The IRC is working to prevent sexual violence against women and to protect and support survivors.

A displaced woman living in a camp near Goma holds up a colorful pagne cloth garment, part of an emergency kit she received from the IRC last week.

Women in South Kivu, Democratic Republic of Congo, celebrate the first successful share-out of their village savings group. Groups like this one organize weekly meetings, where women save in the form of buying shares.

Knitting is one of many activities at the IRC’s women’s centers in Lebanon. At the centers women can share their experiences and work though emotional trauma together. 

Thousands of people displaced by recent fighting between rebels and the Congolese army have flocked to this makeshift camp on a hardened lava field on the outskirts of Goma. Africa's most active volcano, Nyiragongo, is just a few miles away.