global refugee forum
December 16-18, 2019
Geneva, Switzerland
At the first-ever Global Refugee Forum, the RSRI led a spotlight session and presented a joint pledge to advance refugee self-reliance. The session, ‘Working together to facilitate refugee self-reliance,’ was moderated by Kellie Leeson, Lead consultant for the Refugee Self-Reliance Initiative, and featured comments from Sarah Costa, Executive Director of WRC; Robert Hakiza, Executive Director of Young African Refugees for Integral Development; Tadashi Yanai, CEO of Fast Retailing for UNIQLO; and Roman Alberto Cepeda González, Secretary of Labor in Coahuila, México.