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Where refugee women learn coding
Inspiring story about Syrian civil engineer Anan Jakich, refugee in Germany, who has joined a community of women newcomers rebuilding their lives through a shared love of technology.
Three Future Scenarios for Digital Identities in Developing Countries
In “Three Future Scenarios for Digital Identities in Developing Countries”, Kathleen Yaworsky of the non-profit fintech Accion, attempts to map the next 10 years of digital identity development. Her article is published on the ICTworks blog for new technologies and development.
Countdown for accelerated PRIMES roll-out starting in May
To register refugees from Venezuela in Brazil, UNHCR Field teams are using a brand new application for mobile devices: Rapid Application (RApp) which allows for the rapid input of identity related data in an off-line modus.
“Rohingya Refugee Emergency at a Glance” Story Map
The Rohingya refugee crisis is one of the largest and fastest-growing refugee crises in decades. Follow the newly produced story map outlining the dangers and risks that the Rohingya refugees are still facing.
Promise or hype: Provides Blockchain a Safe Identity?
In two articles, Monique J. Morrow explores the opportunities of safe identity storage which blockchain technology offers and Karl Steinacker underlines the importance of State regulation for technological development.
Real Time Data: Uganda Identity Verification Exercise
UNHCR and the authorities in Uganda are currently undertaking a massive identity verification exercise using biometrics to register more than one million refugees. You are now able to follow the operation by looking at the Real Time Verification Dashboard.
UNHCR and the pursuit of international protection: accountability through technology?
Ms. Katja Lindskov Jacobsen and Ms. Kristin Bergtora Sandvik just published their article “UNHCR and the pursuit of international protection: accountability through technology?” in Third World Quarterly.
Cars and Privacy
The online tech publication The Register is discussing the issue of data protection from a different and unusual angle: What does the advent of connected and autonomous vehicles (CAV) mean for privacy? Farfetched? We don’t think so and invite you to read more here.
Bridging the identity divide – Is Portable User-Centric Identity Management the Answer?
Who takes care of the tens of millions of refugees, forcibly displaced and stateless persons who either cannot safely approach their government, or have no government that recognizes them as citizens?
RETS Providing vital communications in refugee situations
The Refugee Emergency Telecommunications Sector (RETS) is the mechanism through which UNHCR coordinates the communications technology response in refugee situations. Watch the clip here on what it is. If you would like more information, contact [email protected]
A Mobile Messaging App facilitates access to justice
The European Court of Human Rights recently recognized that messages between detained asylum seekers and their lawyer on a popular mobile messaging application met formal requirements for lodging an application to the Court.
Digital Identity – Why It Matters and Why It’s Important We Get It Right
At the World Economic Forum, Leaders have called for greater multi-stakeholder co-operation on digital identity and announced their commitment to strengthen collective action on this agenda.