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Oxfam International
http://www.oxfam.org/
Oxfam
International works in development and emergencies (natural and conflict
related) situations with local capacity building, health, water/sanitation,
shelter, income generation, and global education program. Oxfam also works
in advocacy and lobbying international community and local governments.
Information
on agency, agency's policies and campaigns, press releases.
 http://www.oxfam.org.nz/
Oxfam New Zealand
http://www.oxfam.org.hk
Oxfam Hong Kong
http://www.caa.org.au
Oxfam Australia
http://www.caa.org.au/campaign/education/index.html
Reports on global education, courtesy of Oxfam Australia.
http://www.caa.org.au/parliament/forums/safe_haven/paper.html
Safe Haven Discussion Paper on refugee situations.
For other
information use search engine available in both Australia and Hong Kong
sites.
Refugee Studies Centre
http://www.qeh.ox.ac.uk/rsc/
The
Refugee Studies Centre (RSC) is part of the University of Oxford's
International Development Centre at Queen Elizabeth House. Its objectives
are to carry out multidisciplinary research and teaching on the causes and
consequences of forced migration; to disseminate the results of that
research to policy makers and practitioners, as well as within the academic
community; and to understand the experience of forced migration from the
point of view of the affected populations.
Web site
includes information on courses,
workshops,
conferences, and access to a list of purchasable publications
(Forced Migration Review, Journal of Refugee Studies, working papers). Some current articles are available on
the website. Library includes material on such topics as psycho-social
issues, human rights, international law, relief administration, education,
health and nutrition. Currently developing a Digital library.
http://www.bodley.ox.ac.uk/rsc/
Search library.
http://www.fmreview.org/
(English, Spanish, Arabic) Forced Migration Review provides a forum
for debate on the most immediate issues facing refugees and internally
displaced people and those working with them. Articles, research abstracts,
conference reports and news items, present practice-oriented findings and
analyse policy issues. Articles from FMR and its predecessor the Refugee
Participation Network Newsletter are available on the web. Topics have
included children and youth, role of military in humanitarian work,
education and training, and reproductive health. Also find information on
news, events, and links.
http://www3.oup.co.uk/refuge/:
Journal of Refugee Studies offers coverage of refugee situations and
a balance between the disciplines of law, politics, sociology/anthropology,
medicine/psychology and relief/development. Contents and abstracts, and
subscription information available online.
Refugees International (RI)
http://www.refintl.org/
Based in
Washington, D.C., RI was founded in 1979 with the objective of providing
early warning in cases of mass migration.
The web site
provides information on refugees and refugee issues. Issues can be found on
the top tool bar and includes: early warning, emergency relief, protection,
refugee womenfs issues, internally displaced persons, and building local
capacity. Information can also be viewed by country. Access to RI articles
and Bulletin
(by country) is also available on the left side of the home page.
Relief Web
(United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs)
http://www.reliefweb.int/w/rwb.nsf
ReliefWeb
is an electronic clearinghouse for those needing timely information on
humanitarian emergencies and natural disasters – designed specifically to
help the humanitarian community improve its response to emergencies.
Searchable website
offers daily updates on complex emergencies and natural disasters, and has
extensive country background information. Large Directory
of Humanitarian agencies provides contact information and websites for
UN agencies, Governmental organizations, NGOs, academic and resource
organizations. Library provides an online archive of humanitarian,
human rights and development reference documents related to crisis
situations and humanitarian response.
http://www.reliefweb.int/training/index.html
Humanitarian Assistance Training Inventory contains information on training
activities and manuals of many different organizations. Search by
organization, date, country, or keyword. Keywords
include refugee, emergency management, shelter/site planning, logistics,
early warning, and coordination. Links to other training databases
and funding resources are also available.
http://www.reliefweb.int/hcic/
Humanitarian Community Information Center (HCIC) promotes and facilitates
coordination by serving as an information focal point for local and
international NGOs, UN and other inter-governmental agencies, donors and
KFOR for Kosovo relief operations. Their website offers information on a
variety of topics related to the Kosovar effort including access to their GIS/Map
and Data coordination unit which provides information on pcodes, GIS
and other map technologies.
http://www.reliefweb.int/telecoms/
Emergency Telecommunications - Information
and resources available for the provision of emergency telecommunications
during relief operations. Includes an introduction to general information
on emergency telecommunications and links. Operational and technical
information includes manuals, documents, reports, and links to related
sites and suppliers. Trainings provides information on different
trainings, conferences, and provides access to training manuals (some on
line, others are orderable).
Scalabrini
Migration Center (SMC)
http://www.scalabrini.org/~smc/
The SMC is
a non-profit research institute established in 1987 and based in Quezon
City, Philippines. SMC is dedicated to encourage and facilitate the study
of socio-demographic, economic, political, psychological, historical,
legislative and religious aspects of human migration and refugee movements
from and within Asia.
Website
includes information about SMC, Data on Asian Migration
(by country), a Directory of NGOs for Migrant Workersin Asia (by
country), and Asian Migration News (bi-weekly updates). The website
also contains subscription information and table of contents for two SMC
journals: Asian
Migrant (yearly) and Asian and Pacific Migration (quarterly). Asian
Migrant is specifically targeted toward field workers, activists, NGO
associates, and researchers; and often contains articles on area refugee
populations. A library catalog will also be available online in the future.
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