Tag: the UN Refugee Agency

Geneva summit garners action to tackle gender discriminatory nationality laws

Stuart Mitchell

Leaders from governments, civil society and United Nations agencies convened in Geneva recently at a Global Summit on Gender Equality in Nationality Laws, calling for expedited action to end gender-based discrimination in nationality laws that deny people the equal right to acquire and confer nationality on their children and spouses.  Convened by the Global Campaign for Equal Nationality Rights, UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, UNICEF, and UN Women, the Global Summit heard from Eswatini, Iraq and Kiribati states, which reaffirmed their commitment to achieve gender equality in their nationality laws. …

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UNHCR launches global #HandinHandcampaign, a powerful message of unity urging the world to remember the plight of refugees this Ramadan

Stuart Mitchell

UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, this Ramadan intensifies its efforts to support the overwhelming number of families torn apart by war and violence and who are struggling to provide for their families. The agency has launched today its global campaign #HandinHand to raise awareness around the pressing need of refugee families, particularly women and children, for vital support and cash assistance. In line with these efforts, UNHCR has kicked off a visual campaignthat will air across the globethroughout Ramadan. “Projections of Hope” aims to connect families throughout the region with…

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Patrick Stewart, Vivienne Westwood and Anish Kapoor urge MPs to vote to facilitate refugee family reunion

Stuart Mitchell

  Actors, musicians and artists including Peter Capaldi, Neil Gaiman, the Kaiser Chiefs, and Anita Rani have urged their MPs to vote on changes to restrictive UK laws On Friday 16 March, Angus MacNeil’s Private Member’s Bill on refugee family reunion will be debated in the House of Commons Actors, musicians and artists including Patrick Stewart and Peter Capaldi have called on their MPs to urge them to attend the Refugees Family Reunion Bill on Friday 16 March 2018. The second reading of Angus MacNeil MP’s Bill has the power…

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