Arash Bordbar, Global Youth Advisory Council Coordinator Foni Joyce Vuni, Global Youth Advisory Council Coordinator Kate Mahoney, Senior Program Officer, Women's Refugee Commission The current...
June 22, 2020 – In an open letter to Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, 24 nongovernmental organizations, including Watchlist on Children and Armed Conflict, express their disappointment with the...
As every country around the world navigates unprecedented restrictions as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Women’s Refugee Commission (WRC) is working directly with humanitarian partners on the...
By Stephanie Johanssen, Senior Advocacy Officer and UN Representative, Women's Refugee Commission “Even When You Are Afraid, You Stay,” said a 2017 study exploring the role of nurses and their...
Lives and Livelihoods: Supporting Resilience with Data By Dale Buscher, Women's Refugee Commission, and Amy Slaughter, RefugePoint With 71 million people forcibly displaced around the world and aid...
Executive Summary Since 2009, Northeast Nigerian communities have faced a violent insurgency led by fundamentalist extremists, including the militant terrorist group Boko Haram and associated...
BY KATHERINE GAMBIR, RESEARCH ADVISOR AT THE WOMEN’S REFUGEE COMMISSION “There are several things in this unpeaceful world today,” Fatama* told the Women's Refugee Commission (WRC) in June 2019. “If...
Public Health Measures to Safely Manage Asylum Seekers and Children at the Border The United States has the ability to both safeguard public health in the midst of the COVID-19 crisis and safeguard...
Dear Mr. Secretary-General, We, the undersigned organizations, are writing with regard to your forthcoming annual report on children and armed conflict and its annexes. As you finalize your decisions...
This submission to the UN Secretary General's High-Level Panel on Internal Displacement titled “Ensuring an Age, Gender, and Diversity (AGD) Inclusive Approach to Internal Displacement” was led by...