Podcasts about refugee education

Send a textLacey Stone is Chief Development Officer at USA for UNHCR ( https://www.unrefugees.org/about-us/ ), the U.S. partner of United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees ( UNHCR - https://www.unhcr.org/ ), the UN Refugee Agency.UNHCR is a global organization dedicated to saving lives, protecting rights, and building better futures for refugees, forcibly displaced communities, and stateless people. It provides life-saving assistance (shelter, food, medical care) and works in over 130 countries to ensure safety and human rights, often deploying within 72 hours of a crisis.Lacey is a mission-driven leader with more than two decades of experience mobilizing partnerships, philanthropy, and storytelling to address some of the world's most urgent humanitarian challenges. In her role, she leads strategy across private philanthropy, corporate and foundation partnerships, and national engagement efforts that amplify refugee voices and generate critical support for displaced communities worldwide.Lacey's career spans influential leadership roles with organizations including UNICEF USA, PATH, and St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, where she built cross-sector collaborations advancing global health, children's wellbeing, and humanitarian response.Today's conversation will also focus on the Building Better Futures ( https://www.unrefugees.org/building-better-futures/ ) initiative — a women-led philanthropic effort supporting higher-education scholarships for refugee women and girls — and the broader movement redefining who gives, who benefits, and how philanthropy can drive lasting systemic change.Lacey holds an M.A. in International Relations from Villanova University and dual B.A. degrees in International Relations and Rhetoric & Communication from the University of Pittsburgh.#LaceyStone #USAforUNHCR #UNHCR #BuildingBetterFutures#RefugeeEducation #WomenLed #InternationalWomensDay#GlobalHealth #Rwanda #HumanitarianLeadership #WomenSupportingWomen #Philanthropy #SystemsChange#RefugeeWomen #ProgressPotentialPossibilitiesSupport the show

In this episode of the BIG Home Ed Conversations Podcast, Kelly and Ashley sit down with Catherine Gladwell, founder and CEO of Refugee Education UK, to explore what education really looks like when your whole life has been uprooted. Catherine shares powerful stories from her work with refugee children and teenagers in the UK – many of whom have been out of school for years, arrived alone as unaccompanied minors, or are trying to learn in a new language while carrying trauma, grief and separation from family. Together they unpack: Why over half of the world's refugee children are currently out of school The hidden barriers refugee learners face in the UK (language, trauma, missing records, complex systems) How academic potential is misjudged when language and PTSD get mistaken for “low ability” Incredible resilience and self‑motivation – from teens fighting to sit GCSEs to those dreaming of rebuilding their home countries The emotional impact of prejudice, othering and hostile narratives about refugees How schools can better recognise prior learning (mother‑tongue GCSEs, accelerated learning, subject‑specific language support) What home‑educating families can do to talk about refugees, challenge stereotypes and raise more compassionate kids Kelly and Ashley also reflect on parallels with home education: worries about “translating” a non‑standard educational path into exams, further education and future opportunities – and how our current systems often measure the wrong things while missing character, resilience and lived experience. Resources mentioned: The Boy at the Back of the Class by Onjali Q. Raúf - Get it here. Refugee Education UK - https://www.reuk.org/donate Take it further: Use this episode as a springboard to talk with your children about refugees, displacement and shared humanity. Small acts of welcome – a smile, a hello, an invitation to play – can make a huge difference to a young person starting again in a new country. Keywords: refugee education UK, refugee children in school, asylum seekers and education, prejudice and refugees, inclusive education, trauma‑informed teaching, accelerated learning, home education UK, changing perspectives, empathy for refugees

In this episode, Sean and Punya talk with colleagues who are working toward ways educators, learners, researchers, practitioners, and policymakers can address the learning and teaching of refugees/(im)migrants?LEARN LFC Description: In this project, we will bring together refugees, educators, and researchers with those in global and community organizations to 1.) identify key areas of needed research on the education of refugee/(im)migrants and to 2.) develop intentional and inclusive collectives to both conduct research and to use research findings to build necessary supports for refugee/(im)migrant communities in Arizona, the United States (US), and globally. We situate refugee/(im)migrants and teachers as both learners and educators, who deserve support not only from organizations,but also from academic institutions.Guest Information: Shyla DoganShyla, a graduate of ASU's Educational Leadership and Policy Ph.D. program, is an Assistant Professor of Education Studies at ASU's Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College (MLFTC).Nasir Ahmad KaihanNasir is a Ph.D. student at MLFTC.Adnan TuranAdnan is a Ph.D. student at MLFTC.Links & More Information:Learning Futures Collaborative: Learning and Educating Across Refugee/(Im)migrant Networks (LEARN)1951 Refugee ConventionPunya's blog post: Things we hold on to (in a shifting world)International Organization of Migration (IOM)Silver Linings for Learning (Feb 2023). Episode 140, Bans Don't Work in an Open World: Afghan Women Find Educational Opportunities in BangladeshPresident's Alliance on Higher Education and ImmigrationHamid, Mohsin (2017). Exit West. Penguin Random House [publisher link]

