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From Research to Policy Recommendations: Julia VanRooyen & PHR Visit the Hill

HHI Fellow, Dr. Julia VanRooyen briefed members of Congress on conditions in Darfur refugee camps. The brief followed the recent release of the Obama Administration's Sudan Policy Review. HHI and the Physicians for Human Rights released a report earlier this year on the subject titled: "Nowhere To Turn: Failure to Protect, Support and Assure Justice for Darfuri Women."

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Characterizing Violence in the DRC

Read our latest report on violence's implications for the protection of women in the DRC.

2009 Humanitarian Action Summit Report Released

The report presents challenges to humanitarian response and policy recommendations.

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Armenian-Turkish Reconciliation: Routes Through Empowerment

Join HHI Monday, November 16th from 7-9PM in the Tsai Auditorium for this Inter-communal Violence and Reconciliation Project event.

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ReliefWeb - Headlines

Sudan: Southerners still besieged by suspected LRA fighters
Date: 24 Nov 2009
Source: Integrated Regional Information Networks
Pakistan: UNHCR launches winter aid package for displaced people in camps
Date: 24 Nov 2009
Source: UN High Commissioner for Refugees
Global: Eight-year trend shows new HIV infections down by 17%
Date: 24 Nov 2009
Source: UNAIDS, World Health Organization
Syria: Drought response faces funding shortfall
Date: 24 Nov 2009
Source: Integrated Regional Information Networks
République centrafricaine : enlèvement de deux employés de l'ONG Triangle GH
Date: 23 Nov 2009
Source: Triangle Génération Humanitaire

ReliefWeb - OCHA Situation Reports

Colombia: Desplazamiento en Montelíbano, Departamento de Córdoba - Informe de situación No. 1, 23 de noviembre de 2009
Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
REDLAC Weekly Note on Emergencies: Latin America & The Caribbean - Year 2, Issue 133
Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
Population Movements in Eastern DR Congo, Jul - Sep 2009
Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
OPT: West Bank movement and access update - Nov 2009
Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
Yemen Humanitarian Update No. 1
Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs