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Locking Up Family Values, Again

The government has returned to a dangerous policy of family detention for immigrants. There are humane and effective alternatives.

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I’m Here: Adolescent Girls in Emergencies

The WRC's newest report features tools to identify, protect, serve and engage girls from the earliest days of a crisis.

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Livelihoods in Emergencies: A Double-edged Sword

Well-intentioned but poorly implemented livelihoods programs can harm refugees. Here's how to make them safe and effective.

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The Women's Refugee Commission is celebrating 25 years of improving the lives and protecting the rights of refugee women and children.

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Through field research missions, we identify critical problems affecting displaced women, children and youth. We document best practices, propose solutions, and develop tools to improve the way humanitarian aid is delivered.

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Our reports include research findings, analysis and recommendations that lead to meaningful changes in policy and practice. We also publish manuals and tools that guide humanitarian workers as they develop and implement programs.

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Our advocacy results in real and lasting changes, ensuring that refugees and displaced people can lead healthier, safer and more productive lives.

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Emma Pearce, program officer, disabilities, has an article in Forced Migration Review's special 25th anniversary edition about the needs and rights of persons with disabilities among displaced populations.

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Our Latest Reports

Locking Up Family Values, Again

Locking Up Family Values, Again

In the summer of 2014, with an increase in the number of mothers and children fleeing violence and persecution in Central America, the Obama Administration returned to the widely discredited and costly practice of family detention. In this report, Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service (LIRS) and the Women’s Refugee Commission (WRC), have collaborated to show the harm family detention causes and outline sensible alternatives.

I\'m Here: Adolescent Girls in Emergencies Report

I'm Here: Adolescent Girls in Emergencies Report

I’m Here: Adolescent Girls in Emergencies is a resource for emergency response staff. It outlines an operational approach and recommendations that can help humanitarian sectors be more accountable to adolescent girls from the start of an emergency.

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