Programs Reproductive Health Gender Issues Resources
Engaging Men and Boys in Refugee Settings to Address Sexual and Gender Based Violence
Women's Commission, UNHCR, Sonke Gender Justice Network, December 2008
A report from a workshop held in Cape Town, South Africa in September 2008.
Desperate Lives: Burmese Refugee Women Struggle to Make a Living in Malaysia
Women's Commission, October 2008
First in a series of three reports looking at the intersection between refugee women's livelihoods strategies and their vulnerability to gender-based violence.
Room to Maneuver: Lessons from Gender Mainstreaming in the UN Department of Peacekeeping Operations
Women's Commission, January 2007
Moving Up The Food Chain: Lessons from Gender Mainstreaming at the World Food Programme
Women's Commission, August 2006
A report supporting the need for male inclusion in the gender mainstreaming process. It has been increasingly documented as vital to the success of mainstreaming efforts.
Breaking the Code: Building Capacity to Investigate Sexual Abuse and Exploitation by Humanitarian Workers
Women's Commission, June 2006
A Women's Commission investigation in response to a bulletin by he UN Secretary General following reports of sexual exploitation of refugees in West Africa in 2001 and Nepal in 2003.
Abuse Without End: Burmese Refugee Women and Children at Risk of Trafficking
Women's Commission, January 2006
Investigation of hundreds and thousands of Burmese refugee women and children who have fled into neighboring Thailand as a result of armed conflict and rampant human rights violations. Also: Thai translation of report by Aurawee Thanasorn
Masculinities: Male Roles and Male Involvement in the Promotion of Gender Equality
Women's Commission, September 2005
Also available: a 6-page brief called "Redefining Manhood, Rebuilding Nations: How Men Can Empower Women to Lift Post-Conflict Communities."
Guidelines for the Care of Sexually Transmitted Infections in Conflict-affected Settings
Reproductive Health Response in Conflict Consortium, December 2004
Available in three parts: Sections 1-4, Sections 5-10 and evaluation forms and annexes.
HIV/AIDS Prevention and Control: A Short Course for Humanitarian Workers: Facilitator's Manual
Women's Commission, November 2004
Also available in:
Contraception d'urgence pour les Zones Touchees par des Conflits
Women's Commission, 2004
Contracepcao de Emergencia Para Cenarios Afetados por Conflitos
Women's Commission, 2004
Gender-based Violence Tools Manual: For Assessment and Program Design, Monitoring and Evaluation in Conflict-affected Settings
Reproductive Health Response in Conflict Consortium, November 2003
Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration, and Gender-based Violence in Sierra Leone: Excerpts From Precious Resources
Women's Commission, July 2002
Demobilization effort with the principal goals of disarming, demobilizing and reintegrating thousands of ex-combatants on all sides of the conflict, including children.
If Not Now, When? Addressing Gender-based Violence in Refugee, Internally Displaced, and Post-Conflict Settings
Reproductive Health Response in Conflict Consortium, April 2002
A two year global Gender-based Violence Initiative aimed at improving gender-based violence in refugee, internally displaced, and post-conflict settings.
Refugees and Aids: What Should the Humanitarian Community Do?
Women's Commission, January 2002
An intervention guide for refugees detailing preventitive measures against HIV/Aids and other sexually transmitted diseases.
You Cannot Dance If You Cannot Stand: A Review of the Rwanda Women's Initiative and the UNHCR for Refugees Commitment to Gender Equality in Post Conflict Societies
Women's Commission, April 2001
Report detailing the brave women and girls struggle to move on since the 1994 genocide and redefine gender roles and relations in order to participate alongside men in the rebuilding of Rwandan society.
Pashto version: Emergency Contraception for Conflict-Affected Settings
Women's Commission, Reproductive Health Response in Conflict Consortium, 2001
in Arabic
Gender Audit of Reconstruction Programs in South Eastern Europe
Women's Commission, June 2000
