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Title/Description | Women at Risk (Argentina) |
Country | Argentina » |
Specific location (city, region, etc) | Rosario |
Actors/Partners | HIAS |
Funding | Public » UNHCR » |
Objectif(s) | Provide increased protection and a durable solution to resettled women and their socially vulnerable dependents. The objective is accomplished through the following steps: • Monitor and facilitate the integration process and the exercise of their fundamental human rights, including economic, social and cultural rights • Respond to the specific needs of resettled refugee women • Promote access to national standards of assistance in public services • Provide specialized psychological support • Promote a working proposal aimed to empowerment, self-sufficiency and autonomy. |
Results/Impact | • The implementation of the women at risk program has enhanced the humanitarian space in the southern region of Latin America • It responds to the specific needs of refugee women, including through monitoring and specialized psychosocial support • The implementation of a specific program for women at risk has opened spaces that benefit all refugees (e.g. the Municipality of Rosario has offered priority access to job training courses to all refugee women).
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Why is this considered a Good practice? | • This program has facilitated the socioeconomic integration of a particularly vulnerable group of persons of concern • The program has been used strategically to benefit all persons of concern to UNHCR. |
Pertinent MPA/BPA Component | Resettlement » |
Theme (s) | Income Generation » Gender-based violence (SGBV) » Focus on women » |
Links | http://www.acnur.org/biblioteca/pdf/8060.pdf?view=1 |
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