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Migrants and diaspora communities are recognized for their invaluable role in society due to their rich cultural contributions, diverse voices, and their economic contributions to the countries they live in and come from, including philanthropy, entrepreneurship, and innovations. iDiaspora provides a platform to share your voice, to gain knowledge, and to engage with the global community committed to the importance of diaspora.
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Daphne Henning
19 July 2022
Event CalendarDiaspora Voices: Food Security and Sustainability
Join the U.S. Department of State's Office of Global Partnerships and the International Organization for Migration for the second event in this year's "Diaspora Voices: Combatting the Climate Crisis" series. The event will explore diaspora efforts to foster food security and sustainability practices in the context of climate change, and feature a panel discussion of diaspora experts. There will…
Larisa LARA-GUERRERO
19 July 2022
ResourceDIASPORA HUMANITARIAN RESPONSE & ENGAGEMENT GOOD PRACTICES
This report provides an overview of key good practices of diaspora organizations that engage in humanitarian response. These fourteen good practices were selected after consultations with diaspora organizations as well as institutional humanitarian actors. Each good practice is illustrated by two concrete examples of diaspora organizations who respond to crisis and emergency situations. The…
GDC
18 July 2022
Event CalendarGlobal Diaspora Humanitarian Hub
Dear Leaders and Supporters of Diaspora Organizations,
We hope you are keeping very well.
You may recall we have organized two very successful meetings from the Humanitarian Forum Meetings on Ukraine Response on 26th March and 9th April. We are very pleased to update that the important recommendations we gathered from over 50 Diaspora Organizations were shared with the International…
Jaka Ceesay Jaiteh
30 June 2022
Blog EntryTapping into Diaspora Skills to Strengthen Healthcare Systems in The Gambia
Banjul, 28 Feb 2022 – Twenty-two years ago, a teenage Olimatou Chongan decided to leave home for the United Kingdom to pursue her undergraduate studies.
“My parents were very encouraging of my education. I had a hardworking father and a loving mother,” recalls Olimatou. “After the 1994 coup in The Gambia, many of my family members left the country, so I already had some family in the UK.”
Larisa LARA-GUERRERO
10 June 2022
Event CalendarChannelling remittances for local development
Background and Scope
Migrants’ economic contributions to their countries of origin in the form of remittances have been well documented. Latest World Bank data shows that they continued to increase over the past year and are the most significant international financial flow for many low- and middle-income countries. Through the Covid-19 pandemic migrant resourcefulness meant that remittance…
Veronica Uribe-Kessler
31 May 2022
ResourceKey Highlights Global Diaspora Summit - Dublin 2022
On 1, 4, and 5 of April 2022, the IOM and the Irish Government co-hosted the Global Diaspora Summit (GDS) intending on assisting States and relevant stakeholders in measuring and evaluating their achievements towards Objective 19 of the Global Compact for Safe Migration (GCM).
Roberto Gil CANCEL COMAS
30 May 2022
Event CalendarLatinas in the Diaspora
Living outside one's country is not easy but it opens up perspectives and gives us opportunities to enrich ourselves and our communities of origin. We've found this to be especially relevant for Latinas in the diaspora. Taking all this into account, IOM and Granadilla Podcast are joining forces to help Latinas in diaspora find their voice and empower themselves as agents of change in their…
