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Fighting for Change. Ola’s Quest to get women working
Surrounded by fields of green, Ola, 33, and her family, three daughters and a young son, live in a small top floor apartment in Northern Jordan. After seven years as refugees, fleeing their home in Daraa, Syria, it is only now that Jordan is starting to feel like home. Life has not always been easy, but Ola has been determined to fight for her survival, to show her daughters that they can be everything and anything they want to be.
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UNHCR Jordan launches the 2 Billion Kilometres to Safety Campaign at the Dead2Red Running Race
Each year, refugees around the world walk 2 billion kilometres from their homes in search of safety. This year, UNHCR Jordan is launching the #StepWithRefugees campaign at the Dead2Red Running Race, to show solidarity and foster greater understanding of refugees in the region.
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UNHCR’s new 2 Billion Kilometres to Safety campaign invites the public to step in solidarity with refugees
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, announced a new global campaign calling on people all over the world to cover the distance travelled by refugees each year.
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Less than 5 per cent of global refugee resettlement needs met last year
This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson Shabia Mantoo – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at today’s press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva.
19 February 2019
UN and partners launch plan to support Syrian refugees and countries hosting them as number of Syrian refugee new-borns reaches one million mark
JOINT UNHCR/UNDP PRESS RELEASE
11 December 2018
Cash assistance gives refugees the power of choice
UNHCR is expanding cash-based assistance so that the millions of people that it serves can meet their needs in dignity, are protected and can become more resilient.
By UNHCR staff | 28 August 2018