Archives: Janemary Ruhundwa

Thursday, February 6, 2025

60 Years of Hosting Refugees: A Tanzanian Narrative Release

Tanzania Working Group is proud to announce the release of “the 60 Years of Hosting Refugees: A Tanzanian narrative”, an anthological collection of lived experiences of refugees and selected key actors in Tanzania. For six decades, Tanzania has opened its doors to refugees. How has this shaped communities and policies over time, and what... More

Wednesday, December 18, 2019

Event report: Localization: What? Why? How?

On the eve of the Global Refugee Forum in Geneva, LERRN partnered with the IDRC and Asylum Access to host a roundtable on “localization” and the importance of local actors in guiding refugee responses. The event brought together eight dynamic partners for a discussion at the Geneva Press Club on 16 December 2019. The... More

Thursday, September 19, 2019

Reflections from Tanzania on the OAU Convention at 50

On 18 September 2019, Janemary Ruhundwa, Executive Director of Dignity Kwanza and lead of LERRN's Tanzania Working Group, published an op-ed in The Citizen, one of Tanzania's leading English-language newspapers, reflecting on the 50th Anniversary of the signing of the 1969 OAU Convention Governing the Specific Aspects of Refugee Problems in... More

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