Browsing by Subject "refugee"

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    Alleviating Barriers to Women’s Empowerment in Iraqi Kurdistan through the Gendered Graduation Model: Documenting the ‘Stronger Women Stronger Nations’ Program
    (2022-06) Nussair, Hanna
    This study documents the international development and humanitarian organization Women for Women International’s graduation model program entitled “Stronger Women Stronger Nations”, and its role in empowering marginalized women residing in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq (KRI). The KRI is continuously impacted by instability in neighboring jurisdictions including Iran to the east, Turkey to the north, Syria to the west and the rest of Iraq to the south.1 Currently 500,000 internally displaced persons and refugees reside in the region, including Syrian, Yazidi and Iraqi individuals.2 The Stronger Women Stronger Nations program aims at assisting vulnerable Syrian, Yazidi and Iraqi women through a holistic graduation approach model which targets social empowerment, economic empowerment, and vocational training throughout the course of twelve months.
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    Comparing assimilation processes: Why are some migrants more vulnerable to assimilation?
    (2021-06) Turan, Adnan
    In the past, countries built their refugee education systems on the possibility of refugees going back to their countries (Dryden-Peterson et al., 2019). Hence, refugees' native languages and origin countries' curriculum were the main tools in refugee education. Until 2012, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) encouraged host countries to educate refugees based on their origin country's curriculum and by their native language. However, UNHCR has changed the refugee education paradigm to make the quality of education a priority. Then, UNHCR supports countries to integrate refugees into their national education system (UNHCR, 2012). Host countries have opened public schools to refugee children, but the new situation brings new problems like decreasing immigrants' cultural and personal space in the educational environment. These problems push immigrants into an assimilation process. Turkey has experienced different practices for Syrian refugees. These practices have led to differences in Syrian refugees' assimilation and integration process, even on the same siblings. This research offers a lens to explore why some refugees are more vulnerable to assimilation and why some of them are integrated more quickly than others.
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    Housing Issues Facing Somali Refugees in Minneapolis, MN
    (Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs, 2009-12-15) Dischinger, Jeffrey D.
    When these Somali immigrants arrive in Minnesota they are coming to a place very foreign to them and are in desperate need to find somewhere they can go to find help and to meet people they can relate to. In order for them to have a smooth transition into their new life here it is of extreme importance they have somewhere to turn for help. This is why I am recommending improvements to how the Minneapolis Public Housing Authority helps Somali refugees find housing in Minneapolis. Affordable housing is an essential component for refugees to become successful in the United States. We can do more to make their transition into the United States successful and give them a better opportunity to make a better life for themselves in this country.
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    A Needs Assessment Survey for a Resource Center for African Immigrants and Refugees in St. Paul, Minnesota
    (University of Minnesota: Center for Urban and Regional Affairs, 2003-01) Bazile, Anne Marthe
    A report prepared for the African Refugee Support Services.