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UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)

The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees was established on December 14, 1950 by the United Nations General Assembly. The agency is mandated to lead and co-ordinate international action to protect refugees and resolve refugee problems worldwide. Its primary purpose is to safeguard the rights and well-being of refugees. It strives to ensure that everyone can exercise the right to seek asylum and find safe refuge in another State, with the option to return home voluntarily, integrate locally or to resettle in a third country. In more than five decades, the agency has helped an estimated 50 million people restart their lives. Today, a staff of around 7,092 people in 124 countries continues to help 35.8 million persons.  Website: www.unhcr.org
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UNHCR Review of Gender Equality in Operations

October 2016 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Thematic Reports

Catering start-up empowers Afghan refugee women in Delhi

8 March 2016 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country News

Côte d'Ivoire - COI Compilation

4 March 2016 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country Reports

Memorandum of Understanding Between Dubai Foundation for Women and Children (DFWAC) and the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees

22 February 2016 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Memoranda of Understanding

Sexual and Gender-based Violence Prevention and Response In Refugee Situations in the Middle East and North Africa - Executive Summary

25 November 2015 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country Reports

Sexual and Gender-based Violence Prevention and Response In Refugee Situations in the Middle East and North Africa

25 November 2015 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country Reports

UNHCR warns of "looming refugee crisis" in the Americas

28 October 2015 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country News

Sparks, skills and new hope for Afghan refugee women in Iran

27 October 2015 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country News

Women on the Run: First-hand Accounts of Refugees Fleeing El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Mexico

26 October 2015 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country Reports

Evaluation of Implementation of 2005 IASC Guidelines for Gender-based Violence Interventions in Humanitarian Settings in the Syria Crisis Response

10 October 2015 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country Reports

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