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Global Updates: Refugee Protection and Empowerment

November 26, 2020 at 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM

Location:Online Event
Key Contact:McGill Refugee Research Group

As new refugee situations have emerged in recent years and other protracted refugee situations continue, how do individuals and organizations respond? Three McGill University PhD students from different disciplines will share their current or planned research on three refugee situations around the globe.

With presentations by:

  • Cristina Yepez (Anthropology): Mobility, gender, and sexuality for Venezuelan migrants and refugees in Ecuador
  • Nik Parent (Geography): Congolese forced displacement, protracted encampment, and implications for repatriation
  • Merve Erdilmen (Political Science): Empowering Women Refugees in Turkey: A Local Approach to Global Challenges

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