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Haiti: Remembering the Needs of People with Disabilities

Wednesday, 10 February 2010 06:53

Director of protection, Dale Buscher, discusses the urgent need to include people with disabilities in Haiti's emergency response and reconstruction efforts in an article on Huffington Post.

Haiti 'orphan' rescue mission: Adoption or child trafficking?

Thursday, 04 February 2010 11:26

This weekend's arrest of 10 members of an Idaho-based Baptist charity for trying to take 33 Haitian children across the border with the Dominican Republic without proper paperwork has become an international incident. Read more

Haiti: Women and Girls at Risk

Friday, 29 January 2010 17:16

Executive Director, Carolyn Makinson talks about Haiti and the risks faced by women and girls in an article on Huffington Post.

Haiti Adoptions

Saturday, 23 January 2010 15:34

CNN quotes Women's Refugee Commission on reuniting children with their families in Haiti. Read more.

Liv Ullmann taking on role of a teacher

Monday, 11 January 2010 06:29

The Miami Herald interviews Liv Ullmann, cofounder and honorary chair of the Women's Refugee Commission. Read the article in The Miami Herald.

Liv Ullmann featured in New Yorker Talk of the Town

Thursday, 07 January 2010 07:10

The New Yorker has a story on Women's Refugee Commission cofounder and honorary chair Liv Ullmann and her involvement in refugee issues. Read the article in The New Yorker.

Groups unite to end family detention at notorious detention center

Thursday, 13 August 2009 06:35

The American-Statesman cites the Women's Refugee Commission's role in ending family detention at the notorious T. Don Hutto detention center in Taylor, TX. Read the article in the Austin American-Statesman.

Agency Plans to Improve Oversight of Immigration Detention

Friday, 07 August 2009 09:42

The Washington Post cites the Women's Refugee Commisison as one of the agencies whose advocacy led to changes in the detention of immigrant families. Read the story in The Washington Post.

Voice of America: Foro Interamericano

Friday, 19 June 2009 05:13

Voz de America Español

Watch the video. Michelle Brané discusses her detention and asylum work at the Women's Refugee Commission and refugee crises around the world.

CNN interviews Mariatu Kamara, Women's Refugee Commission Honoree

Wednesday, 20 May 2009 09:40

CNN Inside Africa, a weekly, half-hour, current affairs program on CNN International, featured Mariatu Kamara of Sierra Leone, who was recently honored by the Women's Refugee Commission at our annual luncheon.

Click here to watch CNN's archived footage.