The Women’s Commission for Refugee Women and Children (Women’s Commission) works to improve the lives and defend the rights of refugee and internally displaced women, children and adolescents.

	We advocate for their inclusion and participation in programs of humanitarian assistance and protection.
	We provide technical expertise and policy advice to donors and organizations that work with refugees and the displaced.
	We make recommendations to policy makers based on rigorous research and information gathered on fact-finding missions.
	We join with refugee women, children and adolescents to ensure that their voices are heard from the community level to the highest councils of governments and international organizations.
	We do this in the conviction that their empowerment is the surest route to the greater well-being of all forcibly displaced people.

The Women’s Commission was established in 1989 to address the particular needs of refugee and displaced women and children. The Women’s Commission is legally part of the International Rescue Committee (IRC), a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization. The Women’s Commission receives no direct financial support from the IRC.

This MISP distance learning module was principally developed by Julia Matthews, formerly of the Women’s Commission for Refugee Women and Children. Sandra Krause, Sarah Chynoweth and Diana Quick provided project and editorial oversight. The module is primarily based on Reproductive Health in Refugee Situations: An Inter-agency Field Manual, WHO/UNHCR/UNFPA, 1995. Many thanks to the Inter-agency Working Group on Reproductive Health in Refugee Situations’ MISP taskforce for providing feedback and to the following humanitarian workers for editing and providing comments: Ribka Amsalu, Cholpon Asambaeva, Meriwether Beatty, Stephanie Chaban, Carmen Crow, Pamela Delargy, Wilma Doedens, Sathyanarayanan Doraiswamy, Michelle Hynes, Pholaphat Charles Inboriboon, Maqsooda Kasi, Rob Kevlihan, Renee King, Rashmi Kukreja, Heidi Lehmann, Florame Magalong, Fatou Mbow, Siobhan McNally, Jennifer Miquel, Gabrielle Oestreicher, Sinead O’Reilly, Susan Purdin, Dorcas Robinson, Marian Schilperoord, Melissa Sharer, Basia Tomcyk and Elena Vuolo.

This module was made possible by the generous support of the The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

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