Lebanon eases birth registration rules for Syrian refugees
New rules remove need for costly court process for unregistered births, easing access to education, health and other services for more than 50,000 children.
Announcing the 2018 ID2020 Summit – Towards “Good” Digital Identity
ID2020 Alliance will host its annual Summit on September 14 in New York City at Convene and the United Nations.
UNHCR launch mapping of statelessness in Côte d’Ivoire
In August, an ambitious data collection exercise was jointly launched by UNHCR, the Government of Cote d’Ivoire, and the National Institute of Statistics (INS) to map and improve data on statelessness in the country.
Empowering Women, Changing Mindsets: A Conversation on Technology and Financial Training
Gender advocates Mayra Buvinic and Baroness Goudie discuss the potential of mobile banking and savings for women’s economic empowerment.
Beyond the Clip: Is Blockchain the Future of Humanitarian Aid?
Social media, due to their brevity, have the power to ask pertinent questions. However, answers to complex questions might take longer to formulate. Lacking the famous crystal ball, we cannot be certain about what the future has in store for humanitarian aid. But trends can give us a hint.
Are refugee numbers the highest ever?
Notwithstanding the difficulty of reporting high-quality data on refugees, and the political obstacles impacting data collection and the reliability of data sources, UNHCR is taking extra steps to ensure accuracy in its reporting of refugee data.
UNHCR and LIGHTest team up to provide refugees with new digital solutions for education
UNHCR and LIGHTest are collaborating on an innovative process of identification, eligibility and selection of refugees who want to pursue higher education.
UNHCR renew its registration and identity management tools in Angola
Angola is the fifteenth country in Africa to roll-out PRIMES, UNHCR’s new Population Registration and Identity Management EcoSystem.
Advanced technology and society: Facial recognition is no longer science fiction
In his new article, The president and chief legal officer of Microsoft, Brad Smith, calls for government regulation and for the development of norms around acceptable uses around facial recognition technology.
Asylum Procedure: Cell Phone Search Has No Benefits
Show me your phone and I’ll believe who you are. The German civil society blog netzpolitik.org on a new procedure that allows the authorities to analyze the data on mobile phones and computers of asylum seekers whose identity cannot be established otherwise.