Aid

Building a Better and Safer Haiti for Women and Children

Last week marked the second anniversary of the earthquake in Haiti, which brought massive destruction and loss of life and resulted in the initial displacement of more than 2 million people. Even before the earthquake, life was often harrowing for...

Also labeled: Haiti, Health Care

Call for House to Restore Funding Levels for Humanitarian Aid

The Women's Refugee Commission joined 28 other international aid organizations in writing to House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) and other House leaders urging them to restore funding for humanitarian assistance, which they drastically cut in the...

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Women's Refugee Commission Concerned at Deep Cuts to Humanitarian Assistance

The Women’s Refugee Commission is deeply concerned that the fiscal year 2011 funding bill passed by the House of Representatives on February 19 contains cuts to humanitarian assistance programs that would severely compromise the safety and w...

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