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Enduring violence: updates from Central African Republic
Header Image Photo: Paul Enkelaar/SV Ongoing instability across the Central African Republic has uprooted hundreds of thousands of people. The IRC has remained in the country throughout the current...
View ArticleIRC resumes work in Rakhine State, Myanmar
The IRC has resumed health, water, sanitation and livelihoods programs in Rakhine State, Myanmar, that had been suspended for four weeks following attacks against international and U.N. agencies. On...
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Menstruation: Teach your humanitarian workers it’s not a dirty word
Menstruation: Teach your humanitarian workers it’s not a dirty word Header ImageEmmanuel d'Harcourt For decades menstrual hygiene has been a topic to avoid, some might say a topic that has been...
View ArticleFilling the evidence gap to keep girls safe from violence
Filling the evidence gap to keep girls safe from violence Jeannie Annan To contribute to the gap in research about work works to keep girls safe in conflict-affected settings, the International Rescue...
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When keeping your family safe means leaving home: an Iraqi mother's story
Header Image Photo: Emily Sernaker/IRC In 2008, Asyar and her husband decided it was time to leave Iraq. One of their daughters had been diagnosed with a brain tumor and their neighborhood had been...
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Malnutrition rampant in Nigeria amid ongoing armed conflict
Header Image Photo: Nicky Smith/The IRC There is an increasing number of displaced people escaping the armed conflict in Nigeria. The International Rescue Committee is providing emergency health and...
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We must work to ensure that Syrians can get enough aid, wherever they are...
Header Image Peter Biro/The IRC. The IRC along with 11 other nongovernmental organizations signed a joint statement demanding a new approach in getting immediate humanitarian aid to the 10 million...
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Inside the Syrian crisis: Cash assistance in Jordan [Video]
Header Image In Mafraq, a northern Jordanian town near the Syrian border, Anaam and her husband Raed live with their three young children in an empty store. To help cover the costs of living, the IRC...
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New Roots: Refugee farmers bring their expertise to U.S. tables
Header Image Photo: IRC With generous support from the Chipotle Cultivate Foundation, the IRC launched a MicroProducer Academy in 2013 to enable refugee farmers to adapt their existing skills to the...
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Burmese refugees healing from fire tragedy [Photos]
Header Image Photo: Peter Biro/IRC When fire engulfed the Ban Mae Surin camp in northwestern Thailand last year, Sha Nay Htoo, 13, was badly burnt as he was trying to save other refugees trapped by the...
View ArticleA Tipping Point for Women and Girls in Humanitarian Settings?
A Tipping Point for Women and Girls in Humanitarian Settings? Heidi Lehmann Our programs at the IRC bear witness to the brutality women and girls face every day. The expression of commitment to ending...
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On World Environment Day, words from Albert Einstein
Header Image Photo: Sandy Huffaker/IRC On World Environment Day 2014, food for thought from Albert Einstein. “Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better.” - Albert Einstein,...
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IRC, Sierra Leone health officials work together to halt spread of deadly...
Header Image Image: IRC The IRC, working closely with the Sierra Leone ministry of health and sanitation, has launched emergency interventions to prevent further spread of deadly Ebola across the...
View ArticleThis Week's Rescue Roundup
This week's roundup includes striking photos from Ban Mae Surin camp in Thailand, an update on IRC's New Roots program and a new post from our Acting, Fast & Slow blog. [View the story "Weekly...
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IRC: Aid workers have become targets in Central African Republic conflict
Header Image Photo: Peter Biro/IRC Delivering aid in Central African Republic has become increasingly dangerous due to escalating violence, the IRC said today. Armed groups are attacking civilians with...
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Central African Republic: "My dream is that the fighting will stop"
Header Image Photo: Peter Biro/IRC "I don't feel safe here and I'm afraid a lot," says 15-year-old Melissa. She was interviewed by the IRC's Peter Biro at one of the camps in the capital city, Bangui,...
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#GirlDeclaration: Empowering girls
Header Image The IRC is proud to announce that we have signed on to The Girl Declaration, five goals and seven principles that can create a better future for girls and end poverty for the world. The...
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Join the IRC at the New York Human Rights Watch Film Festival, June 12-22
Header Image The IRC is pleased to partner with Human Rights Watch to present two powerful films on refugee rights at the New York Human Rights Watch Film Festival, June 12-22. The International Rescue...
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Safe spaces for Syrian street children in Beirut
Header Image Photos: Andrea Falcon More than one million Syrian refugees have fled to neighboring Lebanon. Among them are children who are fending for themselves or working to help support their...
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As many as 1,000 Nigerian refugees crossing into Niger each week [CNN video]
Header Image CNN interviewed IRC aid workers for its report today on the Boko Haram insurgency that is forcing thousands of refugees -- most of them women and girls -- to flee Nigeria to seek safety in...
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