📢Online - The #NGO Statement delivered at the second formal preparatory meeting for the #GRF on the Forum’s markers of success & programme. Thank you NGOs for your input & HIAS & Refugees International for leading the drafting process. Full Statement▶️ icvanetwork.org/resource/prepa…

📢Online - NGO Statements delivered at the 87th UNHCR Standing Comm. meeting on international protection, statelessness, solutions & UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency engagement with IDPs. ▶️icvanetwork.org/resource/87th-… Thanks #NGOs for your input and HelpAge International, Nationality for All, ISI for drafting.

This call could not be more timely: #HRC53 should urgently respond to the global pattern of deaths, torture at int'l borders by establishing an independent international monitoring mechanism to undertake a global investigation into these violations amnesty.org/en/documents/i…

ICVA & InterAction have been instrumental in shaping the priorities and structure of the HLP & Action Agenda, monitoring and promoting its implementation, and facilitating engagements with the Special Adviser on Solutions to Internal Displacement. ▶️icvanetwork.org/resource/how-i…

Millions of girls in Afghanistan face an uncertain future as their right to education is threatened. Through local partners, we are doing everything we can to ensure girls can access life-changing primary education—which is currently the only formal education allowed for girls.

‘Global situation is indeed dire & getting worse. People are suffering & humanitarians are asked to pick up more pieces in more parts of the world…asked to do this alone in the absence of political solutions.’ Filippo Grandi 74th #UNHCR #EXCOM

📢ICVA has committed to the Multistakeholder Pledge on Advancing Localization. We believe in the importance of supporting local and national actors. You can support them too! 👉 Submit a pledge: bit.ly/Advancing-Loca… #RefugeeForum #Localization

Welcome to Geneva Global Hub for Education in Emergencies members joining at #GRF2023 : Colombia en Ginebra 🇨🇴🇨🇭🇺🇳 , UK Mission Geneva 🇬🇧 , UNRWA , Human Rights Watch , Handicap International - Humanity & Inclusion & ICVA | International Council of Voluntary Agencies See new opportunities to ensure continuous, safe, quality education for refugee & crisis-affected children/youth 👉 tinyurl.com/4ptnrjv3

.ICVA | International Council of Voluntary Agencies’s Davina Said had the tough job of moderating a thorough and thought panel diving deep into the role of refugee-led organisations and their place in the Global events such as #RefugeeForum, how they fit within localisation and why RLOs remain unheard by most of us

.Save the Children International annual report on children in conflict reveals - 👫 468 million children now live in a conflict zone 🪦 New record in numbers of “grave violations” 🗺️ DRC, Mali & Myanmar worst places to be a child in 2022 #StopTheWarOnChildren resourcecentre.savethechildren.net/document/stop-…

Let's not forget to listen to refugee children's voices and pay attention to their specific needs during the Global #RefugeeForum They have expressed their priorities in their own words and demand answers. #ChildRights Read the Children's manifesto here : bit.ly/48c8J8K

GCM-GCR complementarity basically translates into - when it comes to people on the move, we will leave no one behind. Appreciate the partnership with Filippo Grandi and UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency to support all people on the move - refugees and migrants alike. #GRF2023

"There is now consensus that #localisation is the way forward - together we can make this happen." Barbara Dätwyler Scheuer from Swiss Development and Cooperation In practical terms, this translates into a collab with ICVA | International Council of Voluntary Agencies opening opportunities for women-led RLOs to lead local responses.

We welcome the announcement today that the border crossing at Kerem Shalom will be open for direct delivery of humanitarian assistance to Gaza. The fast implementation of this agreement will increase the flow of aid. But what the people in Gaza need most is an end to this war.

“The world should be absolutely horrified. The world should be absolutely outraged. […] There is no safe space in #Gaza.” 🔊 A harrowing message from Gemma Connell, our team leader on the ground, after a hospital in the region was hit during an attack. #NotATarget

Attending Re:think Bridges conf. in Bucharest on the role of #civilsociety to facilitate integration of refugee children & caregivers. Led by Eurochild_org’s wonderful member in Romania FONPC, we helped design the programme with partners CARE France ICVA | International Council of Voluntary Agencies

Even as we celebrate #International_Womens_Day we must remember that the majority of the world women still live under a patriarchal society that limits their rights, opportunities, and all too often, their lives. Let’s make the change today, together. World Vision

Civilians continue to endure relentless horrors in #Rafah and across Gaza, with nowhere safe to go. The international community must take urgent action to protect civilians, end the flow of arms, allow aid, and ensure #CeasefireNOW.

🌟 As 2024 comes to a close… 🌟 This year has been incredibly challenging for millions of people across the globe. At ICVA, together with our members and partners, we remain steadfast in our commitment to promoting principled and effective humanitarian action. 🤝

The results of a new survey looking at the impact of aid cuts on child protection are very concerning. 1.1 million children are directly impacted by suspended child protection programmes. Read the survey 👉shorturl.at/AYTWs