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Global Gag Rule Expansion Will Endanger the Lives of Women and Girls (WRC statement): www.womensrefugeecommission.org/press-releas...
Global Gag Rule Expansion Will Endanger the Lives of Women and Girls | Women's Refugee Commission
The Women’s Refugee Commission (WRC) released a statement in reaction to the announcement that the State Department will be expanding the Mexico City Policy, also known as the Global Gag rule, to incl...
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January 26, 2026 at 4:09 PM
Global Gag Rule Expansion Will Endanger the Lives of Women and Girls (WRC statement): www.womensrefugeecommission.org/press-releas...
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New rsesearch from @wrcommission.bsky.social shows that immigrant family separation is escalating under federal enforcement—advocates call it unprecedented. Current protections ignored.
#HumanRights #ImmigrantRights #FamilyUnity #PolicyWatch
#HumanRights #ImmigrantRights #FamilyUnity #PolicyWatch
Parents deported, children deserted; advocates warn of growing crisis
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January 7, 2026 at 4:00 PM
New rsesearch from @wrcommission.bsky.social shows that immigrant family separation is escalating under federal enforcement—advocates call it unprecedented. Current protections ignored.
#HumanRights #ImmigrantRights #FamilyUnity #PolicyWatch
#HumanRights #ImmigrantRights #FamilyUnity #PolicyWatch
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A majority of deported parents are not being allowed to take their children with them or arrange child care, even for kids as young as two months old tinyurl.com/v8t2pmvz @publicnewsservice.bsky.social @wrcommission.bsky.social
Report: ICE violating deportation family separation policy
New research shows U.S.
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January 14, 2026 at 4:27 PM
A majority of deported parents are not being allowed to take their children with them or arrange child care, even for kids as young as two months old tinyurl.com/v8t2pmvz @publicnewsservice.bsky.social @wrcommission.bsky.social
Read our new report, "A Year of Harms" in full at www.womensrefugeecommission.org/research-res....
January 22, 2026 at 7:14 PM
Read our new report, "A Year of Harms" in full at www.womensrefugeecommission.org/research-res....
Today, WRC issued the following statement in response to reports that a 21-year-old woman who is eight months pregnant, and reportedly under medical distress, will be deported to Columbia: www.womensrefugeecommission.org/press-releas...
WRC Statement on Deportation of Pregnant Woman in Medical Distress | Women's Refugee Commission
Today, the Women’s Refugee Commission (WRC) issued a statement in response to reports that a 21-year-old woman who is eight months pregnant, and reportedly under medical distress, will be deported to ...
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January 21, 2026 at 10:28 PM
Today, WRC issued the following statement in response to reports that a 21-year-old woman who is eight months pregnant, and reportedly under medical distress, will be deported to Columbia: www.womensrefugeecommission.org/press-releas...
One year after the US abruptly cut billions of dollars in foreign aid, WRC's new report offers the first comprehensive evidence review of the devastating consequences for women and girls across humanitarian crises. Read it here: www.womensrefugeecommission.org/.../year-of-...
January 20, 2026 at 5:22 PM
One year after the US abruptly cut billions of dollars in foreign aid, WRC's new report offers the first comprehensive evidence review of the devastating consequences for women and girls across humanitarian crises. Read it here: www.womensrefugeecommission.org/.../year-of-...
WRC Statement: DHS's new policy further restricting access to ICE detention facilities for Members of Congress dramatically reduces one of the last meaningful avenues for oversight over these facilities. www.womensrefugeecommission.org/press-releas...
WRC Statement on DHS Restrictions on Congressional Oversight | Women's Refugee Commission
WRC Statement: DHS's new policy further restricting access to ICE detention facilities for Members of Congress dramatically reduces one of the last meaningful avenues for oversight over these faciliti...
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January 13, 2026 at 4:01 PM
WRC Statement: DHS's new policy further restricting access to ICE detention facilities for Members of Congress dramatically reduces one of the last meaningful avenues for oversight over these facilities. www.womensrefugeecommission.org/press-releas...
WRC's research has found that parents being deported from the US are often not being allowed to take their children with them or arrange child care, even when the children are as young as two months old. Story in publicnewsservice.bsky.social:
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January 12, 2026 at 9:44 PM
WRC's research has found that parents being deported from the US are often not being allowed to take their children with them or arrange child care, even when the children are as young as two months old. Story in publicnewsservice.bsky.social:
app.publicnewsservice.org/story/parent...
app.publicnewsservice.org/story/parent...
The new Presidential Memoranda withdrawing the United States from 66 international organizations will cause direct harm to women and girls around the world and undermine efforts to prevent conflict and promote global stability. WRC press release: www.womensrefugeecommission.org/press-releas...
