The Women’s Refugee Commission (WRC) works to improve the lives and defend the rights of refugee and internally displaced women, children, and young people. As a research organization that also advocates and amplifies solutions, WRC is dedicated to securing systemic changes in policy and practice that ensure uprooted women, children, and young people can fully exercise their rights to protection, services, and self-sufficiency.

Thirty-six years ago, WRC’s founders traveled to refugee camps and found that the humanitarian systems designed to serve the women living there were not listening to them or meeting their basic needs. Since then, WRC has fought for women refugees, their families, and the most vulnerable among displaced populations. We have driven policy change at the UN, within the US government, and beyond, improving responses to gender-based violence and sexual and reproductive health needs.

WRC continues to innovate to meet women’s needs, often filling gaps in the humanitarian sector by incubating new ideas, frameworks, and networks. We host the Global Refugee Youth Network and support its work with youth-led organizations worldwide as it moves toward independence. WRC also hosts and serves as the Secretariat of the Global Campaign for Equal Nationality Rights, which, since its founding, has contributed to 18 nationality law reforms that either partially or comprehensively address gender discrimination, advancing the nationality rights of over 175 million women and girls. In these capacities, we are also a grantor to frontline organizations that are leading change in humanitarian contexts.

At a time when funding for research is eroding, we continue our legacy of generating evidence that mobilizes more effective humanitarian responses for women. With partners,



WRC launched the Self-Reliance Index, which has been used by 88 partners in 39 countries. In 2027, we will launch our inaugural flagship report, The State of Displacement of Women and Girls, with support from a global advisory panel of governments, funders, policy experts, and refugee women leaders.

WRC’s work in the United States focuses on the rights of migrant women and their children and is a major driver of policy change and public sentiment. This program has been covered by the press more than 100 times in 2026 alone, and it helped end family separation during the first Trump administration. Continued research and advocacy expose the ways that the US government does not follow its own policies regarding family reunification and the treatment of pregnant and postpartum women in detention.

WRC’s influence is built through rigorous research, strategic advocacy, partnerships, and thought leadership that shape how the humanitarian sector responds to the needs of displaced populations. Our Director of Global Research and Impact will play a vital, leading role in our global work.

DIRECTOR OF GLOBAL RESEARCH AND IMPACT

Since our founding, WRC has been dedicated to centering refugee women. We work with a wide range of global partners, including displaced women who often lead and author our research. WRC has historically been based in New York and Washington, DC. With this role,



we are building out our global team.

To stay closely connected to the communities we work with, this role will be based in a country with high levels of displacement. We seek applicants who are based in a range of countries. We are prioritizing candidates who are based in the following cities: Nairobi, Bogotá, Amman, Beirut, Warsaw, Mexico City, Lima, Kyiv, Cairo, and Panama City., such as Kenya, Colombia, Ukraine, and Lebanon. In addition, we will soon launch a search for a second global research staff position, which will also be based outside the United States. Applicants must be based in time zones UTC−8 through UTC+3.

This new role builds on years of research and advocacy experience and reflects our commitment to growing a global team based near the people we serve. Despite the challenges of measuring impact in a research and advocacy environment, WRC is committed to work that drives real-world change. Our Director of General Research and Impact will work with our entire team toward our goal of positive, measurable change for women refugees, their families, and the most vulnerable in humanitarian contexts.

Along with the entire staff at WRC, the Director of Global Research and Impact will center and promote the experiences of women refugee leaders both by working closely with women refugee researchers and authors to contribute to our work, and by working with our communications and advocacy teams to promote women leaders on the frontlines through storytelling and networking support. As part of this effort, the Director of Global Research and Impact will mentor our Humanitarian Futures Fellows and support the release of their research. The Director will also help ensure that women refugee resear

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