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We are happy to share that Sen. Shaheen & colleagues have introduced the Support UNFPA Funding Act, which WRC has strongly endorsed, in the Senate.
UNFPA's work reduces maternal mortality, provides access to reproductive healthcare & combats violence against women & girls. Funding must be restored.
UNFPA's work reduces maternal mortality, provides access to reproductive healthcare & combats violence against women & girls. Funding must be restored.
December 15, 2025 at 5:13 PM
We are happy to share that Sen. Shaheen & colleagues have introduced the Support UNFPA Funding Act, which WRC has strongly endorsed, in the Senate.
UNFPA's work reduces maternal mortality, provides access to reproductive healthcare & combats violence against women & girls. Funding must be restored.
UNFPA's work reduces maternal mortality, provides access to reproductive healthcare & combats violence against women & girls. Funding must be restored.
Reminder! Tomorrow, Dec 16, join us online for "Solutions to Statelessness," co-hosted by the Global Campaign for Equal National Rights (housed in WRC). Speakers include activists impacted by #statelessness & discriminatory nationality laws, gov't & UN representatives. Register: bit.ly/444GsBv #GRF
December 15, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Reminder! Tomorrow, Dec 16, join us online for "Solutions to Statelessness," co-hosted by the Global Campaign for Equal National Rights (housed in WRC). Speakers include activists impacted by #statelessness & discriminatory nationality laws, gov't & UN representatives. Register: bit.ly/444GsBv #GRF
This powerful article shares some of what WRC and Physicians for Human Rights learned during a joint investigative trip to Honduras, where they spoke with women who were detained and deported from the US while pregnant, postpartum, and/or nursing.
Earlier this year, JD Vance told us that Donald Trump was “the most pro-family, most pro-life American president of our lifetimes.”
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Trump’s Deportations Are Ripping Mothers from Their Babies
The president’s immigration policy is “beyond inhumane.”
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December 11, 2025 at 7:21 PM
This powerful article shares some of what WRC and Physicians for Human Rights learned during a joint investigative trip to Honduras, where they spoke with women who were detained and deported from the US while pregnant, postpartum, and/or nursing.
Univision reports on WRC and Physicians for Human Rights' research trip to Honduras, where the investigative team spoke with women who had been deported from the US, as well as with healthcare providers, government officials, and social workers [en español]: www.univision.com/noticias/inm...
Desesperadas tras la deportación sin sus hijos y sin saber dónde están: la nueva separación de familias de Trump
La Comisión de Mujeres Refugiadas viajó por una semana a Honduras y conversó con mujeres que llegaban deportadas desde EEUU. Las autoridades migratorias no le permitieron a la mayoría decidir si querí...
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December 10, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Univision reports on WRC and Physicians for Human Rights' research trip to Honduras, where the investigative team spoke with women who had been deported from the US, as well as with healthcare providers, government officials, and social workers [en español]: www.univision.com/noticias/inm...
As the #16DaysOfActivism Against Gender-Based Violence concludes, it's an apt moment to release our report on how the resurgence of violence in the #DRC, coupled with US funding cuts, has impacted women, girls, & women-led orgs in the Kivu regions: www.womensrefugeecommission.org/research-res...
“We Have Abandoned Them”: The Impact of Renewed Conflict and Funding Cuts on Women, Girls, and Women-Led Organizations in Eastern DRC | Women's Refugee Commission
This report documents the impact of renewed conflict and funding cuts on women, girls, and women-led organizations in Eastern DRC.
www.womensrefugeecommission.org
December 10, 2025 at 5:05 PM
As the #16DaysOfActivism Against Gender-Based Violence concludes, it's an apt moment to release our report on how the resurgence of violence in the #DRC, coupled with US funding cuts, has impacted women, girls, & women-led orgs in the Kivu regions: www.womensrefugeecommission.org/research-res...
WRC has signed a collective NGO statement on the 2026 Global Humanitarian Overview (GHO). It is signed by 89 NGOs and NGO networks, alliances, and fora, including humanitarian organizations operating in countries covered by the GHO: www.womensrefugeecommission.org/research-res...
Collective NGO Statement on Release of the 2026 Global Humanitarian Overview | Women's Refugee Commission
The Women's Refugee Commission has signed a collective NGO statement on the 2026 Global Humanitarian Overview (GHO).
