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Washington, DC – Yesterday, a federal judge blocked President Donald Trump’s attempt to withhold funding from “sanctuary cities” that do not comply with U.S. Immigration Officials. The Women’s Refugee Commission…
…Hill and beyond are trying to politicize the tens of thousands of unaccompanied minors that are coming to Texas from Central America…. “It’s a refugee-like situation,” Brané said. “People are…
In collaboration with the Danish Refugee Council, the Women’s Refugee Commission (WRC) conducted a global landscaping report to collate existing evidence and working knowledge of integrated gender-based violence and economic…
…of asylum seekers and their family members.” WRC and the accompanying groups will follow up with written requests and suggestions for the IACHR. —– For more information contact: Leah Chaval, LeahC@wrcommission.org…
…partners, the Women’s Refugee Commission is piloting work in Karen State in eastern Burma, an area of continued conflict in which more than 100,000 people are internally displaced. Our partners…
…our multimedia documentaries on Haiti http://www.trust.org/alertnet/multimedia/in-focus/haiti/ and on women’s rights. http://www.trust.org/trustlaw/womens-rights/womens-voices/ Would you say there is a growing interest in humanitarian issues and news? People talk a lot about “compassion…
…how to address them. This paper and accompanying checklists build on research, reports and tools developed by the University of New South Wales’ Centre for Refugee Research to better understand…
…the world’s displaced people, most of whom are women and children. With refugees spawned by catastrophes in Syria (“the biggest humanitarian crisis since Rwanda 20 years ago,” says Costa), Somalia,…
…women in detention face. We visited seven detention facilities across four states including: Texas, California, Arizona, and New Mexico, spoke with numerous local service providers and advocates, analyzed government data,…
WASHINGTON, D.C., December 12, 2013 – Congresswoman Barbara Boxer [D-CA] today introduced the Humane Short Term Custody Act, legislation aimed at improving the standards of treatment for individuals detained by…
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