In the run-up to and during the December 2021 UNHCR High-Level Officials Meeting, Global Independent Refugee Women Leaders (GIRWL) co-founders led and participated in dialogues with officials and other stakeholders on topics including refugee participation in decision-making, age, gender and diversity.  Read 

New mandate letters from Canadian Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau to the Canadian Ministers of Public Safety; Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship; International Development; and Foreign Affairs outline specific ways for Canada to address global migration and forced displacement.  Read 

On December 17, 2021, Global Independent Refugee Women Leaders (GIRWL) and WRMC co-hosted an event where panelists discussed how to move from awareness to action and accountability in preventing and responding to Gender-Based Violence and enabling women as agents of change.  Watch 

The World Refugee & Migration Council is conducting a survey on the current state of the global refugee system and how it has changed since we published A Call to Action: Transforming the Global Refugee System in 2019. Your input will help us to review and focus collaborative efforts to implement the recommendations in A Call to Action.