The Women’s Refugee Commission advocates vigorously for laws and policies to protect the rights of refugee and internally displaced women.
Surviving in the Informal Economy
On Media Voices this week, we have a blog from Jina Krause-Vilmar, Senior Program Officer for Livelihoods with the Women’s Refugee Commission, on the difficulties and challenges faced by women and girls attempting to support their families in refugee camps. Food rations are often inadequate, and the women must supplement their family’s nutrition by working. [...]
Struggling to Make a Living in Ethiopia
Food is scarce in Ethiopia, where most of the population lives in rural, drought-prone areas in a state of chronic poverty. In 2010, the Government of Ethiopia identified 5.2 million people in need of emergency food aid. Not surprisingly, this hunger crisis also impacts the thousands of refugees living just within Ethiopia’s borders.
Education in Emergencies
For refugees and people displaced by civil war and natural disasters, acquiring an education can be nearly impossible. But education in these dire circumstances is often a lifeline and key to any possibility of having a better life. This video, produced by the Women’s Commission on Refugee Women and Children, tells three first person stories in Kenya, Afghanistan and Liberia.
