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Refugee Women as Agents for Peace

The UN Women, Peace and Security Agenda in the Context of Forced Migration

Thursday, 3 December 2020, 17:00 - 18:30, CET (Zoom Webinar in English and Arabic)
Panel discussion and study presentation: The UNSCR 1325 and its application on the participation and rights of refugee women in the EU.

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Event

Somali Diaspora Engagement in European countries

Somali networking meeting (online)

Within our diaspora focus, the VIDC invited Somali activists to report about their activities. A VIDC study on the Somali communities in Austria will be presented in November. A diaspora conference "Horn of Africa" is planned…

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No Peace Without Women

Report from the panel discussion on 22 August 2020

The discussion focused on the 20th anniversary of UN Resolution 1325 on Women, Peace and Security and was part of the AKIS conference "20 Years of Banu - First Independent Afghan Women's Magazine".

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Somali Diaspora Engagement in the midst of COVID-19 Pandemic

Report from the Somali Networking Meeting 26.6.2020 (online)

Within our diaspora focus, the VIDC invited Somali activists to report about their activities. A study on the Somali communities in Austria will be presented in November. A diaspora conference is planned in June 2021.

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We call on European civil society to take a stand!

by Despina Syrri

85 NGOs in Greece demand immediate actions to stop the humanitarian crisis at the border to Turkey and the Aegean islands. An outbreak of COVID-19 at the Evros border or camps would have disastrous consequences.

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Article
Photo from Afghnaischer Frauenverein showes women at scholl doing chemistry

Study: A Guide to Afghan Diaspora Engagement in Europe

Examples of good practice and recommendations from the Vienna Networking Conference “Knowledge Transfer and Support”

The guide by Ali Ahmad presents development projects of Afghan diaspora organisations in Europe. The guide also contains recommendations from the networking conference "Knowledge Transfer and Support".

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News

Fortress Europe? Current migration trends and European responses

Report on the event on 25 February 2020

Gerald Knaus, a political advisor, Alida Vračić from Populari Institut in Sarajewo and the Nairobi based migration analyst Olivia Akumu discussed the changing dynamics of migration today and possible political responses.

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Closed borders during the Corona Pandemic

The Austrian asylum system in times of the COVID 19 pandemic

Online seminar with the lawyer Norbert Kittenberger

16 May 2020, 15:00 - 17:00 (Zoom)
Norbert Kittenberger talks about current changes in Austrian asylum law and related fields of law.

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Afghanistan Between War and a New Beginning

Report from the panel discussion on 2 December 2019

War has been going on in the country on the Hindukush for over 40 years. On this occasion, the VIDC invited the journalist Emal Haidary and the feminist activist and researcher Sahar Fetrat to a discussion in Vienna.

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