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I came across the work of our guest today, Luma Mufleh, back in 2019. Even then, I was enchanted by the story of how she created Fugees Academy, a successful private school in Georgia for refugee children who are too often overlooked and underserved in traditional district schools. But I recently finished reading Luma's newly released book, Learning America: One Woman's Fight for Educational Justice for Refugee Children, which joins the story of Fugees Academy with her own powerful story as an immigrant, entrepreneur, soccer coach, school founder and change maker, and wife and mother. Truthfully, Learning America is one of the most extraordinary books I have read in awhile, and it should definitely be on the top of your list of books to read this summer.  Fugees Family Luma Mufleh's 2017 TED Talk

Harvard Professor Sarah Dryden-Peterson knows that we can do a lot better for the nearly 30 million refugees in the world. As an expert on refugee education, she says education needs to create better supports for displaced children whose education is disrupted, dominated by exclusion and uncertainty about the future. In her latest research, she shares how governments and international agencies have been hindered in this work and how refugee teachers and students are leading the way to better educational supports. In this episode, she reflects on the current conflict between Russia and Ukraine, and offers insight into what we've learned from other humanitarian crises.

In this episode, we are joined by two writers based in Indonesia who speak with members of their communities.Firstly, Elina Mark works with two non-profit educational organisations: Education 4All and Beyond the Fabric. Elina speaks about educational barriers refugee children face with the co-founder of the 4all, Faiza Ahmed Omer Faloul. Now focusing on delivering online education, 4all is a refugee-run organisation that Faiza help set-up to fill a void, challenge the status quo and help the broader refugee community in Indonesia.*Then, writer Nimo Ahmed voices some of the issues refugee women face as she speaks with two women Hodan and Fahma who have been in Indonesia after leaving Somalia. Nimo's writing aims to uncover social and cultural problems refugee women face. *4all is currently fundraising in order to reach more people in need of their educational services across Indonesia. To donate: https://ensany.com/campaign/3998 

Today we explore the language of instruction in refugee education. Although learning in a home language is important, often it's impossible for refugee children. Such tensions have important implications for refugee futures which are often unknowable. My guests are Celia Reddick and Sarah Dryden-Peterson who have recently co-written a new book chapter entitled “Refugee Education and Medium of Instruction: Tensions in Theory, Policy, and Practice.” Celia Reddick is a PhD Candidate in Education at Harvard where Sarah Dryden-Peterson is an Associate Professor and Director of REACH. www.freshedpodcast.com/reddick-dryden-peterson/ -- Get in touch! Twitter: @FreshEdpodcast Facebook: FreshEd Email: info@freshedpodcast.com Support FreshEd: www.freshedpodcast.com/donate

Ronald Beghetto talks with Dr. Sarah Dryden-Peterson about REACH, a program she leads to create and facilitate welcoming and inclusive education to refugees in different parts of the world. She shares how educators can help refugee students make navigational decisions between what exists and what could be, and realize that their malleable histories and identities are what makes them part of communities. Dryden-Peterson explains how refugees, surrounded by uncertainty and disruption, provide an example for us as we emerge from the pandemic. You can learn more about Dr. Sarah Dryden-Peterson and her work by accessing her directory page at Harvard, and also the REACH webpage.

Their Story is Our Story E50 The Tycoons break the normal mold for this show and interview Sherianne and Robin of the non-profit organization, Their Story is Our Story. This is a great show highlighting the passion for volunteerism and the framework for purposeful living. Sherianne and Robin give an inspiring picture of real refugee […] The post Their Story is Our Story E50 appeared first on Business RadioX ®.

Their Story is Our Story E50 The Tycoons break the normal mold for this show and interview Sherianne and Robin of the non-profit organization, Their Story is Our Story. This is a great show highlighting the passion for volunteerism and the framework for purposeful living. Sherianne and Robin give an inspiring picture of real refugee […] The post Their Story is Our Story E50 appeared first on Business RadioX ®.

