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Quoted: Military-led aid projects doomed to fail in Afghanistan
Posted by The.IRC on January 28th, 2011
Commenting on a Washington Post story, the IRC’s Michael Kocher writes in a letter to the editor,"Military-led projects erode established humanitarian principles of impartiality and independence, fail to win hearts and minds and -- we now know -- are ineffective." more »
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Wake Up Call: Gertrude Garway - Monrovia, Liberia
Posted by The.IRC on January 26th, 2011
What keeps me wanting to go out every day and do this work is just that urge within me to see smiles on the faces of women who have not been able to smile for months or for years. more »
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The State of Refugees in America
Posted by Alexandra Brosnan on January 25th, 2011
The President’s annual State of the Union address is an especially pertinent time to reflect on the successes and challenges experienced by a special group of new Americans -- refugees. more »
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Refugee Journeys: Roberto Martinez - Cuba, 1960
Posted by The.IRC on January 24th, 2011
We were taught never to be or feel victimized or feel inferior. Or to feel like we were wanting something though certainly we left a lot behind. My father left his business and we left our home. The important thing was our family was together and we were going to school and we were starting a new life. more »
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Bracing for a vote in Central African Republic
Posted by Kate Sands Adams on January 21st, 2011
On Sunday voters in Central African Republic will go to the polls. Observers fear that continuing violence in some regions of the country could disrupt the elections and plunge the population even deeper into misery more »
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Quoted: On the Liberia-Ivory Coast border, "we have to be prepared for the worst"
Posted by The.IRC on January 21st, 2011
“We don’t know how long the crisis will last,” says Dr. Folaranmi Ogunbowale, who oversees the IRC’s emergency health care response on the Liberia-Ivory Coast border. “But given the volatile history of this region, we have to be prepared for the worst.” more »
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Wake Up Call: Monika Bakayoko-Topolska - Abidjan, Ivory Coast
Posted by The.IRC on January 19th, 2011
"'What is the problem? The goats and the sheep give birth without any assistance, why not my wife?'" The IRC's Monika Bakayoko-Topolska quotes a man in one village in Ivory Coast who refused his pregnant wife permission to get a pre-natal check-up. more »
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Video: Helping refugees prepare for life outside of a refugee camp
Posted by The.IRC on January 18th, 2011
The average refugee situation lasts 17 years. When wars end and refugees go home, they often find they don't have the skills they need to get jobs, start their own businesses, and help their countries rebuild. more »
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Noted: War's overlooked victims
Posted by The.IRC on January 18th, 2011
"War’s Overlooked Victims," in the The Economist, examines the dismaying prevalence of rape in war around the world and quotes the IRC's Hillary Margolis. more »
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Wake Up Call: Melody Munz - Port-au-Prince, Haiti
Posted by The.IRC on January 14th, 2011
I think that women can play a significant role in the long-term recovery of this nation. Based on what I've seen in our own staff and in the people that we see in the camps, they are capable, they are thinking, they are sharp — and they want their lives to improve. more »
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