The RRN Mission

The RRN seeks to generate and mobilize knowledge among scholars, practitioners and policy makers to benefit people who have been forcibly displaced. Our goal is to build a network of networks which will promote connections throughout the field of refugee and forced migration studies by: facilitating interactions among the academic, practitioner and policy-making sectors; engaging new and established scholars from around the world in innovative online activities; and, creating spaces for the presentation and dissemination of the experiences and concerns of refugees themselv

Job Vacancy: Project Worker - Medact, London

Posted Thu, 2010/07/29 - 13:41 by paulap
Deadine / Event Date: 
2010/07/29 - 13:40

Medact is currently recruiting a Project Worker.

The role will be based at our offices near Old Street in London. The
Project worker will be working with the Co-ordinator of the Refugee
Health Network.

The post is a 4 month fixed contract, 2.5 days per week.

About the Refugee Health Network:
The Refugee Health Network (RHN) focuses on ensuring vulnerable migrants
have access to the health care they need. The current users of the RHN
are health professionals, charities and academics. The RHN aims to
improve access to health care for, and health outcomes of, vulnerable

Job Vacancy: Consultant, ICVA

Posted Thu, 2010/07/29 - 13:37 by paulap
Deadine / Event Date: 
2010/07/29 - 13:35

ICVA is seeking to engage a consultant (or group of consultants) to carry out a desk review of the various NGO coordination mechanisms that have been put in place in recent years and to develop lessons learned of what has and has not worked in these different mechanisms. Based on these lessons learned, a short, easy-to-use checklist or similar product should be developed for NGO coordination mechanisms.

Forced Migration Review 35: Disability and displacement

Posted Thu, 2010/07/22 - 21:39 by paulap

The English edition of FMR 35, with a major feature on Disability and displacement, is now online at http://www.fmreview.org/disability/

Publisher: 
Forced Migration Review
Date Released: 
Thu, 2010/07/22 (All day)
Source (new): 
http://www.fmreview.org
URL: 
http://www.fmreview.org/disability/

Environmental Degradation and Conflict: From Vulnerabilities to Capabilities

Posted Wed, 2010/07/21 - 15:32 by paulap
Deadine / Event Date: 
2010/12/05 (All day)

Environmental Degradation and Conflict - From Vulnerabilities to Capabilities

ESF-ZiF-Bielefeld Conference
Bielefeld, Germany
5-9 December 2010
www.esf.org/conferences/10328

Two fully-funded DPhil studentships at International Migration Institute

Posted Wed, 2010/07/21 - 15:30 by paulap
Primary Institution: 
Oxford University

The International Migration Institute at the University of Oxford seeks to award two fully-funded DPhil studentships commencing 1 October 2011
for the ‘Determinants of International Migration’ (DEMIG) research project  (http://www.imi.ox.ac.uk/research/demig/demig-the-determinants-of-international-migration)

Date Released: 
Wed, 2010/07/21 (All day)
URL: 
http://www.imi.ox.ac.uk/research/demig/demig-the-determinants-of-international-m...

E-Course: Rights of Refugees and Displaced Persons

Posted Wed, 2010/07/21 - 15:24 by paulap
Deadine / Event Date: 
2010/07/21 (All day)

Human Rights Education Associates has launched an introductory e-course on the rights of refugees and  displaced persons. The course takes between 3 and 10 hours to complete  yet is completely self-paced and thus can be spread out over days, weeks  or even months depending upon the situation of the learner. Upon  successful completion of a final test the participant will receive a  certificate of completion. Tuition for this introductory e-course is US$  50. Tuition payments can only be made on-line by credit card (MasterCard  and VISA).

Job Vacancy: ICVA Secretariat - Senior Policy Officer - Forced Displacement

Posted Wed, 2010/07/21 - 15:19 by paulap
Deadine / Event Date: 
2010/08/01 (All day)

ICVA is looking to recruit a Senior Policy Officer with a focus on  forced displacement. This job is a new position in the Secretariat. The vacancy announcement and job description are available on the What's New page of the ICVA website: www.icva.ch/whatshot.html.

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