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Visually impaired women find hope in eastern Afghanistan
With tailored support, women who are blind are gaining the education, skills, and confidence to build a brighter, more independent future.
Can we still offer hope away from home when numbers of refugees are rising?
Can we still offer hope away from home when numbers of refugees are rising? The situation for people forced to flee their homes is desperate and change is needed on a big scale. It can be hard to know how to help and Refugee Week offers a moment in the year to...
The power of tea to bridge communities and build connection
Meet the refugees and host communities who are using tea to build connections, resilience and self-reliance.
Climate crisis fuels flooding and deepens displacement
Climate change is fuelling flooding and other forms of extreme weather, causing fresh displacement and making life even harder for people already uprooted from their homes.
Statement by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees to the United Nations Security Council
Statement by the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi, to the United Nations Security Council
UNHCR alarmed at growing humanitarian needs around Kharkiv, Ukraine
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.