Program areas at WRC
Migrant right and justice (mrj): the migrants rights and justice (mrj) program works to ensure fair access to asylum in the u.s. for those fleeing persecution and violence, promotes the use of alternatives to detention especially of asylum seeking children and families, humane conditions in detention facilities when they are used, and access to legal services for their asylum claims. The mrj program successfully advocated against the family separation policy, for better protections for unaccompanied minors arriving in the u.s., and for release of families when feasible. Wrc, working with partners, assisted in the reunification of thousands of children who had been separated from their families and has drafted a more humane asylum policy for the incoming administration.
Economic empowerment & self reliance: most refugees deeply want to provide for themselves and their families to work, to use their skills, and to make their own decisions about their finances, their lives, and their futures. The Women's Refugee Commission works to ensure that humanitarian programs provide Refugee women and youth access to cash assistance opportunities and to help them safely earn a living. This, in turn, increases refugees' self-reliance and resilience. Our economic empowerment and self-reliance work involves developing guidance on cash assistance and livelihoods opportunities for Refugee women, as well as building refugees' self-reliance and resilience.
Sexual and reproductive health: wrc's sexual and reproductive health program works to improve services for displaced women and girls in maternal & newborn health, family planning, sexually transmitted infections, including hiv/aids, and for needed health services for survivors of gender-based violence. Wrc advocates to un agencies, governments, and donors on all components of reproductive health, including the priority services of the minimum initial service package (misp) in the early days of new emergencies.currently, wrc is working on ensuring access to family planning services in humanitarian settings, partnering with organizations in sudan and pakistan on access to emergency contraception, and developing models for community-based care for survivors of sexual violence.
Social inclusion
Global campaign
Inter-agency working group
Communications
Advocacy
Gender-based violence