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A voice from West Africa


May 22, 2012
By The IRC
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Quoted: Yida refugee camp in South Sudan remains dangerous for women


May 18, 2012
By The IRC

Women collect materials to build shelter, Yida refugee camp, Unity State, South Sudan.

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Uganda after Kony: Alice Akoko’s story


May 18, 2012
By The IRC

Alice Akoko is a member of an IRC Village Savings and Loans Association in northern Uganda that is helping families who were uprooted by the LRA conflict to recover and rebuild.

 
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"It could be any one of us": Supporting Syria’s women refugees


May 17, 2012
By The IRC

Syrian women await a distribution of aid in the northern Jordanian city of Ramtha. Women and girls fleeing Syria say they have been directly targeted in the ongoing conflict.

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Sudan and South Sudan move from ‘crisis to catastrophe’: Aid groups

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Sudan and South Sudan move from ‘crisis to catastrophe’: Aid groups
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May 15, 2012
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Agence France Presse
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http://english.alarabiya.net/articles/2012/05/15/214271.html
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Heavy rains coming soon in Sudan and South Sudan will add to the woes of civilians after a border conflict and civil war forced thousands to flee their homes, aid agencies warned Tuesday.

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Yida refugee camp in South Sudan remains dangerous for women

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Yida refugee camp in South Sudan remains dangerous for women
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Liz Pender
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May 14, 2012
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GlobalPost
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Commentary: Rape and domestic violence are all too common for females who fled Nuba Mountains.
 

The world's most courageous moms


May 11, 2012
By The IRC
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Asha's story: An 18-year-old mother and mentor for Somali refugee girls


May 8, 2012
By The IRC

Conflict and the worst drought in six decades drove these Somali mothers and their children to the Dadaab camp in Kenya, home to nearly half a million refugees.

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Mother's Day gift guides: Rescue Gifts are a great way to honor mom while helping mothers in need


May 7, 2012
By The IRC
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Video: Women's voices in conflict zones

Where are the voices of women and girls in conflict zones? Where are their voices in decisions that affect their lives? These questions motivated the International Rescue Committee and writer/photographer Ann Jones to produce "A Global Crescendo: Womens Voices from Conflict Zones" in 2007 and 2008. Through photography, women and girls in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Liberia, Ivory Coast (Cote d'Ivoire), Sierra Leone and Thailand documented their lives and made their voices heard, both locally and globally. 

07 May 2012
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