Sixty percent of refugees now live in urban areas, not camps, yet our humanitarian systems haven’t adapted to this reality. Together with Refugees International, International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED), and the Refugee Self-Reliance Initiative (RSRI), the Women’s Refugee Commission has released a policy brief to inform the ongoing UN humanitarian reset, calling for an “urban first” approach to refugee response.
Recent Resources
Resource Type: Academic, Theme: Policy, Population: Refugees, Publication Year: 2025, Tags: Humanitarian-Development Nexus, Tags: Protection, Tags: Social Inclusion
Resource Type: Academic, Theme: Policy, Population: Refugees, Publication Year: 2025, Tags: Humanitarian-Development Nexus, Tags: Protection, Tags: Social Inclusion
Publishing Organizations: The Journal of Refugee Studies
Authors: Judith Kohlenberger, Charles Martin-Shields, Evan Easton-Calabria
Resource Type: Policy, Resource Type: Programmatic, Theme: Policy, Theme: Programming, Population: Refugees, Publication Year: 2011, Organizations: UNHCR, Tags: Urban, Tags: Health, Tags: Protection, Tags: Humanitarian-Development Nexus
Resource Type: Policy, Resource Type: Programmatic, Theme: Policy, Theme: Programming, Population: Refugees, Publication Year: 2011, Organizations: UNHCR, Tags: Urban, Tags: Health, Tags: Protection, Tags: Humanitarian-Development Nexus
Publishing Organizations: UNHCR
Resource Type: Policy, Resource Type: Programmatic, Theme: Policy, Theme: Programming, Population: Refugees, publication year: 2023, Organization: WHO, Tags: Health, Tags: Mental Health & Psychosocial Wellbeing
Resource Type: Policy, Resource Type: Programmatic, Theme: Policy, Theme: Programming, Population: Refugees, publication year: 2023, Organization: WHO, Tags: Health, Tags: Mental Health & Psychosocial Wellbeing
Publishing Organizations: WHO
Resource Type: Academic, Theme: Programming, Publication Year: 2025, Country: United States, Tags: Education, Organizations: Prevention Science
Resource Type: Academic, Theme: Programming, Publication Year: 2025, Country: United States, Tags: Education, Organizations: Prevention Science
Publishing Organizations: Prevention Science
Authors: Elly Miles; Erin Doyle; Soumita Bose; Hamutal Bernstein
Resource Type: Academic, Theme: Policy, Theme: Impact, Population: Refugees, Publication Year: 2021, Tags: Education
Resource Type: Academic, Theme: Policy, Theme: Impact, Population: Refugees, Publication Year: 2021, Tags: Education
Publishing Organizations: International Review of Education
Authors: Linda Morrice
Resource Type: Academic, Theme: Impact, Population: Refugees, Publication Year: 2020, Country: Uganda, Tags: Education, Organization: American Association for Adult and Continuing Education
Resource Type: Academic, Theme: Impact, Population: Refugees, Publication Year: 2020, Country: Uganda, Tags: Education, Organization: American Association for Adult and Continuing Education
Publishing Organizations: American Association for Adult and Continuing Education
Authors: Salome Joy Awidi and Kofi Quan-Baffour
Resource Type: Academic, Theme: Programming, Population: Refugees, Population: Children & Youth, Publication Year: 2024, Country: Kenya, Tags: Education
Resource Type: Academic, Theme: Programming, Population: Refugees, Population: Children & Youth, Publication Year: 2024, Country: Kenya, Tags: Education
Publishing Organizations: EdinBurg Peer Reviewed Journals and Books Publishers | Journal of Public Policy & Governance
Authors: Wambugu Iddah Wangui; Dr. Heather Eddah Kipchumba
Theme: Programming, Population: Refugees, Publication Year: 2025, Country: Thailand, Country: Myanmar, Tags: Education, Organizations: International Journal of Educational Development
Theme: Programming, Population: Refugees, Publication Year: 2025, Country: Thailand, Country: Myanmar, Tags: Education, Organizations: International Journal of Educational Development
Publishing Organizations: International Journal of Educational Development
Authors: Subin Sarah Yeo
Organizations: Refugee Self-Reliance Initiative, Refugee Self-Reliance Initiative, RSRI Publications, Organizations: Asociación Salto Ángel, Organizations: Fundación Mahuampi Venezuela, Organizations: Fundatransvida, Organizations: Refugiados Unidos, Organizations: Somos Tricolor - FUNDIMUSICOL, Organizations: Veneactiva Colombia, Country: Colombia, Publication Year: 2026, Population: Refugees, Population: Migrants, Resource Type: Programmatic, Theme: Social Inclusion, Theme: Policy, Theme: Programming
Organizations: Refugee Self-Reliance Initiative, Refugee Self-Reliance Initiative, RSRI Publications, Organizations: Asociación Salto Ángel, Organizations: Fundación Mahuampi Venezuela, Organizations: Fundatransvida, Organizations: Refugiados Unidos, Organizations: Somos Tricolor - FUNDIMUSICOL, Organizations: Veneactiva Colombia, Country: Colombia, Publication Year: 2026, Population: Refugees, Population: Migrants, Resource Type: Programmatic, Theme: Social Inclusion, Theme: Policy, Theme: Programming
Publishing Organizations: Refugee Self-Reliance Initiative; Asociación Salto Ángel; Fundación Mahuampi Venezuela; Fundatransvida; Refugiados Unidos; Somos Tricolor - FUNDIMUSICOL; Veneactiva Colombia
Organizations: Refugee Self-Reliance Initiative, Refugee Self-Reliance Initiative, RSRI Publications, Organizations: Asociación Salto Ángel, Organizations: Fundación Mahuampi Venezuela, Organizations: Fundatransvida, Organizations: Refugiados Unidos, Organizations: Somos Tricolor - FUNDIMUSICOL, Organizations: Veneactiva Colombia, Country: Colombia, Publication Year: 2026, Population: Refugees, Population: Migrants, Resource Type: Programmatic, Theme: Social Inclusion, Theme: Policy, Theme: Programming
Resource Type: Academic, Theme: Measurement, Theme: Programming, Theme: Impact, Population: Refugees, Population: IDPs, Population: Host Communities, Publication Year: 2025, RSRI Publications, Organizations: Refugee Self-Reliance Initiative
Resource Type: Academic, Theme: Measurement, Theme: Programming, Theme: Impact, Population: Refugees, Population: IDPs, Population: Host Communities, Publication Year: 2025, RSRI Publications, Organizations: Refugee Self-Reliance Initiative
Publishing Organizations: Refugee Self-Reliance Initiative; BMJ Global Health
Authors: Lindsay Stark, Kari Jorgenson Diener, Kellie Leeson, Simar Singh, Ned Meerdink, & Ilana Seff
