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Read our reports on refugee protection, trafficking, abuse and exploitation of refugees.
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The U.S. Response to Human Trafficking: An Unbalanced Approach

The U.S. Response to Human Trafficking: An Unbalanced Approach

Date added: 02/22/2010  Filesize: 191.6 kB 
Women's Commission, June 2007
This report is focused on the United States' efforts to protect trafficked persons found in the United States.
Displaced Women and Girls at Risk: Identifying Risk Factors and Taking Steps to Prevent Abuse

Displaced Women and Girls at Risk: Identifying Risk Factors and Taking Steps to Prevent Abuse

Date added: 02/22/2010  Filesize: 490.04 kB 
The experiences of women and girls during flight, in exile and post-conflict are significantly different from those of men. Displaced women and girls hold their families together under the most difficult and inhumane circumstances and do so while at increased risk to their safety and well-being—risks that include rape, beatings, torture, hunger and abandonment.
Breaking the Code: Building Capacity to Investigate Sexual Abuse and Exploitation by Humanitarians

Breaking the Code: Building Capacity to Investigate Sexual Abuse and Exploitation by Humanitarians

Date added: 06/01/2006  Filesize: 227.37 kB 
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

Abuse Without End: Burmese Refugee Women and Children at Risk of Trafficking

Date added: 06/01/2006  Filesize: 213.33 kB 
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.
Caught In the Crossfire: Displaced Colombians At Risk of Trafficking

Caught In the Crossfire: Displaced Colombians At Risk of Trafficking

Date added: 03/01/2006  Filesize: 311.57 kB 
UN agency reports, NGOS and others have confirmed that Colombians are trafficked into Ecuador for commercial sex work and other forms of forced labor.
Displaced Women and Girls At Risk: Risk Factors, Protection, Solutions and Resource Tools

Displaced Women and Girls At Risk: Risk Factors, Protection, Solutions and Resource Tools

Date added: 02/01/2006  Filesize: Empty 
This document is an effort to broaden the understanding of field-based practicioners in the humanitartian community about women and girls at risk so as to engage them in more effectively addressing the protection needs and protection solutions of women and girls. Also available in a 4-page synopsis.
The Struggle Between Migration Control and Victim Protection: The UK Approach to Human Trafficking

The Struggle Between Migration Control and Victim Protection: The UK Approach to Human Trafficking

Date added: 06/01/2005  Filesize: 287.34 kB 
Details of human trafficking incidents that bring wider attention to the burgeoning problem in the UK as well as worldwide.
Haitians in the Dominican Republic: A Delegation Report

Haitians in the Dominican Republic: A Delegation Report

Date added: 02/22/2005  Filesize: 767.21 kB 
Emerging Challenges: Closing Gaps in the Protection of Afghan Women and Girls

Emerging Challenges: Closing Gaps in the Protection of Afghan Women and Girls

Date added: 03/01/2003  Filesize: 99.58 kB 
Women's Commission conducted a mission to Pakistan to identify the protection and care concerns of Afghan children, adolescents and youth.
Living in Fear: Protection and Assistance Needs of Iraqi Civillians in Iraq and Jordan

Living in Fear: Protection and Assistance Needs of Iraqi Civillians in Iraq and Jordan

Date added: 02/01/2003  Filesize: 78.05 kB 
Documentation of protection and assistance needs in Iraq and Jordan that require immediate attention, as well as the need for longer-term strategies in the event of a regime change.
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