The technology issue (Forced Migration Review 38)
40 episodes - English - Latest episode: almost 11 years ago -The 32 articles and short pieces in the feature theme section of FMR 38 look at the effects of changes in technology – particularly in communications technology – on displaced people and those who work with them. FMR 38 also includes eight articles on other forced migration subjects. This issue is available in English, French, Spanish and Arabic.
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Episodes
FMR 38 Protracted internal displacement: is local integration a solution?
May 08, 2013 01:45 - 17 minutes - 8.15 MBRecent research in six countries in Africa, Europe and Latin America highlights a range of factors that may help or hinder integration.
FMR 38 Kenyan refugees included in transitional justice processes
May 08, 2013 01:44 - 7 minutes - 3.3 MBIn the complex relationship between forced migration and transitional justice, a visit by the Kenyan Truth, Justice and Reconciliation Commission to a refugee settlement in Uganda seems to mark a significant step.
FMR 38 Preventing partner violence in refugee and immigrant communities
May 08, 2013 01:43 - 12 minutes - 5.68 MBFor many refugees and other forced migrants, sexual and gender-based violence does not necessarily stop after resettlement; for some, that may be when it starts.
FMR 38 A new strategy for meeting humanitarian challenges in urban areas
May 08, 2013 01:42 - 17 minutes - 8.16 MBExperience indicates that significant challenges remain across key humanitarian operational approaches relating to the needs of growing numbers of IDPs and refugees who migrate to cities.
FMr 38 Forgotten and unattended: refugees in post-earthquake Japan
May 08, 2013 01:41 - 14 minutes - 6.63 MBRefugees and asylum seekers suffered restrictions on movement, increased impoverishment and shortage of essential information.
FMR 38 Language training in the Czech Republic
May 08, 2013 01:40 - 7 minutes - 3.56 MBLanguage skills are crucial for the integration of refugees into the local community. In the Czech Republic, all persons granted international protection have the legal right to language tuition but there are shortcomings in provision.
FMR 38 Nearly a refugee: thoughts from Cairo
May 08, 2013 01:35 - 7 minutes - 3.38 MBTurbulence in North Africa and the Middle East has forced many to flee their homes and countries. One woman in Cairo, on the brink of flight, considers her options.
FMR 38 'Identity unknown': migrant deaths at sea
May 08, 2013 01:34 - 7 minutes - 3.25 MBPolitical unrest in North Africa has led to a resurgence in irregular migration to Europe and an increase in migrant deaths at sea, yet there is still no framework for identifying those who die or recording their numbers.
FMR 38 New technologies always an improvement?
May 08, 2013 01:33 - 5 minutes - 2.48 MBNew technologies always an improvement?
FMR 38 Sifting hype from reality
May 08, 2013 01:32 - 3 minutes - 4.72 MBSifting hype from reality.
FMR 38 Technology: bringing solutions or disruptions?
May 08, 2013 01:31 - 10 minutes - 1.73 MBThe availability of information through new technologies is challenging existing power relations and current ways of working, and we may not be prepared for the consequences.
FMR 38 Country of Origin Information: old problems, modern solutions
May 08, 2013 01:30 - 11 minutes - 5.19 MBThe current multitude of sources of information paradoxically renders access to good quality Country of Origin Information for refugee status determination procedures quite cumbersome.
FMR 38 Sharing sensitive data on forced migrants
May 08, 2013 01:29 - 15 minutes - 7.08 MBCan a collaborative web-platform for sharing critical demographic information about displaced people improve delivery and response?
FMR 38 Technology and engineering to support work with refugees
May 08, 2013 01:15 - 8 minutes - 3.71 MBNew partnerships are being forged to encourage young engineers to use their skills in the service of refugees.
FMR 38 The role of technology in family tracing in Kenya
May 08, 2013 01:14 - 12 minutes - 5.62 MBCapitalising on the spread of mobile phones and the internet, new digital tools can help refugees trace missing family members. Security of data is a vital aspect of any such tools.
FMR 38 Making online connections
May 08, 2013 01:13 - 7 minutes - 3.59 MBInternet-based technologies are changing the way refugees are able to remain connected to their origins while adjusting to life in a new country.
FMR 38 The networking Tibetan diaspora
May 08, 2013 01:12 - 3 minutes - 1.48 MBThe networking Tibetan diaspora.
FMR 38 Satellite phones help rescue of refugees
May 08, 2013 01:10 - 3 minutes - 1.8 MBSatellite phones help rescue of refugees.
