United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR - UN Refugee Agency)

  • A Advocate
  • I Implementer
  • N Network
  • P Policymaker
Description

UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is a global organization dedicated to saving lives, protecting rights and building a better future for refugees, other forcibly displaced communities and stateless people.

We work in over 130 countries, protecting millions of people and delivering life-saving assistance. We help safeguard fundamental human rights and develop solutions that ensure that people have a safe place to call home where they can build a better future.

Primary Functions
  • Awareness Raising/Advocacy
  • Policy Development/Implementation
  • Program/Project Implementation
  • Research - other
Secondary Functions

Not applicable or unknown

Geographic Scope
  • Global / regional
Areas of work Back to Top
Education topics addressed
Attainment
  • Primary enrollment
  • Secondary Enrollment
Other skills
  • Life skills/sexuality education
  • Vocational training
Quality
  • Curricula/lesson plans
  • School quality
Cross-cutting topics addressed
  • Emergencies and protracted crises
  • Empowerment
  • Gender equality
  • Migration
  • Violence (at home, in relationships)
Funders and partners Back to Top

Current girls' education partners

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Website

United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR - UN Refugee Agency)


Headquarters location(s)
  • Geneva, Gelderland, Switzerland
Office location(s)
  • Denmark
  • Hungary
  • Jordan
  • Switzerland

Locations of current girls’ education work

Map showing countries (listed below) where the organization is involved with girls' education programs

  • Afghanistan
  • Benin
  • Burkina Faso
  • Burundi
  • Cambodia
  • Côte d'Ivoire
  • Ethiopia
  • India
  • Indonesia
  • Pakistan
  • Senegal
  • Uganda
  • United Republic of Tanzania
  • Viet Nam
  • Zambia
  • Zimbabwe
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