GMF : Digital livelihoods for refugees - Examples, Challenges & Recommendations
05.09.22 Hervé Nicolle, co-founder of Samuel Hall recently authored an online piece on digital livelihoods for refugees for the Dialogue on Tech and Migration, DoT.Mig. series by the German Marshall Fund of the United States (GMF); Robert Bosch Stiftung & the Bertelsmann Foundation. Reflecting on how digitalisation is on the rise in every continent and has changed the way we look at digital livelihood, this piece elucidates on the need to understand the scope of digital livelihoods for vulnerable communities like refugees. Our research shows that digitalisation poses some challenges to refugee groups such as poor infrastructure and internet connectivity, lack of access to personal devices, poor working conditions. Women face additional sociocultural and practical challenges. We must look towards improving the quality and relevance of training for refugees while also harnessing technology for better connectivity between job-seekers and employers.