We advocate, facilitate, and mobilize partners and resources to increase economic inclusion and enhance resilience and self-reliance in displacement settings.
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Scaling Refugee Employment: Policy, Partnerships & Labour Mobility
🎥 #RefugeeForum spotlight session recording now available!
Watch here: youtube.com/watch?v=eD6kQYGy…
Driving solutions for jobs, decent work & labour mobility for refugees
#EconomicInclusion #LabourMobility
Halfway to #RefugeeForum 2027, progress is clear!
✅ 11+ states advancing inclusive policies for economic inclusion & social protection
✅ 500K people supported
✅ Growing evidence & refugee-led research
📖 Explore the GRF EISP Pledge Stocktaking Report: globalcompactrefugees.org/me…
UNHCR Livelihoods and Economic Inclusion retweeted
53,000 refugees.
650 companies.
One huge positive ripple effect for local economies in Mexico.
This is how one #RefugeeForum pledge helped refugees earn a living and give back to the communities that welcomed them.
UNHCR Livelihoods and Economic Inclusion retweeted
From cabbage to peas & carrots, refugees and their Rwandan neighbors in Mushishito marshland @Nyamagabe are growing crops to feed their families and earn income to meet basic needs.
Thanks to 🇩🇰 Denmark for supporting self-reliance for refugees & their hosts.
The 2025 UNHCR Refugee Education Report offers the most detailed global snapshot of refugee enrolment yet, showing modest gains in access and gender parity. But progress is at risk without stronger investment, partnerships, and data. #RefugeeEducation #UNHCR
Every child deserves a chance to learn.
But in many places, refugee children face even greater barriers to education than their peers.
The gap is widening. It’s time to close it.
ℹ️ unhcr.org/media/unhcr-educat…
ALT Nearly half of the world's 12.4 million refugee children do not have access to quality education.
ALT Enrollment of refugees in education 2024: Primary 67%. Secondary 37%. Tertiary 9%.
UNHCR Livelihoods and Economic Inclusion retweeted
Every child deserves a chance to learn.
But in many places, refugee children face even greater barriers to education than their peers.
The gap is widening. It’s time to close it.
ℹ️ unhcr.org/media/unhcr-educat…
ALT Nearly half of the world's 12.4 million refugee children do not have access to quality education.
ALT Enrollment of refugees in education 2024: Primary 67%. Secondary 37%. Tertiary 9%.
🐛 Insect farming – innovation for impact!
With support from 🇩🇰 Denmark & in collaboration with @WorldBank, we’re turning food waste into opportunity—creating #Jobs, boosting #Nutrition & advancing the #CircularEconomy in refugee-hosting areas. 🎧With @LinekAstrom from @UNHCR
In development, there are no silver bullets—but insect farming comes close. 🐛It creates jobs, cuts food waste, boosts protein intake, and produces natural fertilizer—all at once.
🎧 Listen to our latest podcast to find out how: wrld.bg/na2Y50WmIxW
UNHCR Livelihoods and Economic Inclusion retweeted
Becoming a refugee is not a choice. Anyone can become a refugee.
Refugees seek self-reliance and opportunities to contribute productively to the economies of their host communities.
On #WorldRefugeeDay and always, let's support refugees like Said in building their businesses.
#PartnershipsInAction #CircularAgriculture #LocalProtein #FoodSecurity #BioFertilizer #FoodWasteSolutions #InsectFarming #BSF #Innovation
UNHCR Livelihoods and Economic Inclusion retweeted
Insect farming: weird, wild and… a game-changer?
It turns bugs into protein to feed animals, fertilize crops & support small farms, helping displaced people grow food, earn income & rebuild.
Donate to UNHCR to help families facing hunger thrive.
📊 How can inclusive national statistics shape better socio-economic policies for forcibly displaced & stateless people?
🌍 Join our webinar to explore real-world examples, tools, and support to turn pledges into action.
💬 Join us on a discussion on how inclusive national statistics can be the basis for effective economic and social policy addressing the protection of forcibly displaced, stateless people & local communities 🗺️
🗓️ 20 May 2025, 10:00 CET
🔗 Register here: events.teams.microsoft.com/e…
"The stability and opportunities such support provides are exactly what displaced communities need to rebuild their lives and move forward amid all the challenges they face," says @KellyTClements , UNHCR Deputy High Commissioner
We are pleased to announce a partnership with @UNHCRAfrica to enable over 500,000 young refugees and displaced persons across Africa to complete their education and 200,000 young people to transition into meaningful work by 2030. Learn more: ow.ly/HQTu50VJh5Y
#AFD2025
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Investing in refugee livelihoods = investing in sustainable solutions!
Alice & hundreds of refugees in Nyabiheke are earning a living & building resilience through farming, thanks to support from Denmark🇩🇰
More support is needed to help refugees thrive!|unhcr.org/rw/news/stories/fa…
Mexico marks a milestone: 50,000 refugees and asylum-seekers find stability and rebuild their lives unhcr.org/news/press-release…
UNHCR Livelihoods and Economic Inclusion retweeted
El 53% de las participantes en programas económicos y de subsistencia dirigidos por ACNUR son mujeres, ellas reconstruyen sus vidas mediante el trabajo y la educación
ACNUR ofrece asistencia jurídica, apoyo financiero y formación en liderazgo a las mujeres desplazadas.
#8M
UNHCR Livelihoods and Economic Inclusion retweeted
Ahead of #IWD25, we’re highlighting the impact & expertise of women UNHCR staff working around the world to support & protect displaced & stateless people.
Paola Villagómez, a Senior Livelihoods & Economic Inclusion Associate shares why her work matters.
#HumanitariansAtWork
UNHCR Livelihoods and Economic Inclusion retweeted
This #IWD2025, we celebrate women like Nosizi—once stateless, now university graduate & UNHCR intern.
When stateless women & girls have opportunities, they go on to uplift their communities.
Let’s #EndStatelessness, break barriers & ensure they have the support needed to lead.
Refugees are reliable borrowers! Our program in Uganda demonstrates no significant differences in repayment behaviour between refugees and host communities. @Sida @FondationGCA findevgateway.org/blog/2024/…
We're hiring! We are looking for a new colleague to join our team and manage some exciting projects. For details and to apply by November 5 👇linkedin.com/jobs/view/40561…