Our programs at the IRC bear witness to the brutality women and girls face every day. The expression of commitment to ending this brutality is important. But the question is: Will 2014 be a tipping point for the international community to move from talk to action?
In 1997, the International Rescue Committee published one of the first reports ever on violence against women and girls in humanitarian settings. Pain too Deep for Tears detailed the widespread yet overlooked abuse suffered by Burundian women living in refugee camps in Tanzania.