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December 9, 2025 at 10:33 PM
WRC has signed a collective NGO statement on the 2026 Global Humanitarian Overview (GHO). It is signed by 89 NGOs and NGO networks, alliances, and fora, including humanitarian organizations operating in countries covered by the GHO: www.womensrefugeecommission.org/research-res...
Join us online Dec 16 for an event co-hosted by the Global Campaign for Equal National Rights (housed in WRC), "Solutions to Statelessness." Speakers include leading activists impacted by #statelessness & discriminatory nationality laws, gov't & UN representatives. Register: bit.ly/444GsBv #GRF
December 8, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Join us online Dec 16 for an event co-hosted by the Global Campaign for Equal National Rights (housed in WRC), "Solutions to Statelessness." Speakers include leading activists impacted by #statelessness & discriminatory nationality laws, gov't & UN representatives. Register: bit.ly/444GsBv #GRF
In case you missed it: WRC's Melanie Nezer, just back from a joint Women's Refugee Commission-Physicians for Human Rights trip to #Honduras to meet with people deported from the US as well as providers offering them services, shared what she learned: www.womensrefugeecommission.org/blog/they-wo...
“They Wouldn’t Let Us Say Goodbye”: Conversations with Women Deported to Honduras | Women's Refugee Commission
Last week, WRC and Physicians for Human Rights (PHR) traveled to San Pedro Sula, Honduras, to meet with women who had recently been detained and deported from the United States. Here's a rundown of wh...
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December 4, 2025 at 5:46 PM
In case you missed it: WRC's Melanie Nezer, just back from a joint Women's Refugee Commission-Physicians for Human Rights trip to #Honduras to meet with people deported from the US as well as providers offering them services, shared what she learned: www.womensrefugeecommission.org/blog/they-wo...
Sweeping immigration arrests & rapid deportations are having a devastating impact on women & families. WRC has been investigating & sharing what we have learned from detained pregnant women & parents separated from kids. Go to www.womensrefugeecommission.org/wrc-news/ for the latest media coverage.
December 3, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Sweeping immigration arrests & rapid deportations are having a devastating impact on women & families. WRC has been investigating & sharing what we have learned from detained pregnant women & parents separated from kids. Go to www.womensrefugeecommission.org/wrc-news/ for the latest media coverage.
:تقريرنا عن غزة متاح الآن باللغة العربية
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[Our Gaza report is now available in Arabic.]
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[Our Gaza report is now available in Arabic.]
“I Starve Myself So My Children Can Eat”: The Gendered Impacts of Food Insecurity and Famine in Gaza | Women's Refugee Commission
This report documents the gendered impacts of Gaza’s food insecurity and famine crisis and provides actionable evidence for policymakers and humanitarian actors.
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December 3, 2025 at 4:51 PM
:تقريرنا عن غزة متاح الآن باللغة العربية
www.womensrefugeecommission.org/research-res...
[Our Gaza report is now available in Arabic.]
www.womensrefugeecommission.org/research-res...
[Our Gaza report is now available in Arabic.]
Today is #GivingTuesday. Please consider making a gift to the Women's Refugee Commission to sustain our work advocating for the rights, needs, and protection of refugee and immigrant women and girls. Thank you for your generous support today and every day! www.womensrefugeecommission.org/donate/
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WRC relies on the vital support of generous people like you, who power all of our work. Thank you for standing with us as champions for the rights, needs, and protection of refugee and immigrant women...
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December 2, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Today is #GivingTuesday. Please consider making a gift to the Women's Refugee Commission to sustain our work advocating for the rights, needs, and protection of refugee and immigrant women and girls. Thank you for your generous support today and every day! www.womensrefugeecommission.org/donate/
Tomorrow is #GivingTuesday, the most generous day of the year. Please consider a gift to WRC. Your generosity will help us to advocate for the rights, needs, and protection of refugee and immigrant women and girls, who need our support now more than ever:
www.womensrefugeecommission.org/donate/
www.womensrefugeecommission.org/donate/
Donate | Women's Refugee Commission
Make a donation to the Women's Refugee Commission to support our work protecting the rights of refugee women, children, and youth.
www.womensrefugeecommission.org
December 1, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Tomorrow is #GivingTuesday, the most generous day of the year. Please consider a gift to WRC. Your generosity will help us to advocate for the rights, needs, and protection of refugee and immigrant women and girls, who need our support now more than ever:
www.womensrefugeecommission.org/donate/
www.womensrefugeecommission.org/donate/
To everyone celebrating #Thanksgiving today, all of us at WRC send best wishes for a holiday full of peace and light.
