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5 Refugees that Impacted the World

2020-05-13T08:00:00+00:00

A refugee is a person who has been forced to leave their country in order to escape war, persecution, or natural disaster. There is a common misconception that refugees willingly leave their country in search of a better life in the western world, but that simply isn’t true. Many believe the UK accepts a lot of immigrants and asylum seekers but in reality, there are actually very few living in the UK compared to other countries and many dream to return to their home country when peace returns. But unfortunately sometimes that takes more than a single generation, and refugees are [...]

5 Refugees that Impacted the World2020-05-13T08:00:00+00:00

Refugee and Migrant Communities in the UK Challenge Traditional Models of Charity and Aid

2020-01-29T08:00:50+00:00

Refugees are often on the receiving end of philanthropic giving. However, refugee and migrant communities in the UK also provide sizeable charitable donations and aid, as highlighted in recent studies. In this blog post, Madiha Sadiq and Olivia Everett argue donations by refugee and migrant communities in the UK should be better valued, celebrated, shared and most critically, supported. A burden? Stances against migrants and refugees are often based on a nexus of nationalist opposition and economic rationalisation. These perspectives are often hinged on the traditional notions of the refugee as a ‘guest’ or a ‘burden’ on the state and taxpayers, [...]

Refugee and Migrant Communities in the UK Challenge Traditional Models of Charity and Aid2020-01-29T08:00:50+00:00

How faith can help refugee and migrant women to heal from sexual and gender-based violence

2019-11-25T08:00:24+00:00

November 25, 2019 How faith can help refugee and migrant women to heal from sexual and gender-based violence This blog on How faith can help refugee and migrant women to heal from sexual and gender-based violence was first published on The Age of Superdiversity blog hosted by the University of Birmingham and Institute for Research into Superdiversity. Forced migration experience is often a traumatic and unpredictable experience. Migrants fleeing their countries of origin rarely expect to encounter the worst hazards, like kidnapping, human trafficking and confinement. In Medenine and Zarzis in southern Tunisia, 15 refugee and migrant women from ten Sub-Saharan [...]

How faith can help refugee and migrant women to heal from sexual and gender-based violence2019-11-25T08:00:24+00:00

SGBV across migrant and refugee journeys: Early lessons learnt from Tunisia

2019-11-18T08:00:40+00:00

November 18, 2019 SGBV across migrant and refugee journeys: Early lessons learnt from Tunisia This blog on Sexual and Gender Based Violence across migrant and refugee journeys was first published on The Age of Superdiversity blog hosted by the University of Birmingham and Institute for Research into Superdiversity. My research explores the influence of religion on migrant and refugee women who experienced Sexual and Gender-Based Violence (SGBV) during their journeys. In this post I share what I learnt about the nature of SGBV experienced by my respondents. Statistically it is estimated that around 1 in 5 women experience sexual violence in [...]

SGBV across migrant and refugee journeys: Early lessons learnt from Tunisia2019-11-18T08:00:40+00:00

The need for a sustained humanitarian commitment to the global refugee crises’

2019-09-16T14:08:11+00:00

September 16, 2019 The need for a sustained humanitarian commitment to the global refugee crises’ Humanitarian crises in Syria, Afghanistan, and South Sudan have displaced more than 13 million people around the world; millions have been forced to leave their homes and have not received sufficient humanitarian support. Behind the statistics are people: mothers, fathers, children, all with dreams for their futures. And while it is sometimes easy to switch off from what is happening around us, we cannot afford to turn a blind eye to the refugee crises’ happening around the world. As the frequency and complexity of humanitarian climate-related [...]

The need for a sustained humanitarian commitment to the global refugee crises’2019-09-16T14:08:11+00:00

The Role of Faith in Psychosocial Response

2023-05-10T08:38:19+00:00

July 24, 2019 The Role of Faith in Psychosocial Response Religion and belief can act as powerful coping mechanism for individuals dealing with traumatic experiences. Despite this fact, the role of faith in psychosocial response to trauma often tends to be overlooked by practitioners working with survivors of trauma, R&D and IPD are addressing this significant gap by working on a one-year research project on ‘Developing a Faith Sensitive Psycho-Social Response to Trauma amongst Muslim Women’ (co-led by R&D and the International Programmes Division at IRW). Funding for the project has been approved by IR Canada. HAD Postgraduate Fellows Sandra Iman [...]

The Role of Faith in Psychosocial Response2023-05-10T08:38:19+00:00

Three ways that religion matters in responses to refugees

2019-06-19T08:41:05+00:00

June 19, 2019 Three ways that religion matters in responses to refugees How and why does religion matter in response to forced migration? On Friday 10th May 2019 the Refugee Hosts’ team co-convened a workshop with colleagues from Yale, as part of our British Council-funded Bridging Voices project, to examine the role of religion in forced displacement. The Bridging Voices project and our recent workshop brings our Refugee Hosts research in Lebanon and Jordan into conversation with research conducted by our Yale colleagues in Cameroon, Greece, Malaysia and Mexico. This blog post, written by Dr Jennifer Philippa Eggert, Head of Research at the [...]

Three ways that religion matters in responses to refugees2019-06-19T08:41:05+00:00

Faith, gender, forced migration & trauma

2019-05-10T17:07:34+00:00

May 10, 2019 Faith, gender, forced migration & trauma The role of faith in international development and humanitarian aid is often overlooked, despite faith and religion being an important factor in the lives of many people in underdeveloped and crisis-afflicted areas. In order to shed light on the role of faith in responses to trauma experienced by Muslim women, HAD’s Research and Development (R&D) Department is currently running a project in cooperation with Islamic Relief’s (IR) International Programme Division. As part of the project, two HAD Postgraduate Fellows, Sandra Iman Pertek and Kathleen Rutledge are conducting field research in Tunisia, Turkey [...]

Faith, gender, forced migration & trauma2019-05-10T17:07:34+00:00

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