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…the Global Compact on Refugees, and strengthening U.S. engagement on effective implementation of both Compacts. Re-engage with the UN Human Rights Council and strengthen advocacy on the rights of crisis-affected…
Women’s Refugee Commission, February 2009 The Women’s Refugee Commission and the law firm of Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP embarked on a landmark study of the conditions of care and…
A Women’s Refugee Commission delegation traveled to Arizona in June 2010 to monitor detention conditions and compliance with relevant detention standards, assess progress towards detention reform and further explore the…
This blog was cross-posted from Medium. Members of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees’ (UNHCR) Global Youth Advisory Council (GYAC) have been in Geneva this week to attend the…
…against sexual assault to those in its custody. Despite this very significant advance, some gaps do continue and the Women’s Refugee Commission will be submitting comments to the agency regarding…
…drive change and foster accountability within the humanitarian sphere. The commitment to act and to hold ourselves accountable for action is what binds us together under the Call to Action….
…Expansion into areas such as computer literacy, satellite installation and secretarial courses Integration of the life skills component into the curriculum of the literacy and numeracy classes Inclusion of a…
…and girls with disabilities (for example, inclusive education, dignified employment and comprehensive health services). For more information, please contact: Roseweter Mudarikwa – Network of African Women with Disabilities (NAWWD) roseweter@gmail.com…
…Commission (WRC), faculty of the Harvard Humanitarian Initiative (HHI) and community health organizations undertook an assessment in March 2015 on how to improve community-based sexual and reproductive health (SRH) services…
Today, the Senate confirmed Linda Thomas-Greenfield as US Ambassador to the United Nations (UN). Following the confirmation, Sarah Costa, executive director of the Women’s Refugee Commission, issued the following statement:…
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