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Topic: |
Refugees in Conflict Areas: Why Should We Care? |
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Abstract:
The seminar will explore why there are so many conflicts and wars in the world today, their impact on refugee movements, the response of the international humanitarian organisations and the challenges they face. Moving from the macro level to the individual level, the discussion will look more closely at what it means to be a refugee, their human stories and what they need to be helped.
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| Speaker: |
Ms Janet Lim
Fellow, School of Social Sciences
Singapore Management University
Member, Advisory Board, Institute for Societal Leadership
Singapore Management University |
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About the
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Ms Janet Lim has recently retired from the United Nations, after a career which spanned 34 years. She joined UNHCR, the UN refugee agency in 1980 and has served in various positions both in UNHCR Headquarters in Geneva and in the UNHCR's country and emergency operations in Thailand, Malaysia, Sri Lanka, Western Sahara and Syria. In Geneva, she served in senior positions, which included being Director of the Emergency and Security Services, Director of the Bureau for Asia and the Pacific, and during her last 5 years, she was the Assistant High Commissioner (Operations). Ms Lim has particular expertise in managing complex emergency operations where populations have been forcibly displaced as a result of war and conflict. During her career with the UN, she has also been seconded at a senior level to UNAIDS and to the peacekeeping operation, UNAMA, in Afghanistan. Ms Lim graduated from the University of Singapore in 1975 with a Bachelor of Social Science (honors). After a stint in the Administrative Service of the Singapore Civil Service, she pursued postgraduate studies at the University of Bielefeld, Germany, majoring in Development Studies, before joining the United Nations. Ms Lim is currently a Fellow at the Singapore Management University. |
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| Chair: |
Assistant Professor Song Jiyoung
School of Social Sciences
Singapore Management University |
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| Date: |
Friday, 10 April 2015 |
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| Time: |
3.30 pm - 5.00 pm |
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Seminar Room 4.1, Level 4
School of Social Sciences
Singapore Management University
90 Stamford Road
Singapore 178903 |
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| Registration: |
Click here to register |
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Light refreshments will be served in the faculty lounge after the seminar.
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