Since 1933, the IRC has provided hope and humanitarian aid to refugees and other victims of oppression and violent conflict around the world.
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@LCO_orchestra @RiyadNicolas @cadoganhall Hope it's an amazing night! Thanks for your support.
May 17, 2013
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RT @DCComics: Amazing. 2.6k of you gave $150K+ to #WeCanBeHeroes. Big thanks from DCComics @SavetheChildren @mercycorps @theIRC t.co…
May 17, 2013
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Cyclone Mahasan update: It spared Myanmar almost entirely, and the storm’s impact in Rakhine State was minimal.
May 17, 2013
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Cyclone Mahasan update: Storm weakened & then dissipated Thurs, causing far less damage than had been feared as it passed over Bangladesh.
May 17, 2013
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Call Senate Judiciary Cttee & urge them to pass #CIR that includes protections for asylees & #refugees: t.co/4OQrSoAGVt #CIRmarkup
May 16, 2013
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Gender Based Violence
Posted by The.IRC on October 2nd, 2012
As part of Half the Sky by Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn, actress Eva Mendes visited the IRC-supported Girls With a Future program in Freetown, Sierra Leone. more »
Posted in Children & Youth, Gender based Violence, Women, Education, Africa, Sierra Leone | Tags: Sexual Violence, education, Half the Sky, Eva Mendes, Girls With a Future |
Posted by The.IRC on October 1st, 2012
Agnes Libbi Smith lost her father during the civil war in Sierra Leone and her mother when she was 13 years old. Agnes was physically abused and raped by a teacher who promised her an education. She found help from the IRC. more »
Posted in Gender based Violence, Women, Education | Tags: Sexual Violence, Half the Sky |
Posted by melissa.winkler on September 28th, 2012
In crisis zones where the IRC provides aid, millions of women and girls have witnessed extreme violence, suffered immeasurable loss, endured the chaos of displacement and experienced unimaginable abuse and brutality. more »
Posted in Gender based Violence, Protection, Women, Africa, D.R. Congo, Kenya, Somalia | Tags: Sexual Violence, water, women, Half the Sky | 2 Comments
Posted by Ned Colt on September 27th, 2012
As the crisis in Syria continues to escalate, the IRC is expanding our assistance to Syrian refugees in neighboring Jordan. New emotional care and support services will directly benefit some 6,000 Syrian women and girls. more »
Posted in Emergency Response, Gender based Violence, Women, Syria Crisis, Domestic Violence, Middle East, Jordan | Tags: refugees, domestic violence, girls, sexual assault, women, humanitarian aid, Syrian refugees |
Posted by The.IRC on August 22nd, 2012
Some 40,000 refugees from the brutal conflict in Syria have fled to neighboring Lebanon. More than half of them are women and girls. more »
Posted in Emergency Response, Gender based Violence, Women, Syria Crisis, Lebanon | Tags: refugees, violence against women, emergency response, humanitarian aid, Syrian refugees |
Posted by The.IRC on August 21st, 2012
The primary threat to women in West Africa is not war or armed gangs, it’s their husbands. The IRC has enlisted the help of 450 marketing students from around the world to raise awareness about domestic violence. more »
Posted in Gender based Violence, Women, Domestic Violence, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Sierra Leone | Tags: domestic violence, women, IRC Think-in | 1 Comments
Posted by carrie.welch on August 16th, 2012
Today nearly 450 of the brightest minds in advertising are expected to come together in Sweden at Hyper Island. They have four days to address a neglected humanitarian crisis: domestic violence in developing countries. more »
Posted by Sinziana.Demian on August 8th, 2012
Thanks to IRC-supported village savings groups, women once destitute are now opening small businesses, acquiring plots of land, raising animals, and contributing to daily expenses in their households. more »
Posted in Gender based Violence, Women, Africa, D.R. Congo | Tags: North Kivu, livelihoods, South Kivu, conflict, women, poverty, VSLA | 1 Comments
Posted by The.IRC on August 7th, 2012
At a recent Capitol Hill briefing, IRC vice president Michael Kocher shone a spotlight on the unmet humanitarian needs of Syrian women and girls who have been targeted by sexual violence. more »
Posted in Advocacy, Emergency Response, Gender based Violence, Women, Syria Crisis, Domestic Violence, Syria, Middle East, Jordan | Tags: refugees, emergency relief, sexual assault, gender-based violence, conflict, humanitarian aid, human trafficking, Syrian refugees, Syrian crisis, early marriage |
Posted by The.IRC on August 3rd, 2012
The IRC's Luan Meraku discusses the escalating crisis in Syria that is forcing hundreds of thousands to flee their homes. The IRC is running two clinics for Syrian refugees in Jordan to relieve overburdened local health services. more »
Posted in Emergency Response, Gender based Violence, Health, Syria, Middle East, Jordan | Tags: emergency relief, IRC-UK, humanitarian aid, Syrian refugees, Syrian crisis |
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