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International Working Group on Women at Risk

28 December 2009

source: http://www.crr.unsw.edu.au/advocacy/international-working-group-on-women-at-risk/ Forming an International Working Group for the Protection of Refugee Women and Children: From Words on Paper to Actions on the Ground The Centre for Refugee Research advocated for UNHCR’s Executive Committee to adopt a Conclusion for the protection of refugee women and girls. This was achieved with the adoption of the Conclusion on [...]

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The Immigration Detention Working Group (IDWG)

28 December 2009

The Immigration Detention Working Group (IDWG) of the Asia Pacific Refugee Rights Network consists of more than 50 organisations and individuals from 12 countries in the Asia Pacific region who aim to work together for the rights, dignity and well being of refugees, asylum seekers and migrants in detention in the Asia Pacific Region. The [...]

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The News Today, Bangladesh: Separate cells for female expat workers on the cards

25 November 2009

The government is considering setting up separate cells at different Bangladesh missions abroad to look after female expatriate workers” interest.

“The government will take initiative to assist female expatriate workers abroad through Bangladesh missions,” said Labour and Employment Minister Engineer Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain. The minister was addressing a study report launching ceremony as the chief guest at Dhaka Sheraton Hotel in the city on Tuesday.

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Scant welcome for refugees in Japan

18 November 2009

In a cramped apartment in Tokyo, volunteers are teaching Burmese asylum seekers how to make clothes combining Japanese fashion with their own traditional embroidery.

They hope the project will give women like Lu [not her real name] a way to make ends meet.

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