The Women's Commission for Refugee Women and Children has been partnering with UNHCR on its global rollout of age, gender and diversity mainstreaming (AGDM) since 2004. In recognition of the significant amount of work implemented by NGO partners for and with refugee/displaced populations, this study was undertaken to identify the existence of gender and child protection policies, as well as mainstreaming policies if any, amongst UNHCR's major international and national NGO partners. The presence of such policies, as well as their implementation,

Since mid-90s, there has been a concerted and continuing drive by developed countries to assist Africans with a range of capacity -building programs aimed at developing continental peace operations capabilities.

This paper recognizes that the plans for the establishment of an African Standby Force are well underway, and seeks to identify the principle impediments to the realization of these plans. The objective is to suggest ways in which the emergent partnership between the AU and the EU (and other actors) can prove more effective in

Severe malnutrition, defined by severe wasting and/or the presence of nutritional oedema, is a life threatening condition requiring urgent treatment. How many lives would better treatment of severe child malnutrition save?

The prevalence of severe malnutrition is estimated as around 2 % in least developed countries and 1% in other developing countries translating to about 10 million severely malnourished children at one time. About 10 million children die each year of which some 4 million are neonatal deaths, not generally preventable by addressing

It can be argued that a well defined and clear model is highly beneficial in the management of disasters because it facilitates the securing of support for disaster management efforts. Hence, disaster management needs a formal system, or a model, to manage and possibly reduce the negative consequences of a disaster.

In this paper the authors address and analyze different disaster management models as well present various approaches studied in the past to explain the key elements of the disaster management domain as well as its operations and activities.

In 2005, rich countries made long overdue promises to increase aid. European Union countries signed up to clear timetables to reach the 35-year-old target of allocating 0.7% of national income on aid, encouraging other donor countries to add their own pledges of new funds.

Aid can make a real difference to the lives of the world's poorest people. It can build schools, clinics and rural roads, purchase essential medicines and train and employ the millions of teachers, extension workers and nurses needed to meet the basic rights

Despite the influence of "international human rights law" on the regulation of State behaviour, there has been a general reluctance by States, academics and institutions to view human rights law, refugee law and humanitarian law as branches of an interconnected, holistic regime,particularly when it comes to triggering eligibility for protection beyond the scope of article 1A(2) of the Convention.

This paper seeks to establish the fundamental conceptual connections between international refugee law and human rights

This step-by-step field-friendly guide for implementing quality emergency obstetric care has been produced by the Women's Commission for Refugee Women and Children (Women's Commission) on behalf of the Reproductive Health Response in Conflict (RHRC) Consortium.

In any new emergency setting 15 percent of pregnant women can be expected to develop complications during pregnancy or delivery and will require emergency obstetric care. Therefore, while some humanitarian actors are focusing on prioritizing displaced populations

Funding according to need is one of the central principles of being a good humanitarian donor. In committing themselves to the principles and practice of good humanitarian donorship (GHD), donors agree to fund on the basis of, and in proportion to need. However donors, recipient agencies and beneficiaries agree that not all funding is allocated to where it is most needed, and analysis of available data confirms this. The complex mixture of donor bureaucracies, competing foreign policy priorities, information deficits, institutional incentives and weaknesses in the humanitarian

Resolution 58/185 provides that the study should cover all forms and manifestations of violence against women, and include the following:

(a) a statistical overview of all forms of violence against women, in order to better evaluate the scale of such violence while identifying gaps in data collection and formulating proposals for assessing the extent of the problem;
(b) the causes of violence against women, including its root causes and other contributing factors;
(c) the medium-term and long-term consequences of violence against women;
(d) the health, social and economic