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Dispatch from Mexico: Difficulties Abound for Both Deported Individuals and Service Providers
As the United States’ immigration detention system becomes a black box, researchers from WOLA and the Women’s Refugee ...
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ICE Detentions Are Failing Pregnant Women. Again.
Other instances of mistreatment include someone “ [who] reportedly ‘nearly miscarried twice’ while in ICE custody” and a ...
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Women's Refugee Commission to honor five women's rights leaders
NEW YORK, Sept. 20, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- The Women's Refugee Commission (WRC) today announced that five women's rights leaders will be honored at the 2024 Voices of Courage Awards ceremony on ...
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Dispatch from Honduras: Four Things You Need to Know About ICE Deportations—It’s Worse Than Expected
Researchers from WOLA and the Women’s Refugee Commission (WRC) just visited San Pedro Sula, Honduras’s second-largest city.
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Women in ICE Detention Face Widespread Abuse Amid Lack of Oversight, Report Shows
More women detained by immigration authorities are being exposed to sexual violence, mistreatment, and the denial of basic ...
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Women's Refugee Commission leader to speak in Sun Valley
SUN VALLEY — The executive director of the Women’s Refugee Commission will attend this year’s Family of Woman Film Festival. The 10th annual Family of Woman Film Festival is Feb. 27 through ...
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Melanie Nezer - C-SPAN.org
On the C-SPAN Networks: Melanie Nezer is a Vice President for Advocacy and External Relations in the Women's Refugee Commission with two videos in the C-SPAN Video Library; the first appearance ...