November 27, 2025 at 5:28 PM
To everyone celebrating #Thanksgiving today, all of us at WRC send best wishes for a holiday full of peace and light.
Across the US this week, as some families come together for the holidays, others are being torn apart. A heartbreaking but necessary read:
www.womensrefugeecommission.org/blog/they-wo...
www.womensrefugeecommission.org/blog/they-wo...
“They Wouldn’t Let Us Say Goodbye”: Conversations with Women Deported to Honduras | Women's Refugee Commission
Last week, WRC and Physicians for Human Rights (PHR) traveled to San Pedro Sula, Honduras, to meet with women who had recently been detained and deported from the United States. Here's a rundown of wh...
www.womensrefugeecommission.org
November 26, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Across the US this week, as some families come together for the holidays, others are being torn apart. A heartbreaking but necessary read:
www.womensrefugeecommission.org/blog/they-wo...
www.womensrefugeecommission.org/blog/they-wo...
We invite all young people—young women and men, adolescent girls and boys—to contribute to a Dec. 9 conversation on how to improve access to justice for adolescent girls and young women. Register now, or if you can't join us, submit your ideas via a survey instead, by Dec. 5.
Join Us for a Virtual Conversation on How To Improve Access to Justice for Adolescent Girls and Young Women | Women's Refugee Commission
We invite all young people—young women and men, adolescent girls and boys—to contribute to a conversation on how to improve access to justice for adolescent girls and young women.
www.womensrefugeecommission.org
November 26, 2025 at 5:42 PM
We invite all young people—young women and men, adolescent girls and boys—to contribute to a Dec. 9 conversation on how to improve access to justice for adolescent girls and young women. Register now, or if you can't join us, submit your ideas via a survey instead, by Dec. 5.
Today, as the #16Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence kicks off, we stand with fellow members of the GBV AoR in reaffirming "our shared commitment to a humanitarian & development system that upholds life, dignity & rights." Joint statement: www.womensrefugeecommission.org/research-res...
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WRC stands with fellow members of the Gender-Based Violence Area of Responsibility (GBV AoR) in wholeheartedly endorsing GBV AoR's joint statement on gender-based violence and gender equality pushback...
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November 25, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Today, as the #16Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence kicks off, we stand with fellow members of the GBV AoR in reaffirming "our shared commitment to a humanitarian & development system that upholds life, dignity & rights." Joint statement: www.womensrefugeecommission.org/research-res...
This fall has been particularly busy for WRC. We want to share a few highlights of our recent work in our core focus areas: www.womensrefugeecommission.org/blog/listeni...
Listening, Learning, and Advocating in Partnership, Around the World | Women's Refugee Commission
This fall has been particularly busy for WRC. We want to share a few highlights of our recent work in our core focus areas: protecting sexual and reproductive health and rights. fighting for migrant r...
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November 21, 2025 at 8:03 PM
This fall has been particularly busy for WRC. We want to share a few highlights of our recent work in our core focus areas: www.womensrefugeecommission.org/blog/listeni...
#ICE is detaining & deporting pregnant women & separating women from their babies. WRC’s Melanie Nezer is in Honduras with Physicians for Human Rights to meet with recently deported women & get their firsthand accounts. Here’s Melanie’s first dispatch about what she’s seeing & hearing on the ground.
November 18, 2025 at 4:21 PM
#ICE is detaining & deporting pregnant women & separating women from their babies. WRC’s Melanie Nezer is in Honduras with Physicians for Human Rights to meet with recently deported women & get their firsthand accounts. Here’s Melanie’s first dispatch about what she’s seeing & hearing on the ground.
To support & uplift local experience & expertise, WRC partners with local researchers to produce our reports. In a new series, we give them the floor to share their reflections. First up is Diana Flórez, who researched & wrote our #Honduras report: www.womensrefugeecommission.org/blog/wrc-res...
WRC Researcher Reflections: Diana Flórez | Women's Refugee Commission
To support and uplift local experience and expertise, WRC partners with local researchers to produce our groundbreaking reports. In this new series, we give them the floor to share their reflections. ...
