UNHCR in coordination with NCFA developed a manual on Quality Assistance Standards for Family Violence service providers In Jordan

UNHCR continues its support to the displaced families by the conflict in the disputed areas to Duhok Governorate.

A one-day consultation workshop on ‘Adolescent and Youth Programming in a Humanitarian Context’ within the framework of the Regional Refugee and Resilience Plan (3RP) took place today in Cairo on 18 October. The workshop, organized jointly by UNHCR and UNICEF provided an opportunity to improve the knowledge and understanding of the extent to which the current 3RP responses serve youth and adolescents in key sectors and build the capacity of partners.

United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), the German Embassy DAAD and Catholic Relief Services (CRS) celebrated on Tuesday 17 October, the commemoration of the 25th Anniversary of the Albert Einstein German Academic Refugee Initiative, known as DAFI.

In an effort to invest in the capacities of young refugee and asylum-seekers’ IT talents and entrepreneurs living in Egypt, UNHCR supported the participation of 22 refugees and asylum-seekers in the Techne Summit hosted at the Bibliotheca Alexandrina (30 Sep – 1 Oct). The selected refugees were mainly IT professionals, marketers, computer science graduates, computer engineers and entrepreneurs of both genders with an average age of 26. Participants represented different nationalities, including Syrians, South Sudanese, Sudanese, Yemenis and Iraqis.

On the 5th of October, El Gouna Film Festival honoured UNHCR for their work with refugees and asylum-seekers. At a reception organized at UNHCR's honour, celebrities pledged their support to stand #WithRefugees. Dangerous Crossings and other short films were screened at the “Social Impact through Films” panel during the festival

UNHCR supported Istanbul Culture and Art Foundation in organizing a workshop entitled “Your Voice to Mine” as part of the 15th Istanbul Biennial.

UNHCR started contributing to a series of awareness-raising seminars organized by its partner SGDD targeting members of the press.

UNHCR participated in a conference on the occasion of the International Day of Older Persons and delivered a presentation on the protection of elderly refugees.

UNHCR organized a workshop on access to rights and services for asylum-seekers & refugees with disabilities and those at older ages with the DGMM and the MoFSP.