IRC teams prepare to aid victims of Cyclone Mahasen in Myanmar
IRC teams prepare to aid victims of Cyclone Manhasen International Rescue Committee teams in Myanmar are preparing to assist thousands of people caught in the destructive path of Cyclone Mahasen....
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URGENT: Protect refugee and asylee provisions in the immigration bill
Photo: IRC For decades, the United States has provided protection to refugees and asylees who face persecution because of their race, religion, nationality, membership in a particular social group or...
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Photo Share: Moms graduate, Uganda
Photo: Lydia Good/IRC Young mothers celebrate their graduation from an IRC parenting program last week in northern Uganda. During two decades of war, many young women were separated from their parents...
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Spotted on YouTube: Mapping the IRC's work in Haiti
Google's video thank-you to the 1 million developers who have used its tools to build innovative maps spotlights an aid map that shows the IRC's work helping Haitians recover from a devastating...
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Noted: Why we need a movement to end violence against girls and women
Heidi Lehmann is director of the IRC's women's protection and empowerment programs. In a new video for the NoVo Foundation, she shares her motivation for being part of the movement to end violence...
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Photo Share: IRC clinic, Syria
Photo: Peter Biro/IRC A woman awaits a checkup at an IRC clinic inside Syria. Syria's civil war has caused widespread damage to hospitals and clinics, with the result that access to medical care has...
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What your calls on the Senate immigration reform bill achieved
Photo: Misha Cohen The Senate Judiciary Committee approved a broad overhaul of United States immigration laws on Tuesday. Your calls and emails made an enormous difference to our ability to advocate...
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Photo Share: Skilled tailor, Pakistan
Photo: IRC Following record floods in Pakistan in 2010, the IRC provided women with training to become tailors. These women now sew clothing for neighbors in their villages and play an active role in...
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Map and photos: IRC response to Syria crisis
One in every four Syrians has been displaced by a devastating civil war. The IRC is on the ground to help. See how your support is translating into lifesaving assistance both within Syria and in...
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Q&A: Syrian refugees in Lebanon
IRC meeting the needs of Syrian refugees in Lebanon Photo: Ned Colt/IRC BEIRUT, Lebanon IRC Lebanon country director Bryce Perry discusses what we are doing to help Syrian refugees in Lebanon and...
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A graduation day dream: teaching in Afghanistan
Photo courtesy of Hadya Abdul Satar For Hadya, her walk across the graduation stage this weekend at the University of Richmond is a validation of her family’s aspirations that date back to their...
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A refugee mother’s hope in Yida
Photo: Terah Edun/IRC “We’re on track to deliver more than 50 babies this week,” says Judith, head midwife for the IRC's women's health center at the Yida refugee settlement in South Sudan. “The...
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Volunteer health workers give mothers in northern Uganda a lifeline
Photo: Sophia Jones-Mwangi/IRC Since 2009, the IRC has trained and equipped nearly 700 volunteers in northern Uganda to provide lifesaving health care to children in remote communities struggling to...
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Quoted: David Miliband on the IRC's humanitarian work in Kenya
David Miliband, former Foreign Secretary of the United Kingdom, blogs in Huffington Post UK about his visit this week to International Rescue Committee programs in Kenya. Miliband will succeed George...
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Photo Share: Skilled tailor, Pakistan
Photo: IRC Following record floods in Pakistan in 2010, the IRC provided women with training to become tailors. These women now sew clothing for neighbors in their villages and play an active role in...
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Helping Syrian women find their feet
Photo: Kete Shabani/IRC The IRC provides counseling to refugees in three locations in northern Jordan. Many Syrian women and girls have been traumatized by violence, abuse or exploitation. Others need...
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Quoted: Aid for Syria "nowhere near enough"
Photo: Peter Biro/IRC The IRC's Mike Young says the scale of need dwarfs the supply of aid: "As fighting rages, refugees seek safety in ever greater numbers, stressing already depleted resources and...
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After group therapy, sexual violence survivors "able to turn their lives around"
Photo: Courtesy of Kevin Sites Hope for sexual violence survivors in war zones as study in Congo reveals dramatic impact of group therapy: Women "have been able to turn their lives around," says the...
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Snapshot: Helping rape survivors in Congo recover and rebuild their lives
Photo: Kevin Sites Violence against women and girls is a significant problem in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The results of a study published today in the New England Journal of Medicine show...
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A new hope for women who survive violence in Congo
Women who survive violence are often wracked with guilt and suffer blame unjustly projected upon them by their communities and society generally. With Cognitive Processing Therapy, I have learned to...
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