New Global Initiative Will Provide Clean Cookstoves for Refugee Women
I met a Somali woman in the Ifo refugee camp in Dadaab, Kenya who summed up the problem: “You cannot divorce food from fuel,” she said, “they are completely interlinked….
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I met a Somali woman in the Ifo refugee camp in Dadaab, Kenya who summed up the problem: “You cannot divorce food from fuel,” she said, “they are completely interlinked….
…in the hardest-hit areas of Tacloban City and Leyte Province; of these, nearly 200,000 are adolescent girls (10-19), a sub-population that faces unique risks to their health, safety and well-being….
…conflict, the Women’s Refugee Commission (WRC) is particularly concerned about the situation for women, adolescent girls, children, and other marginalized populations such as people with disabilities, older people, LGBTQI+ individuals,…
…for Equal Nationality Rights, which is housed at Women’s Refugee Commission and a member of its Steering Committee, offered this statement: “This is a vital reform towards the realization of…
Read testimony from the Women’s Refugee Commission’s Michelle Brané at the Inter-American Commission Human Rights….
Michelle Brané, director of the Women’s Refugee Commission’s Migrant Rights & Justice Program, testified at a hearing before the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and…
…U.S., Sarah Costa, the Women’s Refugee Commission’s executive director, issued the following statement: “As an organization promoting the rights and well-being of displaced and migrant women and children around the…
…situations: those enrolled in school, those out-of-school, unaccompanied minors, some living with foster families and some with disabilities. In addition, we spoke with adolescent boys, male and female community leaders,…
The Women’s Refugee Commission visited Southern Sudan in November 2006. The purpose of the field mission was to assess education and livelihood programs, including formal and non-formal education, vocational training,…
…Uganda; and Mugisha Willent, a Congolese refugee who fled to western Uganda. “Confronted with enormous obstacles, refugee women and girls demonstrate remarkable resilience,” Costa said. “For nearly 30 years, the…
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