The Women's Refugee Commission is a 501(c)(3) Non-Governmental Organization that aims to improve the lives and protect the rights of women, children, and...
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amicably separated. Gummer has been involved with charities such as Women's Refugee Commission and the Nomi Network. She became engaged to writer Mehar Sethi...
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Mary Anne Schwalbe (section Refugee work)
Director for the Women's Commission for Refugee Women and Children, now known as the Women's Refugee Commission. Her losing two-year battle with pancreatic...
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Women's Refugee Commission deal with aiding particularly women suffering from various types of humanitarian crises. According to the Women's Refugee Commission...
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Dina Dublon (category Women chief financial officers)
Fund for Women". Global Fund for Women. Archived from the original on May 20, 2007. "Women's Refugee Commission". Women's Refugee Commission. Folpe, Jane...
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in the 1950s Women's Refugee Commission Women's Trade Union League, 1903–1950, encouraging women to organize trade unions Younger Women's Task Force Zeta...
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United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) is a United Nations agency mandated to aid and protect refugees, forcibly displaced communities, and...
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2011, AlertNet was awarded the "Voices of Courage" Award by the Women's Refugee Commission (WRC). In 2011, AlertNet was awarded an EPPY Award for the "Best...
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International Rescue Committee (category Refugee aid organizations in the United States)
5.4 million. The IRC affiliate Women's Commission for Refugee Women and Children became the Women's Refugee Commission in 2009. Following the Haiti earthquake...
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of Courage Awards for assistance to women and children during the war established by the Women's Refugee Commission for global leaders standing for justice...
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Mariatu Kamara (category Sierra Leonean women writers)
education and equality for women. In May, 2009, Kamara received a Voices of Courage Award from the Women's Refugee Commission for her advocacy on behalf...
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2011. "Women as Refugees: A Health Overview" (PDF). Women’s Commission for Refugee Women and Children. Retrieved 13 April 2011. "Women's Concerns". UNHCR...
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and advisor to the Women's Refugee Commission, the UN Development Fund for Women, the UN Civil Society Advisory Group for Women, Peace and Security,...
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risk'. Women for Refugee Women also works with the arts, media and public events to document and raise awareness about women's stories. In 2016, Women for...
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Shreen Abdul Saroor (category 20th-century Sri Lankan women)
the International Rescue Committee's Women's Refugee Commission for her advocacy for internally displaced women. In 2011 she was recipient of the N-Peace...
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S2CID 154509019. “Disability Inclusion in the Syrian Refugee Response in Lebanon.” New York: Women’s Refugee Commission, July 2013. https://reliefweb.int/sites/reliefweb...
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Retrieved 21 December 2017. "2016 Voices of Courage Awards Luncheon". Women's Refugee Commission. 21 April 2016. Archived from the original on 6 April 2016. Retrieved...
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Liv Ullmann (category Norwegian women film directors)
organization. She is also co-founder and honorary chair of the Women's Refugee Commission. In 2005, King Harald V of Norway made Ullmann a Commander with...
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University’s School of Foreign Service. She is also commissioner of the Women's Refugee Commission, a distinguished author and a lifelong humanitarian. She received...
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Nancy Rubin (category American women ambassadors)
"UN Women". "Global Rights". "Amnesty International's 50th year". 10 August 2011. "Newsletters" (PDF). "Women's Refugee Commission". "Women's Leadership...
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A refugee, according to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), is a person "forced to flee their own country and seek safety in another...
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and Inclusion, Equal Rights Trust, UNHCR, Equality Now, Women's Refugee Commission and Women's Learning Partnership. The Global Campaign Coalition members...
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A refugee camp is a temporary settlement built to receive refugees and people in refugee-like situations. Refugee camps usually accommodate displaced...
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UNRWA (redirect from United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees)
Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA, pronounced /ˈʌnrə/ UN-rə) is a UN agency that supports the relief and human development of Palestinian refugees. UNRWA's...
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Prior to these positions, she was executive director of the Women's Refugee Commission (August 2004 to September 2010). She grew up in Derbyshire, England...
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Jurate Kazickas (category Lithuanian refugees in the United States)
work in this field. Kazickas is a member of the board of the Women's Refugee Commission and president of the Kazickas Family Foundation, a charity supporting...
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of refugee and refugee-related populations Refugee Data Finder, Population Figures, mid-2020 (Report). United Nations High Commission for Refugees. 2020...
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Sarah Zeid (category American women's rights activists)
humanitarian and fragile settings. She is a board member of the Women's Refugee Commission and a member of the UNHCR Advisory Group on Gender, Forced Displacement...
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Diana Nammi (category British women's rights activists)
Champions: Preventing Violence Against Women and Girls". Women's Refugee Commission. Women's Refugee Commission. Archived from the original on 21 September...
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Nina Schwalbe (category American women public health doctors)
International Rescue Committee UK, and founding director of the Women's Refugee Commission. Her brother Will Schwalbe is an author, editor, and entrepreneur...
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