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The Refugee Archive's Country Portfolios

Story to Action Lab

Portfolios dedicated to bridging narrative to policy & programming across multiple displacement contexts.

West Bank

West Bank: Palestinian Territories

West Bank Resilience

Through oral histories, we capture lived experiences at the intersection of policy, protection systems, and reality: family decision-making, service access barriers, and long-term child well-being impacts, especially connected to single mothers (widowed, abandon, or separated) in these contexts. This supports practitioners and policymakers with evidence-based insights while safeguarding narrators' voices and safety.

Recent trends underscore urgency: In 2026, 581 Palestinians have been displaced by demolitions, with over 100 in recent weeks, including 63 in East Jerusalem; a quarter of 2025 fatalities were children; and injuries while crossing barriers have doubled since September 2025 amid employment desperation.

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Local partner documentation pending.

Noor's Story: Episodes

Part 2

Part 3

Part 4

Active Campaigns

Oral Histories

Preserving narratives of female heads of household living in current displacement settings in fragile places.

FHH Policy Tracker

A student-led policy tracker, examining how national laws shape the lives of displaced single mothers and female-headed households across conflict and displacement settings.

Oral History Education
Program

Custom-built, multilingual training program that equips Story-to-Action Lab partners to ethically collect historical and present-day testimonies.

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