Examines the protection needs of refugee and Internally Displaced women and children, and current international responses to these and the endemic experience of violence, in particular sexual and gender based violence experienced by the majority of refugee women, and the impact of this on their future resettlement and or repatriation. Links international law, current protection practice, and issues of culture and identity. It is outcomes focused, encouraging participants to develop new ways of thinking of international protection for women and children in policy, program design and implementation, based on community development principles.