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The IRC on Twitter
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RT @So_Jo1: @theIRC's Felix Leger on VOA today t.co/vzvenVNEJ1
May 22, 2013
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RT @So_Jo1: @theIRC will provide 70,000 liters of clean water daily--enough potable water for 5,000 people a day to drink, cook and bathe #…
May 22, 2013
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Less than 10 yrs after fleeing Somalia, Amal Kahim Jama & her family became refugees again, in Syria: t.co/wZkmKWqy00 via @AJEnglish
May 22, 2013
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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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Women
Posted by The.IRC on November 26th, 2012
November 25 to December 10 are the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence. What are you doing during these two weeks to take action against violence? Tomorrow, the IRC is part of a special 16 Days Twitter chat. more »
Posted in Advocacy, Gender based Violence, Women, Domestic Violence | Tags: 16 Days, Nicholas Kristof, events, Half the Sky, 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence, Sheryl WuDunn, Gabrielle Union, Futures Without Violence |
Posted by The.IRC on November 26th, 2012
When violence broke out in Kenya after the disputed 2008 presidential elections, more than 1,300 people lost their lives. With new elections scheduled for this coming March, the IRC is working with Kenyan partners to avert a repeat of the past. more »
Posted in Gender based Violence, Post conflict, Peace, Women, Domestic Violence, Africa, Kenya | Tags: 16 Days, domestic violence, peace, Sexual Violence, conflict, women, Peace Initiative Kenya | 2 Comments
Posted by Ned Colt on November 6th, 2012
Already helping thousands of refugees in Jordan and Iraq, the IRC is launching humanitarian assistance programs in Lebanon for the growing number of Syrian refugees there. more »
Posted in Syria Crisis, Lebanon | Tags: refugees, Syria, emergency relief, girls, women, humanitarian aid, Women and Girls, Lebanon |
Posted by Ned Colt on October 18th, 2012
The IRC is expanding our support for Syrian refugee women and girls. Women are being directly targeted by rape and other forms of sexual violence -- and for them, the dangers do not end once they’ve fled the country. more »
Posted in Gender based Violence, Syria Crisis, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon | Tags: refugees, GBV, girls, women, Syrian refugees | 1 Comments
Posted by The.IRC on October 11th, 2012
What’s it like to be a girl growing up in the world's newest nation? Girls we work with in South Sudan answer your questions about their daily lives, their hopes and dreams, and the challenges they face. more »
Posted in Gender based Violence, Women, Education, South Sudan | Tags: education, International Day of the Girl | 9 Comments
Posted by Sophia Jones-Mwangi on October 5th, 2012
A small group of Somali women traveled some 300 miles from the world’s largest refugee camp to Kenya’s bustling capital this week to take part in the Nairobi International Trade Fair. more »
Posted in Women, Kenya | Tags: refugees, livelihoods, Somali refugees, women, poverty | 1 Comments
Posted by The.IRC on October 3rd, 2012
What was a trickle only months ago is becoming a steady flow. During the first seven months of the year, close to 9,000 refugees crossed into Iraq from Syria. However, since early August, more than twice that number have arrived here. more »
Posted in Children & Youth, Gender based Violence, Iraqi Refugees, Legal Aid, Women, Syria Crisis, Iraq | Tags: refugees, Iraqi refugees, humanitarian aid, Syrian refugees |
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
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