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…individually to volunteer. Disasters and emergencies can provide young people with an opportunity to learn new skills and for personal development. Training for disaster-affected youth in life-saving skills, first aid,…
In 2023, the Women’s Refugee Commission (WRC) engaged in research and monitoring in four US cities, New York City; Portland, Maine; Denver; and Chicago, where we identified key best practices…
…their race, gender, faith, origin, or other factors. Discrimination, including racism, can be deadly in refugee responses, and we need solidarity and universal implementation of human rights for all.” ###…
…children.” Contact: Ed Walz, First Focus Campaign for Children 202-657-0685,or Jennifer Podkul, Women’s Refugee Commission, 202-507-5385 The First Focus Campaign for Children is a 501(c)(4) nonprofit organization affiliated with…
…for their displaced community. As humanitarians, we throw around a lot of abstract words—agency, empowerment, capacity-building, societal change. In these girls’ voices, I heard what those words actually sound like….
As the largest donor to humanitarian assistance programs, the U.S. government’s policies and strategies have a huge influence on humanitarian practice in the field. That’s why the Women’s Refugee Commission…
In 2017, the Women’s Refugee Commission (WRC) launched the Reproductive, Maternal, Newborn, Child, and Adolescent Health and Nutrition (RMNCAHN) Project, including its cornerstone component, the Village Health Worker (VHW) Program,…
…that policy nationwide. There will be no public comment period. Last week, the U.S. Departments of Justice and Homeland Security published another rule – the interim final rule (IFR) –…
The Women’s Refugee Commission and four other members of the U.S. Policy Advocates for Afghan Women’s and Girls’ Rights Working Group released a statement deploring and strongly condemning the latest…
…in a workshop on disabilities in Kutupalong Camp, Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh. In 2007, WRC conducted the first-ever Conclusion on Refugees with Disabilities in 2010 that has informed subsequent policy development…
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