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Thursday, April 30, 2020
By Dr. Elizabeth Ferris, Georgetown University Hundreds, maybe thousands, of articles and reports have appeared recently, analyzing the potential for the COVID-19 virus to wreak havoc among refugees living in crowded conditions with inadequate sanitation and limited access to health care. Refugees International, for example, traces in painful... More
Wednesday, April 29, 2020
A personal reflection from LERRN Project Director, James Milner It is with great sadness that I share the news of the passing of my dear friend and LERRN partner Prof. Gil Loescher on 28 April 2020. Gil Loescher in Thailand, 2006 Gil was a gentle giant of refugee studies. His work on refugee issues... More
Tuesday, April 28, 2020
In a recent publication on the World Economic Forum website, Dr. Ola El-Taliawi, Postdoctoral Fellow in Global Refugee Policy at Carleton University, highlighted 3 crisis governance principles currently undertaken by some governments that can help public leaders and their policy advisors effectively respond to the implications of COVID-19. Dr.... More
Sunday, April 19, 2020
At the Global Refugee Forum in Geneva in December 2019, LERRN partnered with the Global Refugee-led Network to endorse the importance of refugee participation. Now in the midst of this global pandemic, it’s more important than ever to recognize refugees as partners in the COVID-19 response, as well as equal partners in research, policy... More
Wednesday, April 15, 2020
Dina Taha’s work has taken her from Egypt to Canada and back again on a journey of research and discovery about the lives and survival strategies of Syrian refugee women. During her doctoral work, she returned to Egypt and conducted an intensive series of interviews with Syrian refugee women who... More
By Dulo Nyaoro As I am writing this piece, 201 people have tested positive for COVID-19 in Kenya. Nine have died while 25 have fully recovered. While it is too early to confidently conclude that it is the strict measures that the Kenya government has instituted that has suppressed the spread of Coronavirus, the numbers... More
Friday, April 10, 2020
By Pascal Zigashane The world is facing a health threat and Kenya is finding it very crucial to contain the spread of COVID-19. Kakuma refugee camp is an arid place with no agriculture activities. Refugees fully depend on food stock from other counties in Kenya, especially Kitale County. Fear rises amongst refugees if they... More
Wednesday, April 8, 2020
On April 8, 2020, the news service of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, EurekaAlert!, published a description of the objectives and purpose of the VULNER Project (Vulnerabilities under the Global Protection Regime: How Does the Law Assess, Address, Shape and Produce the Vulnerabilities of the Protection Seekers?) co-led by... More
Tuesday, April 7, 2020
By Dr. Oroub El Abed Jordan is taking a number of pivotal measures to fight the spread of COVID-19. In her latest post, Dr. Oroub El Abed, a principal researcher and co-investigator in Jordan at the Centre for Lebanese Studies, outlines the new challenges this crisis has created in the labour market, especially for... More
Wednesday, March 11, 2020
On Wednesday March 11, Dr. Ola G. El-Taliawi, Postdoctoral Fellow in Global Refugee Policy at Carleton University, gave a talk to outline her research agenda for advancing the study of refugee policy. During her talk, she presented her doctoral research on state policy responses to the Syrian refugee movement. Her research focused on refugee... More
Saturday, March 7, 2020
By Amanda Klassen March 8th, 2020 marks the 55th year that International Women’s Day (IWD) has been celebrated around the world. This year the IWD theme is #EachforEqual, an equal world is an enabled world which highlights the difference that individuals can make. IWD is an opportunity to celebrate the many amazing accomplishments of women... More
Friday, March 6, 2020
With International Women’s Day around the corner, it’s a good time to celebrate women who have played an extraordinary role in advancing women’s rights. LERRN is thrilled to highlight Muzna Dureid and the amazing work she has done - and continues to do - for women and girls. In 2011, Muzna and her family... More
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