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Reproductive Health for Refugee
Consortium (RHR Consortium)
http://www.rhrc.org/
The Goal
of the Reproductive Health for Refugees Consortium is to increase access to
a broad range of quality, voluntary reproductive health services to
refugees and displaced persons around the world.
Website
provides information about Consortium, partners, advocacy, and activities.
 http://www.rhrc.org/fieldtools/index.htm
Field tools provides access to training information, needs
assessment tools, an inter-agency field manual, and ordering information
for supplies.
United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)
http://www.unicef.org/
(French, Spanish, English)
The central
role of UNICEF in emergencies is to act as an advocate for children. The
organization believes that humanitarian interventions should be integrated
with ongoing programs directed toward children and therefore focuses its
assistance on such interventions as health, nutrition, immunization,
education, water and sanitation.
Website
includes information about UNICEF, mission, programs, activities. Checkout Highlights for
featured programs that may be of interest. . Information Resources and UNICEF in action may
also be of interest.
http://www.unicef.org/action/
UNICEF in Action provides information about programs and activities.
On the left side tool bar several points of interest are emergencies,
research and evaluation, and supply. Research
and evaluation offers information about UNICEF,s division of
Evaluation, Policy, and Planning, and its activities. Supply offers
catalogue of products UNICEF can supply to registered procurement
customers, information on how to become registered, and more general
information on these activities.
http://www.unicef.org/infores/index.html
Information Sources provides links to various materials covering the
areas and countries where UNICEF works. Access to online documents and
speeches, catalogue of orderable publications, answers to frequently asked
questions, and statistical information.
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
www.undp.org
UNDP is
the United Nations' principal provider of development advice, advocacy and
grant support. In addition to coordinating international humanitarian assistance
in crisis situations, UNDP provides a bridge between emergency relief and
long-term economic development. In societies wracked by conflict, UNDP
supports national and regional reconciliation; greater participation by
women in peace-building and democratization; reintegration of refugees and
displaced persons; reconstruction of war-torn communities; and
demobilization and reintegration of former soldiers into civil society.
Searchable
Website offers information about organization, mission, programs, and
activities. Access to country office websites. Publications are available
either online or can be ordered. Press releases and annual reports are
available online. Human Development reports, which assess people,s well
being by country, are also available as are occasional papers.
http://www.undp.org/erd/
Emergency Response Division highlights UNDP reports and press
releases on crisis situations. Scroll to the far right to access Side bar.
Service areas and Thematic Areas provides access to information specific to
UNDP emergency policy and activities. Reference allows access to a list of
papers and articles.
http://www2.wide.org.br/htmlEstaticoEn/Welcome.html
Web of Information for Development (WIDE) is a comprehensive
system on the institutional capacities, expertise, knowledge and innovative
experiences, aimed at facilitating technical cooperation among developing
countries. Searchable database of documents, products, supplies,
experts, and institutions on development technologies and information.
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
www.unhcr.ch
UNHCR is
mandated by the United Nations to lead and coordinate international action
for the world-wide protection of refugees and the resolution of refugee
problems.
Web site
provides information about UNHCR, programs, and activities; as well as
general refugee information and news. The website is worth browsing on
one,s own and the home page is pretty descriptive for its categories.
The world offers map and text-based
access to country-specific information about refugees. Issues
offers a topic-specific route to articles about refugee children, the
environment, women's issues. Evaluation and Policy Analysis offers access to UNHCR
reports that can be searched by country, theme, or date. Statistics
related to crisis situations and UNHCR and partner efforts are also
available.
http://www.unhcr.ch/news/news.htm
News includes press releases, news archives, new publications, briefing
news, and country updates. UNHCR
in the Newscontains the 100 latest news stories on UNHCR and refugees
from around the world.
http://www.unhcr.ch/pubs/pubs.htm
Publications offers online access to Refugees magazine and other
UNHCR publications. Also click on to reference which is an addition to the UN publications
page which provides links to working papers and other documents.
http://www.unhcr.ch/refworld/welcome.htm
REFWORLD – a collection of full-text databases representing the most
comprehensive and reliable refugee information resource available. UNCHR
and UN documents as well as an impressive refugee literature search.
- http://www.unhcr.ch/refworld/pubs/rsq.htm
Refugee Survey Quarterly serves as an authoritative source for
current refugee and country information. Each issue is a combination
of country reports, documents, reviews and abstracts of
refugee-related literature.
http://www.unhcr.ch/refworld/refworld/unhcr/hcspeech/menu.htm
Speeches of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
includes a speech by former High Commissioner Sadako Ogata on "Telecommunications in the Service of Humanitarian
Assistance”.
http://ww.the-ecentre.net
Regional Centre for Emergency Training in International Humanitarian
Response in Tokyo, Japan.
United States Committee for Refugees
http://www.refugees.org/
Advocacy
group for refugees' rights and protection.
Website
includes information about organization, activities, and programs. News and
Resources (located on left sidebar) provides access to editorials,
press releases, and directories of different players in the humanitarian
assistance arena.
http://www.refugees.org/world/worldmain.htm
Worldwide Refugee Information provides statistics and information on
individual country situations and refugee populations. Search issues for topics
like internally displaced persons, women and children, and protection. Also
In the Field provides first
hand accounts from those in the field and Refugee Voices provides
opportunities to communicate with refugees.
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