US Withdrawal from International Organizations Will Further Harm Women and Girls | Women's Refugee Commission
The new Presidential Memoranda withdrawing the United States from 66 international organizations will cause direct harm to women and girls around the world and undermine efforts to prevent conflict an...
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January 8, 2026 at 10:51 PM
The new Presidential Memoranda withdrawing the United States from 66 international organizations will cause direct harm to women and girls around the world and undermine efforts to prevent conflict and promote global stability. WRC press release: www.womensrefugeecommission.org/press-releas...
We at Women’s Refugee Commission are so grateful to begin 2026 with your support and partnership as we advocate for the rights, needs, and protection of people displaced by conflict and crisis. Happy new year!
January 1, 2026 at 5:43 PM
We at Women’s Refugee Commission are so grateful to begin 2026 with your support and partnership as we advocate for the rights, needs, and protection of people displaced by conflict and crisis. Happy new year!
Can you help fund our work to improve the lives and protect the rights of displaced women and children before the year ends?
Thanks to the support of our dedicated community, we’re more than 60% towards our end-of-year appeal goal of $500K.
womensrefugeecommission.org/donate
Thanks to the support of our dedicated community, we’re more than 60% towards our end-of-year appeal goal of $500K.
womensrefugeecommission.org/donate
December 30, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Can you help fund our work to improve the lives and protect the rights of displaced women and children before the year ends?
Thanks to the support of our dedicated community, we’re more than 60% towards our end-of-year appeal goal of $500K.
womensrefugeecommission.org/donate
Thanks to the support of our dedicated community, we’re more than 60% towards our end-of-year appeal goal of $500K.
womensrefugeecommission.org/donate
"Home has never felt so close, yet so unsafe for me. I stand with the women in DRC today & always." -- Oricia Ngenyibungi, who co-authored WRC’s report on the impact of conflict & funding cuts on women, girls & women-led organizations in Eastern DRC: www.womensrefugeecommission.org/blog/wrc-res...
WRC Researcher Reflections: Oricia Ngenyibungi | 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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December 23, 2025 at 5:15 PM
"Home has never felt so close, yet so unsafe for me. I stand with the women in DRC today & always." -- Oricia Ngenyibungi, who co-authored WRC’s report on the impact of conflict & funding cuts on women, girls & women-led organizations in Eastern DRC: www.womensrefugeecommission.org/blog/wrc-res...
“We were all crying on the plane, all of us, thinking about our children.” --38 year-old mother separated by deportation from her 5 year-old child.
We are in a new family separation crisis. Download WRC & PHR's three-page briefing to learn more: www.womensrefugeecommission.org/research-res...
We are in a new family separation crisis. Download WRC & PHR's three-page briefing to learn more: www.womensrefugeecommission.org/research-res...
In Parents' Own Words: Documenting the Stories of Separated Families in Honduras | Women's Refugee Commission
In late November 2025, the Women’s Refugee Commission (WRC) and Physicians for Human Rights (PHR) traveled to Honduras, where approximately 300 people are being returned every day, to speak with peopl...
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December 18, 2025 at 10:09 PM
“We were all crying on the plane, all of us, thinking about our children.” --38 year-old mother separated by deportation from her 5 year-old child.
We are in a new family separation crisis. Download WRC & PHR's three-page briefing to learn more: www.womensrefugeecommission.org/research-res...
We are in a new family separation crisis. Download WRC & PHR's three-page briefing to learn more: www.womensrefugeecommission.org/research-res...
Today is #InternationalMigrantsDay. During a time of increasing global backlash against immigration, when the safety and dignity of so many are under attack, WRC is resolute: We stand with refugee and migrant women and children: www.womensrefugeecommission.org/blog/this-in...
This International Migrants Day—and Every Day—We Stand with Migrants | Women's Refugee Commission
Today is International Migrants Day. Each year on December 18, we recognize both the inestimable contributions and the inalienable rights of hundreds of millions of migrants around the world.
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December 18, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Today is #InternationalMigrantsDay. During a time of increasing global backlash against immigration, when the safety and dignity of so many are under attack, WRC is resolute: We stand with refugee and migrant women and children: www.womensrefugeecommission.org/blog/this-in...
#GRF Review: the Global Campaign for Equal Nationality Rights (housed in WRC) called on states to eliminate gender discrimination in nationality laws. Global goals on gender equality, children’s rts, sustainable development & ending statelessness can't be achieved w/o gender equal nationality laws.
December 17, 2025 at 9:24 PM
#GRF Review: the Global Campaign for Equal Nationality Rights (housed in WRC) called on states to eliminate gender discrimination in nationality laws. Global goals on gender equality, children’s rts, sustainable development & ending statelessness can't be achieved w/o gender equal nationality laws.
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.”
Now read this. lnk.thebulwark.com/3Yl0Tqn
Now read this. lnk.thebulwark.com/3Yl0Tqn
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.]