Womens Refugee Commission

Skills To Survive: Providing Refugee Women The Right To Work

Samuel Witten | Posted 02.09.2012

Read More: Job Skills, Women's Refugee Commission, Emergencies, Human Rights, Economic Opportunities, Humanitarian, Livelihoods, Gender-Based Violence, Refugees, Gender, Impact News
Samuel Witten

Refugees are victims of circumstances they did not create and cannot control. And women, often unaccompanied by men, caring for young children, and lacking in job skills and opportunities, generally have the most difficult time.

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Urban Refugees: Ingenuity is Essential to Making Ends Meet in Nairobi

Jina Krause-Vilmar | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Livelihood, Women's Refugee Commission, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Nairobi, Refugees, International Rescue Committee, Eastleigh, Impact News
Jina Krause-Vilmar

In Nairobi and cities worldwide, hardworking women deserve the chance to make better lives for themselves.

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Voices from Dadaab: the Daily Struggle to Cook a Meal

Erin Patrick | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Humanitarian Aid, Women's Refugee Commission, Firewood, Refugee Women, Kenya, Refugees, Dadaab, Impact News
Erin Patrick

This summer I traveled to the Dadaab region in Kenya, where three refugee camps -- among the largest in the world -- host nearly 300,000 refugees.

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Immigration Detention Reforms Are More Than Just Window Dressing

Michelle Brané | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Immigration Reform, Immigration, Immigration Detention, Human Rights, Detained Immigrants, Detention, Women's Refugee Commission, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Detention Reform, Politics News
Michelle Brané

Critics have reduced improvements to facility conditions to potted plants and bingo night. But we are obligated to reform an nefficient system in which detainees have been dying due to negligent medical treatment.

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A Closer Look Inside Arizona Detention Centers: Calling for More Access and Oversight

Katharina Obser | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Women's Refugee Commission, Central Arizona Detention Center, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Impact News
Katharina Obser

Across the country, there are detained mothers fearful for the safety of their children. We take the stories of these immigrants back to Washington to shape new policies that will better protect them.

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Fueling Humanitarian Aid

Carolyn Makinson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Darfur, Women's Refugee Commission, World Food Programme, UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Humanitarian Aid, World News
Carolyn Makinson

It is no longer acceptable for the humanitarian system to distribute dried beans and expect women to risk being attacked and even raped as they collect the firewood they need to cook.

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