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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RT @WithoutViolence: Groundbreaking report from our colleagues @theIRC: Domestic violence is biggest threat to West Africa's #women http ...
May 23, 2012
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#WakeUp. Check out this @theIRC infographic on the global domestic violence (#dv) crisis and what you can do to help. t.co/IAuBv4kw
May 23, 2012
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Photo slideshow: how domestic violence impacts women & girls where we work, & how we're addressing the root causes: t.co/zJsArTOx
May 22, 2012
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Every one of us should feel safe in our own home. Agree? Sign the pledge & RT. t.co/avZIf1iS #dv #vaw
May 22, 2012
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On the blog: a 21-year old woman in Liberia shares her struggle after surviving a horrific assault by her partner: t.co/ubzUn8JT #dv
May 22, 2012
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Every day, IRC humanitarian workers are rescuing lives. Here, they offer a glimpse of their experiences, the challenges they face and the courageous people they meet by sharing videos, photos and stories.
Posted by Sophia Jones-Mwangi on April 24, 2012
The IRC's Sophia Jones-Mwangi speaks with IRC medical staff who are at the forefront of providing crucial care throughout the drought-stricken Bahr el Gazal region of western Chad. more »
Posted in Emergency Response, Health, Sahel Crisis, Africa, Chad | Tags: aid workers, health, hunger, malnutrition, food, poverty, community health workers, humanitarian aid, Bahr el Gazal, Chad_Sahel, health care, pneumonia | 0 Comments
Posted by The IRC on April 24, 2012
Basketball is much more than a game in Salaam Dunk, a stirring documentary about an Iraqi women’s basketball team. For the young women on the team, it is a blissful release from the realities of a war-torn nation. more »
Posted in Iraqi Refugees, Women, US - San Diego, CA | Tags: sports, women, what we're watching | 0 Comments
Posted by Jane Yang on April 23, 2012
In Kenya, matters of money are typically considered the man’s province. In an effort to address cultural inequities that affect economic growth, the IRC has been bringing spouses together to talk about the importance of setting goals collectively, as a family. more »
Posted in Women, Domestic Violence, Africa, Kenya | Tags: urban refugees, Women's Rights, women, poverty | 0 Comments
Posted by Jane Yang on April 21, 2012
They’re officially named “block health committees,” but to IRC grants intern Jane Yang they’re the Kakuma refugee camp clean-up brigade, teams of neighborhood volunteers on a mission to ensure safe and sanitary conditions within the camp. more »
Posted in Health, Africa, Kenya | Tags: Earth Day, Kakuma, sanitation, Kakuma_environment | 0 Comments
Posted by The IRC on April 20, 2012
The IRC's Marion Dols on how the IRC is providing care for women in the overwhelmed Yida refugee camp, where hundreds of desperate Sudanese fleeing fighting and a severe food shortage are arriving each day. more »
Posted in Health, Mothers, Women, Africa, South Sudan | Tags: health, women, reproductive health, South Kordofan, Yida refugee camp | 2 Comments
Posted by Jane Yang on April 20, 2012
As Earth Day approaches, a look at how the IRC is working with a community-based nonprofit organization dedicated to empowering refugees and improving the quality of their lives and their environment. more »
Posted in Health, Africa, Kenya | Tags: Kakuma, sanitation, Kakuma_environment, environmental health | 0 Comments
Posted by The IRC on April 20, 2012
A new wave of refugees fleeing Sudan's South Kordofan conflict... plus other recent media coverage touching on the International Rescue Committee's work around the world. more »
Tags: Sudanese refugees, South Kordofan | 0 Comments
Posted by The IRC on April 20, 2012
Christine Akello, a farmer and mother of six children, shares the story of how she is rebuilding her life after the the long and brutal Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) conflict in northern Uganda. more »
Posted in Women, Africa, Uganda | Tags: LRA, women, poverty, Joseph Kony, women_LRA | 0 Comments
Posted by Jane Yang on April 19, 2012
As Earth Day approaches we’re taking a look at some of the environmental concerns that arise in humanitarian crises; among them, how to address a growing litter problem in a massive refugee camp. more »
Posted in Health, Africa, Kenya | Tags: Earth Day, environment, health, Kakuma, sanitation, Sudanese refugees, water, Somali refugees, Kakuma_environment | 3 Comments
Posted by The IRC on April 18, 2012
The IRC's Elizabeth Pender shares an update from the Yida refugee camp in South Sudan, temporary home to more than 20,000 Sudanese who have fled ongoing fighting and severe food shortages in South Kordofan. more »
Posted in Emergency Response, Gender based Violence, Women, Africa, South Sudan | Tags: refugee camps, Sudanese refugees, humanitarian aid, South Kordofan | 1 Comments
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