A SCOPING REVIEW OF REFUGEE ADVOCACY MODELS: MAPPING APPROACHES, STRATEGIES, AND IMPLICATIONS

Abstract

Advocacy models enhance refugee protection through frameworks, strategies, and initiatives. This scoping review addresses refugee advocacy models, research gaps, and effective techniques. “Refugee” and “advocacy model” were used to examine Scopus and Web of Science articles from 2013 to 2023. Journal articles, conference proceedings, case studies, regulations, policies, and English news were included. Books, review articles, non-open access articles, non-English articles, commentaries, handbooks, guidelines, and study protocols were excluded. The Nguvu intervention, among other techniques, improved refugee women’s well-being. Trump administration refugee policies and Utica, New York resettlement issues were studied. Multi-stakeholder relationships assisted northern Ethiopian refugee camps. The Nguvu intervention highlights advocacy against damaging policies. The study stresses partnerships and management techniques for transformational goals. Future research should assess the Nguvu intervention’s long-term efficacy, scalability, and new multi-stakeholder refugee advocacy model to serve varied refugee populations’ specific requirements.

Keywords: Refugee, Advocacy, Model, Methods, Policy