Women's Refugee Commission records, 1989-2009.

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Women's Refugee Commission records, 1989-2009.

Collection includes audiovisual materials (interviews, Voices of Courage luncheons, and footage from trips to refugee camps); field and research reports; children, education, and youth program materials; foundation files; former board and commission member files; Reproductive Health program materials and reports; Livelihoods program materials and reports; files from Executive Director Carolyn Makinson; detention and asylum files; and media binders for the Women's Refugee Commission. Countries represented include Cambodia, Afghanistan, Uganda, Sudan, Ethiopia, Kenya, Thailand, Myanmar, Israel, Guatemala, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Pakistan, Liberia, Kosovo, Iraq, Zambia, Tanzania, the United States, and others. Acquired as part of the Archive for Human Rights.

36,200 items (55.6 lin. ft.)

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Archive for Human Rights (Duke University)

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Women's Refugee Commission

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Established in New York, New York, in 1989 as part of the International Rescue Committee. It advocates for laws, policies, and programs to improve the lives and protect the rights of refugee and internally displaced women, children, and adolescents. From the description of Women's Refugee Commission records, 1989-2009. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 498307552 The Women's Refugee Commission, originally known as the Women's Commission for Refugee W...

International Rescue Committee

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Private international organization for aid to refugees. From the description of International Rescue Committee records, 1933-2009. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 754871906 ...