Refugees and idps
- Refugee girls: the invisible faces of war
- Women's Refugee Commission, 2009
- More than 140 million girls live in fragile states affected by armed conflict. As they flee from war, girls face many dangers, including rape, landmines, gunfire and hunger. They may be recruited i...
- Building livelihoods: a field manual for practitioners in humanitarian settings
- J.R. Austin (ed) (ed);T. Morris / Women's Refugee Commission, 2009
- Although necessary, emergency relief can only fulfil a limited role. For those that are forced to rely on humanitarian assistance for long periods aid must be provided for displaced persons to garn...
- Market assessment toolkit for vocational training providers and youth linking vocational training programmes to market opportunities in Northern Uganda
- K. Bidwell;C. Galbraith;L. Haddad / Women's Refugee Commission, 2008
- Vocational training is at the intersection of economic recovery, education and rehabilitation and reintegration. It is uniquely positioned to meet the demands of youth and broader goals of economic re...
- Disabilities among refugees and conflict-affected populations: a resource kit for fieldworkers
- Women's Refugee Commission, 2008
- Persons with disabilities remain among the most hidden, neglected and socially excluded of all displaced people today. People with disabilities are often literally and programmatically “invis...
- Don't call it shangri-la economic programs for displaced populations in Nepal
- The Women’s Commission for Refugee Women and Children / Women's Refugee Commission, 2008
- In 1996, an armed Maoist insurgency grew out of the Communist Party of Nepal and resulted in 10 years of conflict, human rights violations perpetrated by both the government and the Maoists, and large...
- Country at a crossroads: challenges facing young people in Sierra Leone six years after the war
- M. Zeesman;J. Perlman Robinson;D. Quick / Women's Refugee Commission, 2008
- This document summarises the findings and recommendations of a visit to Sierra Leone to assess the challenges facing displaced young people after the war. The authors looked at young people&rsqu...
- Iraqi refugee women and youth in Jordan: reproductive health findings a snap shot from the field
- S. Chynoweth;M. McKenna / Women's Refugee Commission, 2008
- This paper presents the problems facing Iraqi refugees in Jordan, highlighting the plight of women and children. The authors discuss their first hand picture of difficulties faced by displaced, abando...
- Rebuilding lives: refugee economic opportunities in a new land
- D, Buscher;H, Reitz;R, Kulenovic / Women's Refugee Commission, 2007
- This document discusses key issues facing refugees during and after the process of displacement. With a heavy focus on recommendations from experience, it reviews economic opportunities and employment...
- Your right to education: a handbook for refugees and displaced communities
- R. G. Christie / Women's Refugee Commission, 2007
- This illustrated handbook for refugees and displaced communities aims to both raise awareness of everyone’s right to education and to encourage communities to work for educational services fo...
- We want birth control: reproductive health findings in Northern Uganda
- S. Krause / Women's Refugee Commission, 2007
- What does the reproductive health (RH) situation among the conflict-affected populations of northern Uganda look like? The Women’s Commission for Refugee Women and Children and the United Nat...
