Women's Refugee Commission
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Women's Refugee Commission
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The Women’s Refugee Commission is creating a better world for refugee women and girls.
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
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
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
#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
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
Adolescent girls are the experts on their own lives. @wrcommission.bsky.social is transforming how the humanitarian sector responds to the unique and diverse priorities of adolescent girls. Explore more: www.imhereforher.org #imhere #imhereforher
October 22, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Tomorrow is Intl #DayoftheGirl, a fitting moment to launch www.imhereforher.org -- a hub for WRC’s I’m Here Approach, which recognizes adolescent girls as experts in their own lives & empowers them to co-design solutions to the unique risks they face. #ImHereForHer
October 10, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Thanks to all who joined yesterday’s joint UNGA side event on girls' access to education, moderated by WRC’s Julianne Deitch. The discussion powerfully highlighted how, given the complexities & challenges faced by girls in crisis affected settings, women & youth know best what solutions will work.
September 24, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Read WRC's latest report on how famine and starvation are disproportionately harming women and girls in Gaza: www.womensrefugeecommission.org/research-res...
September 19, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Ahead of the #UNSC Open Debate on Women, Peace, and Security, and as a member of the @ngowgwps.bsky.social, we are proud to sign the Open Letter calling on the #UNSC and Member States to uphold 25 years of hard-won gains of the #WPS agenda. Will you join us?

🤝Sign our open letter: wps.ngo/sign
September 18, 2025 at 9:06 PM
These are the words of a woman in #Gaza — a nurse, widow, and mother doing everything she can to keep herself and her children alive in the famine, while under constant siege. #InHerOwnWords Read more: www.womensrefugeecommission.org/blog/in-her-...
September 17, 2025 at 8:46 PM
This World Humanitarian Day, it's more important than ever to stand with refugees and displaced people. #WHD 2025's theme is "Strengthening Global Solidarity and Empowering Local Communities." Please leave a comment & tell us how you're going to embrace this theme today, and every day!
August 19, 2025 at 2:05 PM
The Center for Migration Studies' 2025 Immigrant Integration Convening event is coming right up! We're looking forward to WRC's VP of Advocacy and ER, Melanie Nezer, speaking on one of the panels. You can find more information about the agenda and speakers and register to join at lnkd.in/efBw4mXb
August 7, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Catherine Harrington of the Global Campaign for Equal Nationality Rights (housed w/i WRC) shared this photo from #HLPF today. As UN govts consider progress on #SDG5, Catherine was there carrying the message that gender-equal nationality laws are critical to achieving sustainable development for all.
July 15, 2025 at 9:50 PM
As the US administration ends TPS for Honduras, a new report by @wrcommission.bsky.social documents how US foreign aid cuts, the border closure, and deportations are harming women and girls in Honduras daily. Read our report: www.womensrefugeecommission.org/research-res...
#GBV #Honduras #WRC
July 9, 2025 at 2:59 PM
📢 WRC just filed two FOIA requests with DHS.
We're seeking answers about the treatment of pregnant women in immigration detention. Their protections are disappearing.
The government can't operate in the dark when it comes to the safety and rights of women in its custody. #Immigration #FOIA
June 26, 2025 at 3:54 PM
🌍 As World Refugee Day approaches, we hear from Global Refugee Youth Network (GRYN): “Young refugee leaders should not only be seen as beneficiaries, but also as local leaders & change agents.”
👉 Read more: www.womensrefugeecommission.org/blog/with-su...
#WorldRefugeeDay #GlobalRefugeeYouthNetwork
June 18, 2025 at 9:41 PM
🚨 The termination of U.S. foreign assistance shows the precarious nature of the global humanitarian landscape. When funding is cut without warning, it’s not just programs that end — it’s protection, safety, and dignity that are lost.
📄 Read our brief: www.womensrefugeecommission.org/wp-content/u...
June 12, 2025 at 4:57 PM
WRC applauds today’s federal court decision affirming that the Trump administration breached a settlement agreement. The court’s action restores access to legal services for families separated by “zero-tolerance” family separation.
www.womensrefugeecommission.org/research-res...
June 11, 2025 at 9:37 PM
In March, two devastating earthquakes hit Myanmar, killing 3,800 and displacing 200,000. With the U.S. cutting $259 million in humanitarian aid, women and girls face an even greater risk of violence, poverty, and exploitation. Read our latest brief: www.womensrefugeecommission.org/research-res...
June 6, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Since the start of 2025, devastating funding cuts in the U.S. have triggered a global crisis. The impact is clear: humanitarian programs are shutting down and hard-won protections for women and girls are being stripped away.
📢 Visit our new page:
www.womensrefugeecommission.org/wrc-in-focus...
May 29, 2025 at 5:59 PM
We're proud to have a member of the Global Refugee Youth Network represent young refugee women from Sudan at a convening in Nairobi with host @GIWPS.bsky.social. Over the course of three days, 11 Sudanese women leaders explored new ways to help their communities through the ongoing crisis in Sudan.
May 28, 2025 at 8:02 PM
The bill just passed by the House of Representatives contains several amendments that would catastrophically harm immigrant women. This is a radical departure for the United States re: providing safety for children and families. Read WRC’s explainer: www.womensrefugeecommission.org/wp-content/u...
May 22, 2025 at 6:09 PM
🚨 WRC is outraged that Rep. LaMonica McIver was arrested while conducting oversight of an ICE detention center. We have long documented abuses in immigration detention, and condemn the administration’s dismantling of govt oversight. Our statement: www.womensrefugeecommission.org/press-releas...
May 21, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Our new report with @refugeesinternational.org exposes the devastating fallout of U.S. migration policies in Costa Rica. The region’s humanitarian system is at risk of collapse. www.womensrefugeecommission.org/research-res...

#RefugeeRights #HumanRights #CostaRica
May 16, 2025 at 2:55 PM