Jobs and the Future of Work
From fleeing war to finding work: companies aim to help refugees find jobs
The World Economic Forum is working to expand employment opportunities for refugees and accelerate hiring through the Refugee Employment Alliance.
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UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency
The United Nations is an international organization founded in 1945 after the Second World War by 51 countries committed to maintaining international peace and security, developing friendly relations among nations and promoting social progress, better living standards and human rights. The organization takes action on a wide range of issues and provides a forum for its 193 Member States to express their views through the General Assembly, the Security Council, the Economic and Social Council, and other bodies and committees.
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Podcasts
Economic Growth
'Global, frictionless and free': How digital dollars will reshape economic activity, humanitarian aid and more
Jeremy Allaire is the co-founder and CEO of Circle, a global financial technology firm that operates one of the largest dollar digital currency payment systems in the world -- USDC. Stabl...
Industries in Depth
The 90-year-old using sports to change the lives of refugees
Claude Marshall fled Nazi Germany as a small boy in the 1930s and now helps today’s refugees by fundraising for sports facilities in refugee camps. He tells Radio Davos why sport is so...
Leadership
Helping the unprecedented number of forcibly displaced
2023 saw an unprecedented number of forcibly displaced people worldwide - 110 million and counting - all thanks to climate calamities, conflict and more. Kelly Clements, the deputy high c...
Equity, Diversity and Inclusion
The number of refugees could double in the next decade, the head of UNHCR says why
The UNHCR, cares for 114 million refugees and displaced people worldwide. Filippo Grandi, the head of the United Nations refugee agency, says that number could double in a decade if the w...
