people fleeing Syria should stay in camps or satellite cities but people move on for a variety of reasons, and programmes and services must adapt to assist them.

The Syria crisis (Forced Migration Review 47)
FMR 47 A duty and a burden on Jordan

The Syria crisis (Forced Migration Review 47)

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 2, 2014 5:52


It is important to Jordan both that it protects its national identity and maintains its cultural obligations, and that it faces up to its humanitarian obligations.

The Syria crisis (Forced Migration Review 47)
FMR 47 For beneficiary-led protection programming in Jordan

The Syria crisis (Forced Migration Review 47)

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 2, 2014 2:23


Despite the humanitarian community's clear focus on addressing the protection concerns of displaced Syrians, in Jordan the beneficiaries of many protection programmes have had limited influence on the shape of the protection response to date.

The Syria crisis (Forced Migration Review 47)
FMR 47 If Israel accepted Syrian refugees and IDPs in the Golan Heights

The Syria crisis (Forced Migration Review 47)

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 2, 2014 9:46


Could re-opening the Golan Heights to Syrians displaced by the conflict be a beneficial option for those fleeing the Syrian conflict and for Israel's relations with its north-eastern neighbour?

The Syria crisis (Forced Migration Review 47)
FMR 47 The impact of displacement on disabled, injured and older Syrian refugees

The Syria crisis (Forced Migration Review 47)

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 2, 2014 1:45


In contexts of displacement it is critical to recognise that some groups in the population may require specific attention. Awareness of these needs has major consequences for the types of services required, and the way they are delivered.

The Syria crisis (Forced Migration Review 47)
FMR 47 The vulnerability of Palestinian refugees from Syria

The Syria crisis (Forced Migration Review 47)

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 2, 2014 6:09


While Syrian nationals may eventually return to their home country, the future for Palestinians from Syria is increasingly uncertain. Meanwhile they are more vulnerable, and treated worse, than most other refugees from the Syrian conflict.

The Syria crisis (Forced Migration Review 47)
FMR 47 The mental health of Syrian refugee children and adolescents

The Syria crisis (Forced Migration Review 47)

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 2, 2014 6:52


Mental health services can be key to restoring basic psychological functioning and to supporting resilience and positive coping strategies for children, adolescents and adults.

The Syria crisis (Forced Migration Review 47)
FMR 47 The inside story: internal displacement in Syria

The Syria crisis (Forced Migration Review 47)

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 2, 2014 9:14


With IDPs currently constituting two-thirds of those uprooted by the conflict, the ‘inside story' of displacement in Syria requires much greater attention.

The Syria crisis (Forced Migration Review 47)
FMR 47 How the crisis is altering women's roles in Syria

The Syria crisis (Forced Migration Review 47)

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 2, 2014 5:06


The significance of women as both distributors and recipients has been pivotal to the implementation of humanitarian assistance but also points to the burgeoning of a new social dynamic that has come about as a result of the upheaval caused by the war.

The Syria crisis (Forced Migration Review 47)
FMR 47 Mobility as a solution

The Syria crisis (Forced Migration Review 47)

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 2, 2014 3:12


Not all those who have gone to Syria's neighbours are registered, nor do all of these people regard themselves as refugees