“Nothing has ever been achieved for displaced women in Colombia without us fighting for our own rights, so we decided to take our cases to court. ...
Refugees International Tell Obama to act now to meet the needs of displaced people in south Sudan!
Source: salsa.democracyinaction.org
While the Obama Administration has announced a plan for peace in Sudan, there still needs to be a greater focus on:
Pamela Lynne Sorensen Just finished viewing "South Sudan: An Enduring Struggle" - well done.
The dialogue is changing. Assistant Secretary of State Kurt Campbell and his deputy Scot Marceil visited Burma and held talks with Burmese officials and Burmese dissident Aung San Suu Kyi...
“What Khalil first heard were helicopter sounds…and then the children started running.”read more
Phil Behan
Hey,feature you guys as charity of the month for November
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Refugees International
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Thank you, as always, for your support.Read more
Starting at this very minute, and for the next 24 hours, if you donate $10 (or more!) to Refugees International through our Cause page on Facebook, you could help us win the daily award of $1,000!
Go here to donate:
https://www.causes.com/fb/donations/new?
YOU could be the difference!
The amount you give doesn't matter, what helps us win is the number of people who donate. So get your friends, your family, your colleagues...even random strangers on the street to give a little to Refugees International. We need every single one of you!
By acting right now, not only will you help us spread the word about our lifesaving work, but your support will go directly toward our efforts to bring solutions to some of the world's most vulnerable people. In Sudan, Burma, Pakistan, Somalia and more, we're making a difference, and we hope that you'll join us.
Remember, we only have 24 hours! We need you to donate before 3:00 pm tomorrow (Friday).
Donate now!
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Thank you, as always, for your support.Read more
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“When they realize you’re a Mehsud, they treat you like a suicide bomber who’s wearing an explosive jacket.” -A displaced Pakistani from South Waziristan, quoted in Dawn read more
Refugees International sometimes while our staff are in DR Congo, we run into an ambush of a different kind
Refugees International our own Ron Capps in Foreign Policy - where have all the foreign service officers gone?
Source: bit.ly
Amid the roiling controversy over U.S. strategy in Afghanistan, one fact often gets lost: The soldiers are only half the picture. It will take both combat troops and civilians to tackle what the Army's new counterinsurgency manual sees as objective No. ...
On October 23rd the cause of protecting internally displaced people made a major advance. At the conclusion of a Special Summit in Kampala, Uganda, the African Union (AU) approved the Convention for the Protection and Assistance of Internally Displaced Persons in Africa...
Refugees International our new report on the complex humanitarian crisis in Pakistan:
Source: www.refugeesinternational.org
Policy recommendations The U.S. and other donors should fully fund the UN humanitarian appeal for 2010. The U.S. should provide $60 million in funding over five years to the RAHA project. The U.S. should push for a permanent presence of an OHCHR
Raha Wala
https://www.law.georgetown.edu/humanrigh
New Georgetown Law report details the challenges Iraqi refugees face upon resettlement to the United States
On October 13th, the UN Security Council voted unanimously to extend the UN peacekeeping mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH) for another year...