Their Story is Our Story E50 The Tycoons break the normal mold for this show and interview Sherianne and Robin of the non-profit organization, Their Story is Our Story. This is a great show highlighting the passion for volunteerism and the framework for purposeful living. Sherianne and Robin give an inspiring picture of real refugee […]

Gareth is joined by Polly Akhurst and Louie Barnett from Amala Education to discuss the ongoing global refugee crisis, barriers to educational access, and Amala’s transformative learning model and high school diploma program designed to empower refugee youth.

शरणार्थी मामलों की संयुक्त राष्ट्र एजेंसी (UNHCR) ने गुरुवार को एक नई रिपोर्ट ‘Coming Together for Refugee Education' पेश की है, जिसमें यह आशंका जताई गई है कि स्कूल बन्द होने, ज़्यादा फ़ीस होने या दूरस्थ शिक्षा के लिये तकनीक तक पहुँच ना होने के कारण बड़ी संख्या में शरणार्थी बच्चे अपनी पढ़ाई जारी रखने में असमर्थ होंगे.  इस रिपोर्ट के बारे में और जानकारी के लिये हमारी सहयोगी, अंशु शर्मा ने बात की भारत में यूएनएचसीआर के एक सहायका अधिकारी किरी अत्री से.  

Refugee camps in Greece remain overcrowded and unhygienic beyond imagination, but until Covid-19 struck new education centres were a daily lifeline for children who had fled conflict and persecution, many arriving after perilous journeys from Syria, Afghanistan and Iraq. This episode provides a glimpse into life in those camps and talks to the team behind Theirworld’s new report that offers a way forward out of the refugee education crisis. Sarah talks to organisations making a difference there, and to two refugees who shed their personal light on what those on the islands are going through. Sarah talks to Maysa Jalbout, author of the report ‘Finding Solutions to Greece’s Refugee Education Crisis’; Justin van Fleet, president, Theirworld; Abi Hewitt, CEO and co-founder of Love Welcomes; Tanko Doris Laure, refugee from Cameroon; Sanda Leslie, refugee from Cameroon; Josie Naughton, chief executive officer, Help Refugees; Naoko Imoto, education chief UNICEF Partnership Office in Greece.   Theirworld is a major funder of education on the Greek Islands – with the support of the People’s Postcode Lotteries and our many individual supporters – in partnering with Education Cannot Wait, UNICEF, UNHCR and many local charities and groups.

At this week's Round Table, Inica, Julianna, and Olivia discuss global refugee education with Chrystina Russell, Executive Director of the visionary Global Education Movement (GEM) at Southern New Hampshire University. Even BEFORE the COVID-19 pandemic, over 70 million people were displaced worldwide, with over 25 million people living as refugees. Currently, just 3% of refugees are in higher education compared to 34% of the non refugee population globally. GEM was created to bring university education and employment pathways to refugees and traditionally underserved learners through a blended learning model that is all the more relevant at this time when much of the world has been forced to do remote learning. We had a rich conversation about refugees, what works and what's challenging about online learning, and what it will take to increase and improve learning opportunities for transient and vulnerable populations. Thanks for joining us and we hope you enjoy the podcast! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/nextgenpolitics/message

This is an episode of Behind the Pages - the podcast of the Journal on Education in Emergencies. Join us for these exciting and timely conversations with JEiE authors about their work on education in regions affected by crisis and conflict. Emergency relief prioritizes basic survival needs like food, water, medical aid, sanitation, and shelter. But increasingly some humanitarians have begun to think of education not only as capable of improving lives, but indeed as lifesaving. In "Asking 'Why' and 'How': A Historical Turn in Refugee Education Research” Christine Monaghan identifies key shifts in the motivation behind refugee education through the lens of a historical perspective. Drawing from oral histories, interviews, and archival research, Monaghan constructs a narrative of “why” and “how” refugee education programming has become a form of immediate emergency response. This article is available, in its entirety, for free here: https://inee.org/collections/journal-education-emergencies-volume-5-number-1

At this week's Round Table, Sara Chough, Julianna Davis, and Riya Mehta speak with Tujiza Uwituze, East Africa Representative for the Global Education Movement (GEM) at Southern New Hampshire University, focusing on one of the foremost human rights--education--as it plays out in Rwanda, as part of our ongoing series on human rights around the world. Thanks for listening! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/nextgenpolitics/message

