On 12 June, Advocates For Refugees – Singapore (AFR-SG) partnered with local cinema The Projector to screen Flee, a film recounting the true story of Amin, a gay Afghan refugee who fled Afghanistan following the 1989 civil war. Amin’s experience of stigma, shame and trauma at the intersection of two marginalised identities provided ample food for […]
On 4th June 2022, Advocates For Refugees – Singapore organised a panel centred on Humanitarian Crises, exploring the role of local and global responses to them. The panel was held as part of RAW 2022, an annual campaign to commemorate World Refugee Day on 20 June. by Tan Jing Ling Overview of the Panel Two […]
On 9th September 2021, Advocates for Refugees – Singapore convened a special session, “Young and Resourceful: Navigating Forced Displacement as Digital Natives”. The session was held on Day 3 of the Forced Displacement and Urban Management Conference, organised by the Resilience Development Initiative Urban Refugee Research Group (RDI UREF) and the Indonesian Civil Society Organisation […]
The Yemeni Civil War is an ongoing multi-sided civil war that began in 2015. The UN had verified the deaths of at least 7,700 civilians by March 2020. Leena Al-Mujahed realised that Yemen was not safe for her and her daughter hence they migrated to Malaysia. by Leena Al-Mujahed and edited by Shanisse Goh, originally […]
Singapore—a safehaven in the past, but what about the future? by Beth Lee, originally published on Singapore Unbound The COVID-19 pandemic has drastically tightened borders and has made travel between countries incredibly challenging, if not impossible. For most of us, this means a year and a half of not being able to travel freely and […]
The struggles of refugees, displaced communities and marginalized groups of society has always resonated with Naz and Nad, the sister duo behind social enterprise Beadlebug. The sisters make ethnic-inspired jewelry…
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