General Resources

Our selected accomplishments from 2007.

When the Women’s Commission for Refugee Women and Children was founded in 1989, there was little awareness of the special needs and rights of refugee women, children and adolescents. Although women and children generally make up some 80 percent of uprooted populations, they had been largely overlooked in humanitarian programs and policies. Over the past 15 years, the Women’s Commission has been a consistent voice calling on the international community – the United Nations, national governments, international nongovernmental organizations – to develop and implement policies and programs to improve the lives of refugee women and children, and, importantly, to include refugee women in this process.

A guide aimed at restoration of the rights of Afghan women.

Report by Women's Commission on the vulnerability of refugees and IDP's, particularly women, the elderly, single headed households and Roma displaced from Kosovo.

A commissioned study in order to examine the current Taliban attempts to restrict and control female employment with aid agencies.

This report highlights the voices, accomplishments and current struggles of women from all walks of life whom the delegation interviewed in its travels in Rwanda, from Kigali to Gisenyi.