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November 13, 2025 at 8:27 PM
To support & uplift local experience & expertise, WRC partners with local researchers to produce our reports. In a new series, we give them the floor to share their reflections. First up is Diana Flórez, who researched & wrote our #Honduras report: www.womensrefugeecommission.org/blog/wrc-res...
A message from Executive Director, Sarah Costa, and Board Co-Chairs, Alex Arriaga and Ivonne Dersch: www.womensrefugeecommission.org/blog/announc...
Announcement: Leadership Farewell and Transition | Women's Refugee Commission
A message from Executive Director, Sarah Costa and Board Co-Chairs, Alex Arriaga and Ivonne Dersch
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November 10, 2025 at 9:20 PM
A message from Executive Director, Sarah Costa, and Board Co-Chairs, Alex Arriaga and Ivonne Dersch: www.womensrefugeecommission.org/blog/announc...
For the first time since 2017, the US Govt missed its legal reporting deadline under the Women, Peace, and Security Act. Congress must act to ensure oversight and accountability for the implementation of #WPS. Read our joint civil society statement: www.womensrefugeecommission.org/research-res...
CSWG Statement - WPS Act Report - 11.06.25.pdf
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November 7, 2025 at 6:05 PM
For the first time since 2017, the US Govt missed its legal reporting deadline under the Women, Peace, and Security Act. Congress must act to ensure oversight and accountability for the implementation of #WPS. Read our joint civil society statement: www.womensrefugeecommission.org/research-res...
In #Gaza, #Sudan, and around the world, the Women, Peace, and Security agenda #WPS is on fragile ground. New WRC blog post:
www.womensrefugeecommission.org/blog/on-frag...
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On Fragile Ground: Peace and Security Remain Elusive for Women and Girls in Gaza, Sudan, and Around the World | Women's Refugee Commission
The Women, Peace, and Security agenda is on fragile ground, as the conflicts in Gaza and Sudan illustrate.
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November 6, 2025 at 9:17 PM
In #Gaza, #Sudan, and around the world, the Women, Peace, and Security agenda #WPS is on fragile ground. New WRC blog post:
www.womensrefugeecommission.org/blog/on-frag...
www.womensrefugeecommission.org/blog/on-frag...
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Advocates say #ICE is detaining pregnant women, violating federal policy.
Melanie Nezer of @wrcommission.bsky.social: Women are miscarrying in detention and returning malnourished.
The group launched the Detention Pregnancy Tracker to collect real-time reports, push for transparency.
#HumanRights
Melanie Nezer of @wrcommission.bsky.social: Women are miscarrying in detention and returning malnourished.
The group launched the Detention Pregnancy Tracker to collect real-time reports, push for transparency.
#HumanRights
Nonprofit asks for help tracking pregnant ICE detainees
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October 29, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Advocates say #ICE is detaining pregnant women, violating federal policy.
Melanie Nezer of @wrcommission.bsky.social: Women are miscarrying in detention and returning malnourished.
The group launched the Detention Pregnancy Tracker to collect real-time reports, push for transparency.
#HumanRights
Melanie Nezer of @wrcommission.bsky.social: Women are miscarrying in detention and returning malnourished.
The group launched the Detention Pregnancy Tracker to collect real-time reports, push for transparency.
#HumanRights
The scenes from #ElFasher are horrifying.
For decades, women in #Sudan have raised the alarm about the violence they have experienced at the hands of paramilitary groups, only to be ignored. Now, women and girls are bearing the brunt of extreme violence and a collapse of protection mechanisms.
For decades, women in #Sudan have raised the alarm about the violence they have experienced at the hands of paramilitary groups, only to be ignored. Now, women and girls are bearing the brunt of extreme violence and a collapse of protection mechanisms.
October 31, 2025 at 7:27 PM
WRC’s VP of Advocacy and External Relations, Melanie Nezer, shares our statement in response to today’s announcement of the Presidential determination on refugee admissions for Fiscal Year 2026. #refugees
October 30, 2025 at 9:00 PM
WRC’s VP of Advocacy and External Relations, Melanie Nezer, shares our statement in response to today’s announcement of the Presidential determination on refugee admissions for Fiscal Year 2026. #refugees