Organization

Womens Refugee Commission Inc

New York, NY
Mission

Part 1: to improve the lives and protect the rights of women, children and youth displaced by conflict and crisis. Wrc envisions a world in which refugees are safe, healthy and reliant and seeks to drive change in humanitarian practice. - Part 3: to improve the lives and protect the rights of women, children and youth displaced by conflict and crisis. The women's refugee commission envisions a world in which refugees are safe, healthy and reliant and seeks to drive change in humanitarian practice.

Womens Refugee Commission Inc
15 west 37th street 9th floor
New York, NY 10018
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Migrant right and justice (mrj): the migrants rights and justice (mrj) program works to ensure fair access to asylum in the u.S. For those fleeing persecution and violence, promotes the use of alternatives to detention especially of asylum seeking children and families, humane conditions in detention facilities when they are used, and access to legal services for their asylum claims. The mrj program successfully advocated against the family separation policy, for better protections for unaccompanied minors arriving in the u.S., And for release of families when feasible. Wrc, working with partners, assisted in the reunification of thousands of children who had been separated from their families and has drafted a more humane asylum policy for the incoming administration.

The inter-agency working group on reproductive health in crises (iawg) is a global coalition of organizations and individuals committed to advancing sexual and productive health and rights in humanitarian settings. Iawg's mission is to expand and strengthen access to quality sexual and reproductive health services for people affected by conflict and natural disaster. Its members form a highly collaborative and diverse network of more than 2,500 experts from over 120 countries and territories. The iawg secretariat is based at the women's refugee commission, which serves as its organizational host.

Economic empowerment & self reliance: most refugees deeply want to provide for themselves and their families to work, to use their skills, and to make their own decisions about their finances, their lives, and their futures. The women's refugee commission works to ensure that humanitarian programs provide refugee women and youth access to cash assistance opportunities and to help them safely earn a living. This, in turn, increases refugees' self-reliance and resilience. Our economic empowerment and self-reliance work involves developing guidance on cash assistance and livelihoods opportunities for refugee women, as well as building refugees' self-reliance and resilience.