Webinar workshop: Re-examining Refugee Self-reliance

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Webinar workshop: Re-examining Refugee Self-reliance

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Promoting refugee self-reliance has been placed much emphasis in recent years. The 2018 Global Compact on Refugees, which has put it as one of the major objectives, is perhaps the clearest example of this trend. However, this does not mean that we should take it for granted. Easton-Calabria's seminal work, Refugees, Self-reliance, Development: A Critical History (2022), has examined the history of refugee self-reliance and has given critical analysis on the ways that it has been promoted and implemented. In this webinar, we will re-examine the theory and practice of refugee self-reliance with two honorable speakers: Dr Evan Easton-Calabria and Dr Ryuya Daidouji.

Dr Easton-Calabria will present an overview of historic self-reliance programming by national and international organisations and then consider the insights the research findings offer regarding the future needs, successes, and pitfalls of refugee self-reliance programming in the 21st century and beyond.

Dr Daidouji will critically examine the discourse and practices on self-reliance in Japan, suggesting that praising self-reliance may risk the exclusion of certain refugees and thereby undermine refugees’ autonomy.

Anyone interested in the topic is welcome and we are looking forward to your participation.

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Date: Sat 9 Dec, 9:00-11:00 (JST)

Speakers:

Dr Evan Easton-Calabria, Senior Researcher at the Feinstein International Center, Tufts University, USA

Dr Ryuya Daidouji, Associate Professor of Faculty of Law, Aoyama Gakuin University, Japan

Discussant:

Mr Katsunori Koike, Head of UNHCR Field Office at Mae Hong Son, Thailand

Time schedule:

9:00 - 9:05 Welcoming remark and the introduction of two speakers and a discussant (Horii)

9:05 - 9:25 Presentation on “21st Century Refugee Self-Reliance: A history of the presnet (and beyond)” (Dr Evan Easton-Calabria）

9:25 - 9:45 Discussion with the discussant and the other panelist

9:45 -10:05 Presentation “Does self-reliance really promote refugees’ autonomy? The case of Japan” (Dr Daidouji)

10:05 -10:25 Discussion with the discussant and the other panelist

10:25-10:30 Five-minute break (collection of questions from the floor)

10:30-10:50 Responses to questions from the floor

10:50-11:00 Final remarks from Dr Easton-Calabria and Dr Daidouji and the closing remark by Horii

Host: JSPS Kakenhi Research project "International Refugee Regime Revisited: Challenges and Opportunities", Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)

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