What are the possible futures presupposed within the organization of refugee education worldwide? Do the understood purposes of refugee education align at the global, national and school levels? My guest today is Sarah Dryden-Peterson, an Associate Professor at the Harvard Graduate School of Education who has been researching refugee education for 15 years. Together with Elizabeth Adelman, Michelle Bellino, and Vidur Chopra, she has recently co-authored an article for the journal Sociology of Education that looks at the purposes of refugee education today. Sarah and her colleagues argue that quality refugee education must further a sense of belongingness. -- www.freshedpodcast.com/sarah-dryden-peterson Twitter: @FreshEdpodcast Facebook: FreshEd Email: info@freshedpodcast.com

Special guest Andrea joins us in this episode, where we talk about the on-the-ground realities and challenges of refugee education. This episode wraps up our 3-part series on SDG4 and Refugee Education. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/whats-indie-news/message

Outlining the opportunities schools have to work on their own school culture to best support refugee children with mental health problems, and unaccompanied refugee children in schools.

Barriers, diagnostic difficulties, and cultural and language considerations for doing a thorough psychological assessment.

A recent decree in Iran removed a legal barrier to undocumented refugee children attending school but other barriers remain. One non-governmental organisation discusses the successes and challenges of adopting an inter-sectoral approach.

Although education policies have been devised to integrate these children into the Greek education system, these policies have actually led to some students being segregated. The closure of the ‘Balkan route’ in the spring of 2016 has trapped around 21,000 children in Greece. Although education policies have been devised to integrate these children into the Greek education system, these policies have actually led to some students being segregated.

Sometimes we want to help but feel there is nothing we can do. Well what about getting your workplace involved? Sarah Rogerson watched the Syrian refugee crisis unfold on her TV and together with Chloe Shaw got their employer Cambridge Assessment English involved and are making huge steps in helping refugees back into education. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Refugee-led education initiatives in West Java, Indonesia, show how refugee communities can work with supporters to overcome service gaps faced in host countries.

ASU's Refugee Education and Clinic Team (R.E.A.C.T.) works with refugee communities in the valley, providing free health-care education and resources. Working in partnership with nonprofits and medical providers, R.E.A.C.T. aims to help make the transition to life in the United States easier for refugees throughout Arizona.

The involvement of the private sector in providing education for Syrian refugees has much to commend it but greater consideration needs to be paid to the ethical and practical concerns that may arise.

In this interview from the 2018 LearnLaunch conference, we speak with Chrystina Russell, Executive Director of SNHU's Global Education Movement (GEM), about how the school is using its educational resources and partnerships abroad to help train refugees for new jobs.

John Palmer, Associate Professor and Chair of Educational Studies at Colgate University, reflects on refugee education in the Korean peninsula and beyond.

Across the globe, millions of people have been displaced from their homes. How does the international community respond to this humanitarian crisis? What is the role of education? My guest today is Sarah Dryden-Peterson. She leads a research program that focuses on the connections between education and community development, specifically the role that education plays in building peaceful and participatory societies, particularly in conflict and post-conflict settings. She is concerned with the interplay between local experiences of children, families, and teachers and the development and implementation of national and international policy. Sarah has recently written an article entitled “Refugee education: Education for an unknowable future” in a special issue of the journal Curriculum Inquiry that rethinks refugee education Sarah Dryden-Peterson is an Associate Professor at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. She taught middle school in Boston, founded non-profits in South Africa and Uganda, and has two school-aged children.

Father Lawrence Frizzell interviews Ms. Alice Benishyaka about her work in Refugee Education and her participation in the forum on “Expanding Youth Learning and Opportunity Pathways in, and Linked to, West Africa,” which was held at the University of Ghana Business School in collaboration with the Joseph C. Cornwell Centre for Metropolitan Studies, Rutgers University.

In their determination to take control of an uncertain future, Sri Lankan refugees living in the camps of Tamil Nadu, India, have prioritised education.

How do you actually make big change happen? In this episode, Sarah Brown explores the challenge of how to educate Syrian children who have been forced to flee their homes and schools due to the ongoing war. What are all the elements involved in getting hundreds of thousands of Syrian back to school and learning? The episode focuses on education but has wider lessons about how big problems can be solved, even in the face of overwhelming crisis. This is an example of how campaigns create change, and what can be achieved when leaders and activists come together. Sarah Brown talks to Elias Bou Saab, former Minister of Education in Lebanon, Christos Stylianides, EU Commissioner for Humanitarian Aid and Crisis Management, Julia Gillard, former Australian Prime Minister, now Chair of the Global Partnership for Education, Dr Justin van Fleet, Director of the Commission for Financing Education Opportunity and chief adviser for Theirworld, Weded Antawi, a Palestinian computer science student campaigning for global education and Nour, 14 year old Syrian schoolgirl.