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Showing 1 to 20 of 65 for “"UNHCR"”.

  1. Protracted Refugee Situations: A Feminist Perspective on Refugee Depiction by UNHCR

    Shinn, CarlyUniversity of Kansas2017

    … United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). As the largest organization mandated with the protection of refugees and finding solutions for their plight, UNHCR has a unique responsibility, position, and capability to shape discourse and influence policy. Gendered characteristics used …

    ku Repository record

  2. The effect of UNHCR operations in the development of Turkey's asylum framework

    Cartwright, NatalieUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign2013

    … regards to migration and asylum concerns and how UNHCR operations have affected Turkey’s development of its asylum framework. Due to Turkey’s geographical location at the heart of major migratory networks, it continues to strictly observe the 1951 Geneva Convention through the lens of its …

    uiuc Repository record

  3. The Implementation of the Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)

    Al Kyed, Reema2025

    … United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)<br/>Reema Issa Al Kyed<br/>This thesis examines the compliance of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) with the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights (UNGPs), focusing on its commitment to …

    plymouth Repository record

  4. Accounting for Gender in International Refugee Law: A Close Reading of the UNHCR Gender Guidelines and the Discursive Construction of Gender as an Identity

    Tvedt, Johanna N2015

    … reading of this text, I demonstrate that the UNHCR defines gender as a ground that may influence or dictate violence. Defining gender in this way, the text betrays a performative contradiction. On the one hand, the UNHCR treats gender as a recognizable and distinct identity—one that can be …

    usfca Repository record

  5. International norm diffusion? Durable solutions and displaced persons from post-war Bosnia and Herzegovina – 2000-2010.

    Janicka, JustynaBournemouth University2020

    … United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees’ (UNHCR) ‘top-down’ policy development in relation to the specific case on durable solutions with a detailed exploration of the ‘bottom-up’ views of actual refugees and displaced migrants. Put simply the aim is to provide more detailed insight into …

    bournemouth Repository record

  6. Integrating project management and change management to reduce information and technology (it) project failure. A soft systems methodology (ssm) enquiry into a failing it project at UNHCR, South Africa.

    Chimwe, TaperaDepartment of Construction Economics and Management2020

    … United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) IT Manager, intends to introduce a new IT system but is faced with mutinous behavior by the users towards the project rendering it a possible failure. Purpose: It is the purpose of this study, to explore the possibility of equipping the …

    cape-town Repository record

  7. Closing the gap in access to water and sanitation in refugee settlements by financing innovative technologies

    Lohman, Hannah A. C.University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign2018

    … United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) mandate. UNHCR provides necessities to refugees; however, budget constraints continue to result in unmet water and sanitation standards and low access to energy and fertilizer resources in camps and settlements. Innovative sanitation …

    uiuc Repository record

  8. The challenges of a water system management handover in eastern Ethiopia : from the United Nations Refugee Agency to a local community

    Chung, Christophe (Christopher J.)Massachusetts Institute of Technology2011

    … United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) constructed the largest water system ever built by the agency, with the clear understanding that the Jerer Valley Water System (JVWS) would be passed on to a local institution. More than a decade later, with most of the refugees repatriated, …

    mit Repository record

  9. Resettled Refugee Experiences of Aspiring To and Navigating Through the Postsecondary Access Process

    Harendt, Sarah M.Virginia Tech2024

    … (United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees [UNHCR], 2018). Less than 10% of refugees resettled in the U.S. make educational advancements of any kind post-resettlement, and only six percent of refugees worldwide have entered postsecondary education (Capps and Fix, 2015; Ferede, 2018; Kerwin, …

    vt Repository record

  10. ^Eine^ Analyse weiblicher Flüchtlingsschicksale: zur Lebenssituation weiblicher Flüchtlinge aus Äthiopien und Eritrea am Beispiel des Aufnahmeortes Khartoum

