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Centre for Refugee ResearchThe Centre for Refugee Research is situated in the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences at UNSW |
The Centre for Refugee Research holds a range of information about many aspects of refugee rights, refugee law, policy and service provision. Other comprehensive sources of information can be found on our Useful Refugee Related Links page.
Two reports of community consultations held by senior research staff, interns, MSD students and partners in India between 2007 and 2009 are now available for download.
New Delhi - "Looking Forward" and Mizoram "We are the people who don't exist" can be found here for download.
Aizwal - capital of Mizoram, North east India
The Centre for Refugee Research is proud to be working with Adult Multicultural Education Service (AMES) Melbourne, conducting an evaluation of their innovative 'Community Guides' settlement program. The Centre for Refugee Research is a sponsor of the AMES "Beyond the Refugee Journey Settlement" conference 21st to 23rd July 2009.
HARDA ( Horn of Africa Relief and Development Agency)
The research project with HARDA is continuing into 2009 with more consultations taking place in the Parramatta Holroyd area thanks to additional funding from Parramatta Leagues Club. For more details see the HARDA project websiteHARDA report is now available for download here
The Centre for Refugee Research is pleased to announce that the"Celebrating Refugee Lives:
Stories of Strength and Resilience' Toolkit is now available for purchase - please visit the
CRR Shop to order your copy.
This toolkit highlights the inspiring contributions and successes of refugees settling in Australia. It includes a film, a book of refugee stories of settlement and a short training program.
The materials are designed as a community education resource to enhance understanding of refugee experiences and to
dispel the often damaging myths which impact upon resettling groups.
Forming an International Working Group on the
Protection of Refugee Women and Children
From Words on Paper to Actions on the Ground
Since the adoption of the Conclusion on the Protection of Women and Girls at Risk by the Executive Committee of UNHCR in 2006, (see here) some important steps have been taken towards its implementation, but these are not enough. There is still a long way to go to change the words on paper to actions on the ground.We are bringing together a working group of NGO's and Refugee organisations to advocate for the implementation of the commitments made in the Conclusion and monitor the implementation process. We will report back during the UNHCR annual meeting of NGO's each year in September.
The establishment of the working group is sponsored by The Centre for Refugee Research, UNSW, Asian Women's Human Rights Council, The Australian National Committee on Refugee Women, The African Women's Advocacy Unit, Australia and The Refugee Council of Australia. We are inviting organisations from around the world to join with us in this endeavour.We held two meetings in Geneva during Excom to establish the working groups and to plan the first years work. If you could not attend the meetings, but are interested in being involved in this important work, please email us and add your name to the list of participating organisations.
TRAINING PROGRAMS
The Centre for Refugee Research runs a number of training programs to assist refugees here and overseas
A list of courses currently being offered can be located here
The Centre for Refugee Research and ANCORW have received new ARC Linkages funding for three years to look into the experience of women at risk once they are resettled in Australia. This project will follow up on the research into the women at risk work completed in Thailand, Kenya and Ethiopia and will examine links between pre arrival experience and settlement. It will include women settled in urban, regional and rural areas of NSW. Rebecca Eckert, research assistant and a long time supporter and volunteer with CRR and ANCORW will undertake her PhD as part of this project
The project will begin in August 2007 and a new link will be created on this website so that information and emerging findings can be shared with refugee communities, interested academics, community workers and policy makers .
For more information on this project please contact Rebecca Eckert on Rebecca.Eckert@unsw.edu.au
The Centre staff were awarded a three year ARC grant in 2003 to examine the status of refugee women at risk in refugee camps in Africa and Northern Thailand. More detail regarding this work can be found here
The provision of training to refugee groups is an integral part of the Women at Risk Project. A power point presentation detailing the training methods used in northern Thailand can be downloaded here.
A case study prepared for Amnesty International can be read here
Recent Publications and Reports
This is currently being updated.
Archived Items
Items from the home page of this website are still available on this site, please go to this link to read archived reports, downloadable reports and for videos.
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