FMR 38 Refugees enjoy freedom to surf in Uganda
May 08, 2013 01:09 - 2 minutes - 1.23 MBRefugees enjoy freedom to surf in Uganda.
FMR 38 Android phones for mosquito net surveys
May 08, 2013 01:09 - 4 minutes - 2.14 MBAndroid phones for mosquito net surveys.
FMR 38 Community Technology Access project
May 08, 2013 01:08 - 4 minutes - 1.94 MBCommunity Technology Access project.
FMR 38 Mobile phones used for public health surveillance in Darfur
May 08, 2013 01:07 - 3 minutes - 1.48 MBMobile phones used for public health surveillance in Darfur.
FMR 38 From the local community in Colombia into cyberspace
May 08, 2013 01:06 - 4 minutes - 2.11 MBFrom the local community in Colombia into cyberspace.
FMR 38 Disabled persons database after Pakistan floods
April 23, 2013 01:11 - 3 minutes - 1.68 MBDisabled persons database after Pakistan floods.
FMR 38 GBV data collection and sharing
April 16, 2013 03:57 - 3 minutes - 1.82 MBGBV data collection and sharing.
FMR 38 How displaced communities use technology to access financial services
April 16, 2013 03:56 - 9 minutes - 4.12 MBAs drought forces hundreds of thousands of Somalis to flee to Kenya and Ethiopia or to displaced camps within Somali territories, providing financial services might not seem an immediate priority.
FMR 38 Online connection for remittances
April 16, 2013 03:55 - 9 minutes - 4.25 MBnternet cafés in refugee camps allow refugees to maintain and create networks for overseas remittances. For many displaced people, maintaining these ties is vital.
FMR 38 What Ushahidi can do to track displacement
April 16, 2013 03:53 - 11 minutes - 5.06 MBUshahidi is an interactive mapping tool for use in crisis situations, which humanitarian workers can use to help them target assistance.
FMR 38 Phoning home
April 16, 2013 03:47 - 12 minutes - 5.7 MBSimply having access to technology does not resolve the problem of communication between displaced people and their families.
FMR 38 Web-based monitoring in an insecure environment
April 16, 2013 03:46 - 13 minutes - 6.34 MBUNHCR has developed Project Tracking and IDP databases for its work in Iraq in order to facilitate its operations at a lower risk to all stakeholders and to improve financial accountability, oversight and transparency.
FMR 38 Remote visual evidence of displacement
April 16, 2013 03:45 - 16 minutes - 7.68 MBGeospatial technologies such as satellite imagery provide a means of 'reaching' a conflict zone when on-the-ground reporting may be too dangerous, a region too remote, or access denied.
FMR 38 Open access to scholarly research
April 16, 2013 03:44 - 5 minutes - 2.71 MBForced migration authors hold the key to enabling free and unfettered access to the full text of research articles.
FMR 38 Luxembourg-UNHCR-Skype synergies
April 16, 2013 03:43 - 11 minutes - 5.24 MBA recent strategic partnership between UNHCR, the Government of Luxembourg and communications software provider Skype is keeping UNHCR staff in hardship locations in touch with their families and friends.
FMR 38 Access to information - inclusive or exclusive?
April 16, 2013 03:33 - 14 minutes - 6.54 MBDo new technologies increase access to information and knowledge for all, or are they deepening a technological divide?
FMR 38 Early warning of mass atrocity crimes
April 16, 2013 03:32 - 11 minutes - 5.22 MBThe use of new technologies for early warning systems can help reduce people's vulnerability to mass violence.
FMR 38 Technology in aid of learning for isolated refugees
April 16, 2013 03:31 - 12 minutes - 5.53 MBThe lack of higher education opportunities for refugees, many of whom flee before being able to complete their education, is a widely acknowledged problem.
FMR 38 The only constant is change
April 16, 2013 03:30 - 13 minutes - 6.17 MBAdvances in information and communications technology are offering new solutions to a range of operational challenges experienced in the field. Can the humanitarian community's providers of telecommunications services keep up with the pace of change?
FMR 38 Disaster Response 2.0
April 16, 2013 03:28 - 19 minutes - 9.04 MBThe traditional disaster response community is only now beginning to assimilate the vast changes that new technologies could bring for information management in their field.
FMR 38 Citizen initiatives in Haiti
April 09, 2013 02:21 - 15 minutes - 7.3 MBThe 2010 earthquake in Haiti ushered in a new era for the role and power of technology and communication systems in disaster response, especially for how local responders used them.
FMR 38 Foreword
April 09, 2013 01:59 - 3 minutes - 1.45 MBForeword to issue 37 of Forced Migration Review.