Op-eds, Letters & Articles

Needs of Haitian Children in Washington Post

Saturday, 30 January 2010 10:49

In a letter to the editor, Michelle Brane, director of our detention and asylum program, and Wendy Young, executive director of KIND, talk about the needs of Haitian children following the earthquake in Haiti. Read the letter as it appeared in the Washington Post (It's the second letter).

Haiti: Women and Girls at Risk

Saturday, 30 January 2010 10:47

Haiti: Women and Girls at Risk. Read Carolyn's Makinson's article on the Huffington Post on reproductive health needs following the earthquake.

Why Refugees Need to Make a Living

Tuesday, 11 August 2009 09:30

Dale Buscher, director of programs, discusses why refugees need to make a living on the Huffington Post.

Good News on Immigration But Keeping the Pressure On

Friday, 07 August 2009 09:37

By Michelle Brané, Director of Detention and Asylum, Women’s Refugee Commission, published on Huffington Post.

Fighting Pneumonia

Saturday, 16 May 2009 09:34

In a letter to the editor, Executive Director Carolyn Makinson responds to Nicholas Kristof's May 10, 2009 New York Times column, "The Killer No One Suspects". Click here for the letter as it appeared in the New York Times.

Fueling Humanitarian Aid

Tuesday, 28 April 2009 09:36

Carolyn Makinson, executive director, discusses safe fuel for refugees in an op-ed for The Huffington Post.

Making life safer for refugee women

Friday, 12 December 2008 16:00

The op-ed from Liv Ullmann on firewood has posted to the new “World” section of the Huffington Post.

A clear vision for US and Africa

Thursday, 11 December 2008 16:00

An op-ed by Donald Steinberg, deputy president of the International Crisis Group and Board member of the Women's Commission for Refugee Women and Children. Publiished in The Boston Globe

Displaced, disabled, and in need of our care

Tuesday, 24 June 2008 16:00

Out of sight, out of mind. There is no better way to characterize the plight of the hundreds of thousands of refugees worldwide - most of them women, children, and the elderly - whose suffering is compounded by physical, sensory, or mental disabilities. There are few groups more neglected and marginalized. Read the op-ed by Amb. Jean Kennedy Smith published in the Boston Globe.

Voice of 3.5 million people with disabilities among the world's 35 million displaced people

Sunday, 22 June 2008 16:00

New York

Carolyn Makinson, Executive Director of the Women's Commission, said, "Being uprooted from one's home is an enormous challenge in itself, but refugees with disabilities face even greater hardship and isolation and are all but forgotten by their communities and by the world."

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