The urban policy is not intended to provide “detailed operational guidelines.” UNHCR?s Operational Solutions and Transition Section (OSTS, Livelihoods Unit) has, however, produced operational guidelines on urban livelihoods and is also creating practical guidelines on advocating for the right to work of displaced populations.3 This paper seeks to highlight challenges and opportunities in this area, and to contribute both to these guidelines and to the larger discussion around enhancing the space for realising urban refugees? right to work.
The remainder of the paper is structured as follows. Section 2 briefly presents some of the key issues around the right to work in each of the countries. Section 3 focuses on three particular challenges and possible advocacy responses to these. Section 4 presents a short case for comparison to the three countries. Section 5 proposes possible principles for an advocacy strategy.
Resource collections
- UN Habitat - Urban Response Collection
- Urban Response - Urban Crisis Preparedness and Risk Reduction
- Urban Response Collection - Community Engagement and Social Cohesion
- Urban Response Collection - Economic Recovery
- Urban Response Collection - Environment and Climate Change
- Urban Response Collection - Housing, Land and Property
- Urban Response Collection - Urban Crisis Response, Recovery and Reconstruction
- Urban Response Collection - Urban Resilience