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Appendix B

Selected Web Resources on Gender-Based Violence in Refugee Settings


Guidelines

UNHCR, Sexual and Gender-Based Violence against Refugees, Returnees, and Internally Displaced Persons, Guidelines for Prevention and Response, 2003.
http://www.rhrc.org/resources/gbv/gl_sgbv03.html

IASC Task Force, “Report of the IASC Task Force on Protection from Sexual Exploitation and Abuse in Humanitarian Crises,” 2002.
http://www.reliefweb.int/idp/docs/references/protsexexpPoARep.pdf

UNHCR, Guidelines on the Protection of Refugee Women, 1991.
http://intranet.theirc.org/docs/UNHCR_Guidelines_on_the_Protection_of_Refugee_Women-_PDF_document.pdf

UNHCR, Refugee Children: Guidelines on Protection and Care, 1995.
http://intranet.theirc.org/docs/UNHCR_Guidelines_on_the_Protection_and_Care_of_Children-_PDF_document.pdf


Reports

Ward, Jeanne. “If not now, when? Addressing Gender-Based Violence in Refugee, Internally Displaced, and Post-Conflict Settings. A Global Overview,” 2002.
http://www.womenscommission.org/reports/ifnotnow/index.html

Vann, Beth. “Gender-Based Violence: Emerging Issues in Programs Serving Displaced Populations,” 2002.
http://www.rhrc.org/pdf/gbv_vann.pdf

Women’s Commission for Refugee Women and Children, “UNHCR Policy on Refugee Women and Guidelines on their Protection: An Assessment of Ten Years of Implementation,” May 2002.
http://www.womenscommission.org/pdf/unhcr.pdf

Human Rights Watch, “Seeking Protection: Addressing Sexual and Domestic Violence in Tanzania’s Refugee Camps,” 2000.
http://www.hrw.org/reports/2000/tanzania/


For More Information

Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
http://www.unhcr.ch

The Reproductive Health for Refugees Consortium
http://www.rhrc.org

The Women’s Commission for Refugee Women and Children
http://www.womenscommission.org


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September 2003