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Tuesday, February 25, 2025

Addressing Statelessness and Displacements in Southeast Asia: Workshop Report

The Centre on Gender and Forced Displacement (CGFD), with the support of IDRC, organized a two-session workshop on January 23–24, 2025, in Yogyakarta, Indonesia, focusing on the challenges of statelessness, forced displacement, and migration governance in Southeast Asia. This workshop integrated academic and policy-oriented discussions, bridging... More

Thursday, February 20, 2025

Call for Papers for Regional Webinar Series

Webinar title: TOWARDS A GLOBAL SOUTH SCHOOL OF THOUGHT ON DISPLACEMENT: Localizing Knowledge Production or Producing Local Knowledge? Dates: 7th to 9th May 2025 (ONLINE) (7th Asia; 8th Africa and 9th Latin America) For more information about the call, please click here. We invite conceptual and empirical papers, both of which may include policy... More

Thursday, February 6, 2025

Policy Brief: Global South Reflections and Recommendations on a Routes-Based Approach to Onward and Mixed Movements (UNHCR)

IDRC-LERRN Webinar 1 - Routes-Based Approach - Policy Brief This Policy Brief is a result of Global South reflections on a routes-based approach to protection: Perspectives from Latin America and North Africa, webinar organized by IDRC Research Chairs Network on Forced Displacement, 11 December, 2024. This webinar's panelists included Madeline... More

Wednesday, August 14, 2024

IDRC Research Chairs World Refugee Day 2024

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Monday, August 12, 2024

Seminar: Strengthening Knowledge, Evidence Use and Leadership in the Global South on Forced Displacement with a Focus on East Africa

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Wednesday, June 19, 2024

World Refugee Day Statement: Solidarity with refugees – Focusing on what unites us

Theme The theme for World Refugee Day 2024 is “Solidarity with refugees – Focusing on what unites us.” The theme of solidarity underscores the importance of integrating refugees into their new communities to ensure they can access jobs, education, housing, and healthcare. This inclusion is crucial for providing long-term solutions for... More

Monday, June 10, 2024

We are now recruiting for the position of Research Network Coordinator

We are now recruiting for the position of Research Network Coordinator to support the planning and implementation of the next phase of the IDRC Research Chairs Network on Forced Displacement. IDRC Research Network Coordinator - July 2024 to July... More

Friday, June 7, 2024

Nyi Nyi Kyaw: Digital counter-surveillance by refugees from Myanmar in Thailand

Digital counter-surveillance by refugees from Myanmar in Thailand... More

Friday, June 7, 2024

AIT Workshop and Conference Seed Grants 2024

Dear Colleagues, We are pleased to announce the successful proposals of the AIT Workshop and Conference Seed Grants 2024, which were selected based on their evaluation across the assigned eligibility criteria as mentioned in the document circulated earlier. The approved AIT-WS&C projects are the following: 1. Professor Paula Banerjee, Centre... More

Friday, June 7, 2024

Conference on Gender Geopolitics and Forced Migration Report

Conference on Gender Geopolitics and Forced Migration... More

Monday, May 13, 2024

Politics of Citizenship as a Solution for Refugees in Tanzania: A Comparative Case Study of Naturalization of Rwandese (1980-1995) and Burundians (2008-2023)

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Thursday, April 11, 2024

Displacement from Myanmar: How We Got Here and What More Can Be Done

Authors: Nyi Nyi Kyaw and Caitlin McCaffrie Executive Summary Myanmar has long been the primary source of displacement in Southeast Asia, with waves of conflict forcing people of different ages, genders and ethnicities to flee from their homes over decades. Refugees and people seeking asylum from Myanmar live across Southeast and South Asia, often... More

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