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VOICES FROM THE FIELDTHE IRC BLOG
This Week's Voices: "Women are being attacked in their own spaces"
January 13, 2012
By The IRC
The IRC is working to prevent sexual violence against women and to protect and support survivors.
Photo: Ezra Millstein/IRC
Notable quotes touching on the International Rescue Committee's work around the world:
"Women are being attacked in their own spaces."
- Wanja Laiboni, who worked with the IRC in Haiti, explaining how women face the threat of physical and sexual assault in the teeming and often poorly lit settlements where homeless earthquake surviors live.
“Now I have the courage to talk to my parents about my rights, about the limits to how much work I should do at home. And about hitting — that it’s not the right consequence to not doing my chores.“
- Roxanne, a teenage mentor to younger girls in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. She's part of an IRC program that helps young girls learn their rights, build confidence and feel more secure in Haiti, where a sharp increase in violence against girls and women followed the January 2010 earthquake.
“We left everything behind. We escaped only with our lives.”
- Omar, who fled his home in Afghanistan in August following a spate of shelling from across the border Pakistan. He and his family are among the thousands of Afghans who have received support through the IRC.
"The city should work with local nonprofit groups such as Live Baltimore, Centro de la Comunidad, Casa de Maryland and the International Rescue Committee, which already have developed strong ties to immigrant communities in Baltimore. They have the best handle on the factors that influence new arrivals' decision about where to put down roots."
- Baltimore Sun, in an editorial published on January 11: "Put out the welcome mat. Our view: Baltimore can grow only if attracts foreign immigrants willing to settle here"
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