The IRB Working Group on Women Refugee Claimants

This presentation was prepared by Judith Ramirez, Co-Chairperson of the Immigrant and Refugee Board (IRB) Working Group on Women Refugee Claimants, and delivered at the Amnesty International Toronto and Area Regional Meeting on November 20, 1993, in Toronto. Ramirez speaks about the composition, objectives, and methods of the working group, the challenges it has faced, and its role in the development of the IRB Guidelines on Women Refugee Claimants Fearing Gender-Related Persecution.