Refugee Girls: The Invisible Faces of War
The untold story of the millions of refugee girls whose voices are almost never heard. This is the result of a multi-year project dedicated to late executive director Mary Diaz.
Gender-based Violence
The U.S. Response to Human Trafficking: An Unbalanced Approach
Women's Commission, June 2007
This report is focused on the United States' efforts to protect trafficked persons found in the United States.
Displaced Women and Girls at Risk: Identifying Risk Factors and Taking Steps to Prevent Abuse
The experiences of women and girls during flight, in exile and post-conflict are significantly different from those of men. Displaced women and girls hold their families together under the most difficult and inhumane circumstances and do so while at increased risk to their safety and well-being—risks that include rape, beatings, torture, hunger and abandonment.
Resource Kit: Disabilities Among Refugees & Conflict-Affected Populations
A companion piece to the report "Disabilities among Refugees and Conflict-affected Populations," this resource kit provides practical guidance for UNHCR and humanitarian agency field staff. Major recommendations include making refugee camps accessible to people with disabilities and ensuring that they have full and equal access to the mainstream services that other refugees receive.
Safe Access to Firewood and Alternative Energy in Uganda: An Appraisal Report
This report assesses how refugees in Uganda are coping with fuel scarcity and what WFP and its partners are doing in response. It proposes a comprehensive approach to addresses human and environmental protection, livelihoods, food and nutrition.
What is the MISP and why is it important?
Women's Refugee Commission on behalf of the IAWG on reproductive health in crises, December 2009.
This document summarizes the importance of implementing the MISP at the onset of every emergency as advocacy messages for policy makers.
Peril or Protection: The Link Between Livelihoods and Gender-based Violence in Displacement Settings
The Women's Refugee Commission undertook research to determine whether programs set up to provide women with safe alternative livelihoods do in fact reduce their exposure to violence.
Building Livelihoods: A Field Manual for Practitioners in Humanitarian Settings
The long-awaited field manual developed to provide practitioners with usable information and helpful tools so that they can design and implement effective livelihood programs.
Earning Money/Staying Safe: The Links Between Making a Living and Sexual Violence for Refugee ...
Second in a series of three reports looking at the intersection between refugee women's livelihoods strategies and their vulnerability to gender-based violence.
Working Women at Risk: The Links Between Making a Living and Sexual Violence for Refugees in ...
Third in a series of three reports looking at the intersection between refugee women's livelihoods strategies and their vulnerability to gender-based violence.
Engaging Men and Boys in Refugee Settings to Address Sexual and Gender Based Violence
Women's Commission, UNHCR, Sonke Gender Justice Network, December 2008. A report from a workshop held in Cape Town, South Africa in September 2008.
Reproductive Health Coordination Gap, Services Ad Hoc in Kenya: Minimum Initial Service Package (MISP)
The post-election violence in Kenya in the early months of 2008 displaced more than 500,000 people. The Women's Commission went to Kenya in April 2008 to assess the implementation of the MISP.
Desperate Lives: Burmese Refugee Women Struggle to Make a Living in Malaysia
First in a series of three reports looking at the intersection between refugee women's livelihoods strategies and their vulnerability to gender-based violence.
Consultation on Reproductive Health Technologies in Crisis Settings: Summary of Proceedings
A consulatation on new and emerging reproductive health technologies in crisis settings.
"Will you listen?": Young Voices from Conflict Zones
This youth report will accompany the official 10 year Graca Machel Strategic Review report that will be submitted to the UN General Assembly on October 17, 2007. It compiles the views and recommendations from more than 1,700 young people from 92 countries through focus group discussions (including Women's Commission research in northern Uganda and Sierra Leone) and an online questionnaire.
Iraqi Refugees in Jordan: Desperate and Alone
The bleak situation of Iraqi refugees in Jordan, and our immediate recommendations.
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