GENEVA, 18 June 2014 (ICMC) - On Thursday, 19 June from 9 :00 to 10:45, ICMC will speak at the annual UNHCR-NGO consultations. The event will be held at Room 3 of the International Conference Center Geneva (ICCG) at 17 rue de Varembé. UNHCR and NGO partners, including ICMC, will speak on community based protection programmes and their role in fostering women’s leadership among refugee communities.

Community based protection puts the capacities, agency, rights and dignity of persons of concern at the centre of programming. It generates more effective and sustainable programmes by working with refugees to identify gaps in protection and thus strengthen local resources and infrastructure.

Jackie Loo, National Programme Manager of ICMC Malaysia, will speak of the Refugee Women’s Protection Corps programme (RWPC), in order to share its work enhancing women’s leadership and participation within the Burmese refugee community in Malaysia.

For more information on the programme, click here<.

For the full agenda, click on the PDF below.

Moderator:
• Mark Canavera, Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health

Speakers:
• Preeta Law, Senior Protection Coordinator, Division of International Protection Division
• Nils Carstensen, Local to Global Protection
• Jackie Loo, International Catholic Migration Commission (ICMC)
• Joseph Munyambanza, CORBURWAS International Youth Organization to Transform Africa (CIYOTA)
• Ashok Gladston Xavier, OFERR, Organization for Eelam Refugee Rehabilitation

Finally, for any further questions, please contact ICMC Communications Officer, Caitlin Hannahan at hannahan@icmc.net<

Photo credit: RWPC volunteer conducts a training session for school children 

FINAL Agenda 2014 UNHCR Annual Consultations with NGOs 1.pdf (1.52 MB)