Women refugees from Srebrenica

The vulnerability of women migrant workers and refugees and women in conflicts was a cause for particular concern.

The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees estimates there are 21.4 million refugees, while women and children comprise 80 per cent of the world's refugees.

Eighty percent of refugees around the world are women and children. Oh.

Aware of the fact that the majority of refugees are children and women,

Aware of the fact that the majority of refugees are children and women,

Victims of the attacks have included women, children, genocide survivors, returned 1959 refugees ( old caseload returnees ), Congolese Tutsi refugees and local civilian authorities.

The Representation in Greece of the U.N. High Commission for Refugees implements a series of actions in favour of women asylum seekers and refugees.

Outside camp environments, women refugees have faced a range of practical difficulties, often as a result of discrimination against women in general.

Bearing in mind that the majority of refugees and displaced persons are women and children,

There is also a large population of refugees and displaced persons, including women and children.

The U.N. High Commission for Refugees finances, inter alia, the Greek Council on Refugees and the Social Work Institute, for the provision of special legal, social and economic services to vulnerable groups, which include women heads of families and women victims of tortures or sexual violence, and the creation of inter cultural centres for women refugees (with kindergarten and Greek language courses) where the rapprochement of these women and women of the local society is promoted.

Insofar as women caught in situations of armed conflict are concerned, Pakistan has been host to millions of Afghan refugees since 1979. Medical care has been provided to the refugees many of whom are women, to the extent possible.

Gaps still existed in such areas as the representation of women in political and economic life, violence against women, school attendance and numbers of women refugees and internally displaced persons.

The measures concerned are all geared towards ethnically Turkish, Moroccan, Surinamese and Antillean women and female refugees.

The situation of insecurity primarily affects the most vulnerable populations, especially refugees, children, women and the elderly.

Women and children represented more than three quarters of all refugees and were among the most vulnerable.

(i) Project to provide training and qualification courses for Palestinian women in refugees camps in Jordan, 1993

Humanitarian assistance is not sufficiently tailored to the multi dimensional needs of refugees, especially women and children.

Every year they forward to the Ministry of Public Order the Annual Report on the Protection of Refugees of the Athens Bureau of the U.N. High Commission for refugees, which includes comments on the treatment of women refugees in Greece.

By the way, 80 percent of all refugees and displaced people in the world are women and girls.

The Employment Service, operating in the framework of the EU Initiative EQUAL, aims at referring the refugees to job positions. Emphasis is also given for the preparation of women refugees for employment.

According to this policy, women that belong to minority groups migrants, refugees and so called ethnic minorities deserve special attention.

They distributed a special handbook on Sexual Violence Gender based violence against women refugees to non governmental organisations and lawyers.

He also invited all countries to take a humanitarian approach to refugees from that country, many of whom were women.

Other issues included indigenous peoples, refugees, peacekeeping, population and development, poverty, human rights, tolerance, HIV AIDS, women and the environment.

Women and children constitute the majority of refugees and other persons of concern to the Office in the world today.

51. In 1996, some 35,800 refugees were resettled with UNHCR assistance, including 925 women at risk and 560 medical cases.

22.10 In 1996, some 35,800 refugees were resettled with UNHCR assistance, including 925 women at risk and 560 medical cases.

Large numbers of asylum seekers and refugees have been victimized, amongst them many women and children, with some appalling consequences.

The National Office for the Care of Refugees (ONPAR) has conducted a number of programmes and seminars to educate refugees about the common responsibility of men and women in the upbringing and development of their children.

The primary beneficiaries of UNRWA's services are Palestine refugees, particularly the most vulnerable groups including children, women, the aged and the disabled.

Women refugees who have experienced torture and trauma experience short and long term impacts, which are triggered by lack of safe housing.

Lastly, more case studies had to be examined in order to determine how best to incorporate a gender perspective into all operations, including those for women and girl refugees and women migrant workers.

Vaccinations for refugees Iran seeks compensation in the amount of USD 2,596,883 for the costs of 133,536 doses of vaccinations administered to refugees, predominately women and children, at a unit cost of approximately USD 19 per dosage of vaccine.

(h) Promote government and civil society programmes that can enhance the economic opportunity of vulnerable women, such as widows, women with disabilities, elderly women, women belonging to racial and ethnic minorities, refugees, and internally displaced persons and encourage the formation of institutions and associations that develop and provide services to women entrepreneurs, particularly in rural areas

Recognizing the particular vulnerability of women and children among refugees and other persons of concern, including exposure to discrimination and sexual and physical abuse,

f) Capacity building for the most vulnerable refugees including children, women, the aged and disabled through education, health, social services and access to credit.

The UNRWA Relief and Social Services Programme focused on the most vulnerable refugees, recognizing also the increasing burden of poverty that falls on women.

(b) Protect and assist refugees, bearing in mind various vulnerable groups such as women and children and the need to cooperate closely with UNHCR

States parties should ensure that adequate protection and health services, including trauma treatment and counseling, are provided for women in especially difficult circumstances, such as those trapped in situations of armed conflict and women refugees.

Protecting women and children from violence and trafficking and ensuring the safety of groups, such as refugees and indigenous peoples, are of the utmost importance.

Vulnerable groups, such as women and children  especially among refugees and internally displaced persons should be better protected from all threats and acts of violence.

1995 San Marino theme quot Refugees in countries of origin and countries of refuge with special focus on the situation of children and women quot

Main themes of focus are the legal protection of women migrant workers, women s human rights, ethnic minorities and refugees, and the functioning of national institutions.