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Tools to Assess and Mitigate GBV among Urban Refugees
These tools, currently in pilot form, help practitioners to assess and respond to urban refugees' risks of gender-based violence.
Mean Streets: Identifying and Responding to Urban Refugees' Risks of Gender-Based Violence
An analysis of the unique protection challenges and opportunities afforded by urban settings, including the risks specific to different groups.
Kampala: Supporting Refugee Women Engaged in Sex Work through the Peer Education Model & Bringing Mobile Health Clinics to Refugee Neighborhoods: Interventions for Strengthening GBV Prevention and Response for Urban Refugees
In Kampala, the WRC partnered with Reproductive Health Uganda (RHU), an organization that provides integrated SRH and GBV services to Ugandans, including Ugandan sex workers. The goal was to expand their services to be inclusive of refugee women.…
Girls on the Move: Adolescent Girls & Migration in the Developing World
The first report of its kind to examine the social and economic determinants of internal migration for adolescent girls in developing countries, and to identify the links between migration, risk, and opportunity. The authors explore a wide range of…
Iranian Railroad for Queer Refugees (IRQR)
IRQR assists asylum seeking LGBT people with finding refuge and provides them with the opportunity for a new chance at life.
Gender-based Violence and Child Protection among Syrian Refugees in Jordan, with a Focus on Early Marriage
This assessment was conducted to obtain a more comprehensive understanding of the risks that Syrian refugee families — especially women and girls — face in Jordan, and to provide a deeper understanding of Syrian urban refugees’ knowledge, attitudes,…
Women’s Refugee Commission (WRC)
For nearly 30 years, the Women’s Refugee Commission (WRC) has been on the front lines of ensuring the rights and protections of displaced women and children.