    Ali, NawalUniversität Oldenburg

    … Flüchtlingskommissars der Vereinten Nationen (UNHCR) die weltweite Inkraftsetzung der Aufhebungsklausel des UN-Hilfsprogramms (Cessation Clause) sowie die Beendigung des Flüchtlingsstatus für die äthiopischen Flüchtlinge. Die Arbeit untersucht die Lebenssituation weiblicher Flüchtlinge aus …

    oldenburg Repository record

  11. Effectiveness of health education in prevention of diarrhea among the refugess in Osire refugee camp, Namibia

    Anyolo, Epafras2007

    … the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) and its Implementing partners has extended Primary Health Care Services to Osire refugee camp and implemented the system jointly. Health education program was introduced and Community Health Promoters (CHPs) were selected from the refugee …

    namibia Repository record

  12. Challenges and Livelihood Strategies of Darfurian Refugees Living in Kampala, Uganda

    Lucia, Angela F2012

    … United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), host governments, and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) that are providing services to them, thereby posing many challenges to the refugees themselves in having their needs addressed. My research with the Darfurian refugee population in …

    usfca Repository record

  13. Identity without citizenship: towards a global uniform registration system for the stateless

    Alansari, OmarQueen's University Belfast2020

    … United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), which has a limited mandate to address statelessness. However, this international focus on ending statelessness, although helpful in some contexts, has been at the expense of work to identify, protect and document stateless people pending …

    qu-belfast Repository record

  14. Between a Rock and a hard Place Exploring Xenophobia and Voluntary Refugee Repatriation in South Africa

    Görgmeier, Anne Juliane UlrikeDepartment of Political Studies2021

    … for refugee situation as defined by the UNHCR, besides local integration and voluntary repatriation. The South African government and the UNHCR, however, made it clear that third country resettlement could not be considered a solution for a majority of South Africa's refugees and …

    cape-town Repository record

  15. Women Refugee Students: United Nations' Visual Representation

    Bailey, Cassidy NoelleTexas State University2023

    … United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) website. The researcher used visual analysis of digital media in the UNHCR’s ‘Her Turn’ multimedia report, which highlights girls’ education and the UNHCR’s accommodation efforts in refugee camps, to investigate representation of refugee …

    texas-state Repository record

  16. Acculturation and the mental health of young refugees resettled under the humanitarian Gateway Protection Programme in Greater Manchester

    Mulongo, P2026

    … United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in playing a significant role in the long-term resettlement of some of those refugees, half of whom are children and young people. One initiative of such humanitarian resettlement in the UK is the Gateway Protection Programme (GPP). To-date, …

    salford Repository record

  17. Twice traumatised: assessing the unaccompanied refugee child's right to family unity and reunification

    University of Pretoria2006

    … Office of the High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR), in the implementation of these rights. The responsibility for realising family reunification for the unaccompanied refugee child rests on both the states and specialised agencies. This chapter will examine the various documents on the …

    pretoria Repository record

  18. Border as nomos : an alternative for the Stateless

    Philippou, Melina, S.M. Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyMassachusetts Institute of Technology2016

    … of refugees to Europe during 2015. According to UNHCR data, one in every 122 humans is now either a refugee, internally displaced, or seeking asylum'. While the number of stateless people is increasing, the usual framework for providing humanitarian help is proving inadequate When it comes to the …

    mit Repository record

  19. A right to leave : refugees, states, and international society

    Orchard, PhilipUniversity of British Columbia2008

    … United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). This regime has been challenged by increased refugee numbers and restrictions on the part of states, but its central purpose remains robust due to the actions of actors such as the UNHCR.

    ubc Repository record

  20. Between and Beyond Borders: Conflict, International Response, and Forced Migration

    Song, Young Hoon

    … United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) expands its mandates from conventional refugees to include internally displaced persons (IDPs), the ratio of refugees decreases because displaced people find a refuge with the help of UNHCR-involved field operations inside their countries. …

    south-carolina Repository record

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