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@IRCPress You've been quoted in my #Storify story "Crisis in Darfur, 10 Years On" t.co/guLOti8F02
May 21, 2013
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RT @IRCPress: Race against time to aid new #Darfur #refugees in Chad before rains begin: t.co/z6eDBFeR1I
May 21, 2013
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RT @MoveEndViolence: Why do we need a #movement to end #VAWG? #MovementMaker Heidi Lehmann of @theIRC on the blog. t.co/H74c80BdAs
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Posted by Susan Dentzer on March 22nd, 2012
Reducing domestic violence in West Africa will require changing the status of women in society, chiefly among men. One of the IRC’s partners in this process in Liberia is a faith-based organization called Servants Of All Prayer. more »
Posted in Advocacy, Gender based Violence, Women, Domestic Violence, Africa, Liberia | Tags: domestic violence, Women's Rights, Wake Up, IRC Commission on Domestic Violence | 1 Comments
Posted by Susan Dentzer on March 16th, 2012
On Tuesday, an IRC commission met with Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf to report on what they had learned about domestic violence in her country and seek a common understanding on the need for action. more »
Posted in Women, Domestic Violence, Africa, Liberia | Tags: domestic violence, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Women's Rights, Advocacy, IRC domestic violence commission | 1 Comments
Posted by Anne.Richard on March 13th, 2012
Thanks to the "KONY 2012" video made by the San Diego-based organization Invisible Children, millions of people are suddenly interested in humanitarian crises in Central Africa. This is great news, but the challenge now is to translate that concern into constructive activism... more »
Posted in Advocacy, Africa, Uganda | Tags: LRA, Advocacy, take action, Joseph Kony, KONY 2012 |
Posted by Susan Dentzer on March 13th, 2012
After listening to women talk about the abuses they had suffered at the hands of their husbands and boyfriends, Susan Dentzer and the other members of the IRC Commission on Domestic Violence brought the women's plea for change to the Liberian government. more »
Posted by Susan Dentzer on March 13th, 2012
Six out of every 10 women who seek assistance from the IRC in West Africa do so because of domestic violence. Journalist and IRC Overseer Susan Dentzer is there as a member of an IRC commission that is working to raise awareness of this terrible problem and explore possible solutions. more »
Posted by The.IRC on February 27th, 2012
In a news blog published by AlertNet, IRC-UK Trustee Sir John Holmes warns that Kenya’s war and security crackdown against al-Shabaab could have serious repercussions for Somali refugees in the country. more »
Posted in Advocacy, Africa, Kenya, Somalia, U.K. | Tags: Nairobi, urban refugees, conflict, Somali refugees | 1 Comments
Posted by Ned Colt on January 18th, 2012
Country director Nigel Jenkins discusses challenges and plans in 2012 for the IRC's Afghanistan program. more »
Posted in Advocacy, Asia, Afghanistan | Tags: aid, Afghanistan, Nigel Jenkins | 2 Comments
Posted by The.IRC on September 23rd, 2011
The IRC was one of 20 aid organizations to sign an open letter asking the international community to put "people before politics" to ease the suffering in drought-stricken Somalia. more »
Posted in Horn of Africa Drought, Africa, Somalia | Tags: drought, Advocacy, natural disasters, humanitarian aid |
Posted by Elisabeth.Roesch on August 15th, 2011
At a packed Congressional briefing on August 4, my colleague Elizabeth Pender, the IRC's emergency technical advisor for women’s protection and empowerment, spoke about violence against women and girls who are fleeing the famine in Somalia. more »
Posted in Horn of Africa Drought, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia | Tags: drought, Advocacy, take action, Somalia, women, humanitarian aid, famine, Elizabeth Pender | 2 Comments
Posted by Anne.Richard on August 11th, 2011
On August 3, the first-ever Refugee Congress held in the United States took place in Washington, D.C. The event was the brainchild of the UN Refugee Agency's (UNHCR's) Washington office. The IRC was one of several private agencies that stepped forward in support -- I was invited to attend as an observer. more »
Posted in Resettlement, United States | Tags: refugees, resettlement, unhcr, Advocacy, Trinh Doan |
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