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Cooking Fuel Saves Lives
In complex emergencies, the humanitarian system tends to address issues of concern by focusing on individual sectors, such as health or food. However, the Women’s Refugee Commission has found that…
The Living Ain’t Easy, Urban Refugees in Kampala
This report, based on interviews with 281 refugees and service providers, highlights the constraints and opportunities to improve the livelihoods of urban refugees in Kampala, Uganda. The report is a…
Bright Lights, Big City: Urban Refugees Struggle to Make a Living in New Delhi
As part of a year-long study on urban refugee livelihoods, the Women’s Refugee Commission undertook a field assessment trip to New Delhi, India, from late February to mid-March 2011. The…
Safe Access to Firewood and Alternative Energy in Kenya: An Appraisal Report
In 2007 WFP agreed to co-chair the Inter-Agency Standing Committee (IASC) Task Force on Safe Access to Firewood and alternative Energy in Humanitarian Settings (SAFE) together with UNHCR and the…
Desperate Lives: Burmese Refugee Women Struggle to Make a Living in Malaysia
First in a series of three reports looking at the intersection between refugee women’s livelihoods strategies and their vulnerability to gender-based violence….
WRC Commitments for the 2021 Generation Equality Forum in Paris Action Coalitions
The Women’s Refugee Commission developed a series of commitments for the 2021 Paris Generation Equality Forum’s Action Coalitions. This document outlines those commitments, which include individual WRC commitments and joint…
Starting from Scratch: The Challenges of Including Youth in Rebuilding Southern Sudan
This report is based on an assessment in Southern Sudan in June 2010Â to identify young women and men’s skills-building needs, challenges and opportunities; extract lessons learned from existing training…
A Double-edged Sword: Livelihoods in Emergencies
During emergencies, women, girls, boys and men draw on their assets while navigating a complex landscape of changing power dynamics, unequal access to resources and information, and threats of violence…
Refugee and Internally Displaced Women and Children in Serbia and Montenegro
Report by Women’s Commission on the vulnerability of refugees and IDP’s, particularly women, the elderly, single headed households and Roma displaced from Kosovo….
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