08 March 2007

International Women's Day

International Women's Day is commemorated on March 8th. This year's theme is "Ending Impunity for Violence against Women and Girls." Below is a selection of links to web pages of forced migration organizations who are marking this day.

- Amnesty International, "Flight and Violence" [access]
- Forced Migration Review, no. 27, "Sexual violence: weapon of war, impediment to peace" [access]; companion FMO resource summary [access]
- ICRC, "Women Displaced by War" [access]
- InterAction, "International Women's Day: March 8" [access]
- Refugees International, "International Women's Day 2007" [access]
- UNHCR, "Refugee Women" [access]
- Women's Commission for Refugee Women & Children, "Stop Sexual Violence against Women and Girls" [access]

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