Women's Refugee Commission

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  • R Researcher

Description

The Women's Refugee Commission improves the lives and protects the rights of women, children and youth displaced by conflict and crisis. We research their needs, identify solutions and advocate for programs and policies to strengthen their resilience and drive change in humanitarian practice. Since our founding in 1989, we have been a leading expert on the needs of refugee women and children, and the policies that can protect and empower them.

Primary Functions

  • Awareness Raising/Advocacy
  • Capacity building/Technical assistance
  • Research - policy analysis

Secondary Functions

  • Networking/Convening
  • Research - project evaluation

Geographic Scope

  • Global / regional

Areas of work Back to Top

Education topics addressed

Other skills

  • Life skills/sexuality education
  • Rights/empowerment education

Cross-cutting topics addressed

  • Early/child marriage
  • Economic/livelihoods (including savings/financial inclusion, etc.)
  • Emergencies and protracted crises
  • Empowerment
  • Gender equality
  • HIV and STIs
  • Masculinities/boys
  • Migration
  • Other aspects of sexual and reproductive health
  • Violence (at home, in relationships)

Funders and partners Back to Top

Current girls’ education funders

Current girls' education partners

Locations and contact information Back to Top

Website

Women's Refugee Commission

Headquarters location(s)

  • New York, New York, United States of America

Office location(s)

  • United States of America

Contacts

Janna Metzler
Associate Director, Sexual and Reproductive Health Program
info@wrcommission.org
Women's Refugee Commission

Locations of current girls’ education work

Map showing countries (listed below) where the organization is involved with girls' education programs

  • Bangladesh
  • Iraq
  • Lebanon

Projects Back to Top