Women's Refugee Commission

@wrcommission

We advocate for the rights and protection of refugee women, children, and youth fleeing violence and persecution.

NY, DC
womensrefugeecommission.org
Joined October 2008
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  1. Pinned Tweet
    May 31

    No child should experience the trauma of being ripped from their mother’s arms.

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  2. 1 hour ago

    : WRC's spoke to about the president's executive order and its real implications for migrant and asylum-seeking families currently being separated under the "zero tolerance" policy:

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  3. 21 hours ago

    MUST WATCH: WRC's spoke with 's Alisyn Camerota about witnessing a 9-year-old girl being separated from her father at a Border Patrol station on her recent trip to McAllen, TX. Full interview here:

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  4. Retweeted
    21 hours ago

    There are reasonable, efficient, and humane alternatives to detaining and separating families. And they cost a fraction of what separation and detention costs.

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  5. Retweeted
    22 hours ago

    . Responds to President Trump’s Executive Order on Family Separation, says its not a solution:

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  6. Retweeted
    23 hours ago

    Representative Goodlatte's extremist anti-immigrant bill just went down hard, 231-193.

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    24 hours ago

    Packed room at the event "A collective effort to leave no one behind: Strengthening Equality Programming in Action" Watch live:

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    24 hours ago

    Omar Robles from showcasing their work and the importance of reaching adolescents who require assistance.

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    23 hours ago

    At event on , my colleague speaks abt the approach & the need to make visible in , incl. those w/ disabilities, those out of school. Read new brief:

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    24 hours ago

    Launch of the Gender with Age Marker for with

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  11. 23 hours ago

    HAPPENING NOW: at side event discussing the I'm Here Approach that helps humanitarian practitioners be more inclusive of the most vulnerable adolescent girls. programming must address girls in all their diversity.

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    24 hours ago

    Gender responsive humanitarian assistance is not negotiable and requires a comprehensive and inclusive age and gender sensitive needs assessment!

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  13. 24 hours ago

    We supported the recent revision of the handbook on - gender is no longer negotiable, says

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  14. 24 hours ago

    WATCH LIVE: CR 11 side event on strengthening programming in humanitarian action. WRC's will speak on adolescent girls.

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  15. Retweeted
    Jun 21

    Now: inequality in action is not an option. - ASG Ursula Müller

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    24 hours ago

    Gender mainstreaming in with and at

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  17. Jun 21

    This morning, WRC's joined on to discuss President Trump's EO. Read WRC's full statement here:

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  18. Jun 21

    "In the U.S., I feel calm and happy, and I’m no longer afraid of what will happen when I leave my house. I no longer ask myself, 'Will today be my last day?'" via

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    Jun 20

    Where is my child? How can I find my child? When will I be reunited with my child? Watch my colleague speak w/ abt No. 1 concern of desperate parents in court hearings & implications

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  20. Retweeted
    Jun 20

    This was not a U-Turn. Full-length family detention is what the administration has said it wants since before it implemented zero-tolerance, and now it is working toward having both.

    Trump's U-Turn is one of the biggest wins for the resistance so far. But public views about immigration are deeply schizophrenic--and that poses a lasting challenge with which we must seriously reckon. My latest for .
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  21. Jun 20

    "This EO effectively creates family prisons... We must remember that family detention has repeatedly been found to be unsuitable for children. Trading family separation for family detention is NOT a solution."

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