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RT @MoveEndViolence: Why do we need a #movement to end #VAWG? #MovementMaker Heidi Lehmann of @theIRC on the blog. t.co/H74c80BdAs
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@Doylech @oneworldadopt @Just_Naomi_chan @socialfund @AFRIpads @tamaraduker @lynndalsing @HuTerra @scribblymouse thanks for your support!
May 20, 2013
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RT @IRCuk: Thanks @LCO_orchestra @RiyadNicolas @cadoganhall for an excellent concert & for supporting our work w. Syrian refugees #TheAsfar…
May 20, 2013
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Call members of Senate Judiciary Ctte & ask them to retain #CIR provisions that protect refugees & asylees t.co/xLIoPRWloc #CIRmarkup
May 20, 2013
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#CIRmarkup: Sec. 3405 of U.S. #CIR bill is in markup right now. It contains important protections for #refugees, asylees & stateless people.
May 20, 2013
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Posted by Sophia Jones-Mwangi on May 30th, 2012
Agriculture was once a driving force of Zimbabwe’s economy but after an economic crisis, small farmers could not find a market for their crops. To help plant the seeds for recovery, the International Rescue Committee is matching Zimbabwean farmers with buyers and now they are able to expand their businesses and care for their families. more »
Posted in Food, Africa, Zimbabwe | Tags: agriculture, economic recovery | 1 Comments
Posted by The.IRC on May 29th, 2012
Umaru Senessie was born into poverty in war-torn Sierra Leone, forced to work hard labor in the country’s diamond mines, but he was determined he would make a difference and help his village heal. He tells his story here. more »
Posted in Health, Africa, Sierra Leone | Tags: health | 2 Comments
Posted by The.IRC on May 24th, 2012
After listening to women in West Africa talk about the abuses they had suffered at the hands of their husbands and boyfriends, journalist Susan Dentzer and the other members of the IRC Commission on Domestic Violence brought the women's plea for change to government officials. more »
Posted in Women, Domestic Violence, Africa, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Sierra Leone | Tags: domestic violence |
Posted by The.IRC on May 23rd, 2012
This photo was taken as part of Global Crescendo, an IRC project that enables women to document their lives through digital cameras and use pictures to tell their stories in their communities. more »
Posted in Gender based Violence, Women, Domestic Violence, Africa, Ivory Coast | Tags: domestic violence, Global Crescendo |
Posted by The.IRC on May 22nd, 2012
In West Africa, 6 out of every 10 women who come to the IRC seeking assistance after experiencing violence are reporting violence at the hands of a partner or spouse. Read one 21-year-old woman's story. more »
Posted in Gender based Violence, Women, Domestic Violence, Africa, Liberia | Tags: domestic violence | 2 Comments
Posted by George.Rupp on May 22nd, 2012
Through the strong ties our staff has forged with the women we assist, the IRC has come to see that far too often the riskiest place for a woman is where you might least expect it to be—in her own home. more »
Posted in Gender based Violence, Domestic Violence, Africa, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Sierra Leone | Tags: domestic violence, West Africa, human rights, women |
Posted by The.IRC on May 21st, 2012
Millions of Malians are threatened by the drought and hunger crisis in Africa's Sahel region. The IRC is providing emergency support to local health centers. more »
Posted in Emergency Response, Health, Sahel Crisis, Africa, Mali | Tags: Sahel |
Posted by The.IRC on May 18th, 2012
The IRC's Liz Pender writes in GlobalPost that rape and domestic violence are all too common for Sudanese women who fled the conflict in the Nuba mountains. more »
Posted in Gender based Violence, Women, Domestic Violence, Africa, South Sudan | Tags: domestic violence, violence against women, Yida refugee camp |
Posted by The.IRC on May 18th, 2012
Farmer and mother Alice Akoko shares the story of how she is rebuilding her life after the the long and brutal LRA conflict in northern Uganda. more »
Posted in Women, Domestic Violence, Africa, Uganda | Tags: domestic violence, LRA, women, Joseph Kony, women_LRA, village savings and loan association |
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