Women on the Run: The Looming Refugee Crisis
A new UNHCR report, “Women on the Run,” provides first-hand accounts of women from the Northern Triangle region (El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras) who are seeking asylum in the US as part of a looming refugee crisis. Their struggles are part of a larger story effecting hundreds of thousands more. The need for a regional response to the growing problem provides the focus for this edition of REWIND.
Speakers
António Guterres, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
Doris Meissner, Senior Fellow and Director, U.S. Immigration Policy Program, Migration Policy Institute
Leslie E. Vélez, Senior Protection Officer, UNHCR Washington Office
Elizabeth Ferris, Senior Fellow, Brookings Institution
Moderator
Eric L. Olson, Associate Director, Latin American Program, Wilson Center
Guest
Eric L. Olson
Director of Policy and Strategic Initiatives, Seattle International Foundation
Hosted By
Latin America Program
The Wilson Center’s prestigious Latin America Program provides non-partisan expertise to a broad community of decision makers in the United States and Latin America on critical policy issues facing the Hemisphere. The Program provides insightful and actionable research for policymakers, private sector leaders, journalists, and public intellectuals in the United States and Latin America. To bridge the gap between scholarship and policy action, it fosters new inquiry, sponsors high-level public and private meetings among multiple stakeholders, and explores policy options to improve outcomes for citizens throughout the Americas. Drawing on the Wilson Center’s strength as the nation’s key non-partisan policy forum, the Program serves as a trusted source of analysis and a vital point of contact between the worlds of scholarship and action. Read more
