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Self-reliance and financial inclusion: Bridging policy and private sector solutions – highlights from UNHCR ExCom Side Event
What does it take to turn financial inclusion from a policy promise into a lived reality for refugees? At a Side Event during UNHCR’s 76th Executive Committee session, governments, financial institutions, and refugee entrepreneurs explored how to make financial services truly accessible to those forced to flee.
A critical step toward saving lives: helping humanitarian workers respond to substance use with empathy and care
A new inter-agency initiative is driving a shift to ensure substance use is recognized and addressed as a critical part of humanitarian response.
Bringing Efficiency to Greater Heights: UNHCR Malaysia’s Digital Gateway Self-Service Kiosk
By Mellissa Lina Mosses and Lamine Kane Figure 1: Digital Gateway self-service kiosks, available in multiple languages, at UNHCR Malaysia. Today, refugees and asylum-seekers in Malaysia can access essential documentation and services more quickly and conveniently,...
Back to school, but who’s teaching? A call to invest in refugee teachers
By Nina Papadopoulos, Senior Education Officer UNHCR – September 2025As children around the world return to school this season, gathering supplies, meeting teachers, and stepping into classrooms filled with possibility, millions of refugee children face a different...
A new chapter for Afghan returnees: gains, gaps and the long road ahead
A post-return monitoring survey shows Afthan returnees gain jobs and earnings over time, but many still face gender gaps, unmet needs, and rising debt.
Project Flow: Solarizing water systems for refugees and their hosts through innovative finance
Congolese refugees who fled the violence in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) to Burundi, use a water point at a hosting site in Rugombo, Cibitoke Province, in March 2025. © UNHCR/Charity NzomoWith Project Flow, UNHCR is pioneering a smarter way to solarize...
Launch of UNHCR’s Statistical Quality Assurance Framework (SQAF)
By Edgar Scrase and Hyunju Park A UNHCR staff member presents key findings from the 2023 Global Trends Report. UNHCR/Michele Cirillo Released in June 2025, the new UNHCR Statistical Quality Assurance Framework for Official Statistics (SQAF) is a significant step...
Bridging classrooms: teacher-led innovations on the front line and global lessons on refugee education
Teachers step up when formal systems fall short, according to global evidence that shows what works in refugee education.
LISA: transforming refugee verification through self-service
By Simon Pierre Diouf and Kelvin Miami A refugee reads the privacy notice before proceeding with verification. © UNHCR/Arnold Snell UNHCR’s Regional Bureau for the East and Horn of Africa and the Great Lakes (EHAGL) is piloting a new self-service kiosk application...
UNHCR Records and Archives: Interesting Times
By UNHCR Records and Archives Section To borrow a Gen-Z phrase, International Archives Week ‘hit different’ in 2025. It was far from a celebration this year. As has been widely reported, the humanitarian sector has been facing a calamitous financial shortfall –...
Unlocking financial access for refugees: highlights from the June 2025 DLA Piper International–UNHCR panel in London
Financial inclusion is a cornerstone of recovery. In a recent event, UNHCR joined former refugee entrepreneurs, regulators, and financial service providers to exchange policy insights and share practical solutions that are helping refugees access the financial systems they need to rebuild their lives.
From Data to Action: OECD-UNHCR Datathon Harnessing Data for Forcibly Displaced and Stateless Children
By Andrea Pellandra and Alejandra Moreno Ramirez, UNHCR's Global Data Service The UNHCR Provided Earthquake-Resilient Shelters with Winter Heating in Barmal District, Paktika, Afghanistan. © UNHCR/Oxygen Empire Media Production In April 2025, UNHCR and...