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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's Refugee Commission
Posted by The.IRC on January 25th, 2013
“The inspiring true story of a son and his mother, who start a 'book club' that brings them together as her life comes to a close." That remarkable mother is Mary Anne Schwalbe, who was founding director of the Women's Refugee Commission. more »
Tags: refugees, Women's Refugee Commission, what we're reading |
Posted by The.IRC on August 10th, 2012
This Sunday, August 12, is International Youth Day. Our colleagues at the Women's Refugee Commission are blogging about the huge impact young people make in areas affected by war and disaster. more »
Posted in Children & Youth, Haiti | Tags: youth, Women's Refugee Commission |
Posted by The.IRC on July 16th, 2012
What would it be like to have to leave your home, your community, your country? Follow the journal of 12-year-old Amina, who was forced to flee Mogadishu with her mother and 6 siblings after her father was killed as a result of the fierce violence roiling Somalia. more »
Posted in Advocacy, Gender based Violence, Women, Africa | Tags: girls, Women's Refugee Commission, women |
Posted by The.IRC on March 1st, 2012
Sarah Costa, executive director of the IRC-affiliated Women's Refugee Commission reflects on the importance of investing in women and girls. more »
Posted in Post conflict, Women | Tags: refugees, peace, Women's Rights, Women's Refugee Commission, conflict, war, Sarah Costa |
Posted by The.IRC on February 8th, 2012
Stories of horrific violence in Congo are all too common; however, there are even more attacks—especially on women and children—that we don’t hear about. Learn how an IRC-affiliated program is using cell phones to connect those who have experienced violence with those who can help them. more »
Posted by The.IRC on January 4th, 2012
At first, she said, they treated her “like a queen.” But shortly after recruiting then-nine-year-old Sofia from a small village in Colombia, the guerilla fighters began beating and raping her. more »
Posted in Children & Youth, Colombia | Tags: Women's Refugee Commission, Watchlist on Children and Armed Conflict |
Posted by The.IRC on September 7th, 2011
Sarah Costa, executive director of IRC affiliate Women's Refugee Commission, discusses why it's time to put the lives and safety of women and girls who are fleeing the drought in Somalia at the top of the humanitarian agenda. more »
Posted in Horn of Africa Drought, Africa, Kenya, Somalia | Tags: refugees, drought, refugee camps, Women's Refugee Commission, natural disasters, Dadaab refugee camps, women, famine, Somalia Refugees |
Posted by The.IRC on April 21st, 2011
One thousand women and girls die every day from pregnancy-related causes. A new Women’s Refugee Commission initiative launching tomorrow will connect health care providers working in crisis zones to one another to help reduce these staggering maternal mortality numbers. more »
Posted in Health | Tags: refugees, health, humanitarian, pregnancy, Women's Refugee Commission, maternal mortality |
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 »
Posted in Post conflict | Tags: refugees, video, humanitarian, refugee camps, Sudanese refugees, livelihoods, Women's Refugee Commission |
Posted by The.IRC on December 13th, 2010
I stepped off of a teeming street into Aamina’s apartment, where the floury, slightly sour scent of injera lingered in the air. A round stove, a small TV, and a set of bunk beds lined the teal-gray walls of the one-room flat that Aamina shares with her two children and two employees. more »
Posted in Advocacy, Africa, Kenya | Tags: refugees, Nairobi, urban refugees, Women's Refugee Commission, Ethiopian refugees, refugees in Kenya, Eastleigh | 1 Comments
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