Women

In the footsteps of a refugee girl

July 16, 2012
By The IRC

Posted in Advocacy, Gender based Violence, Women, Africa | Tags: girls, Women's Refugee Commission, women

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Family Planning for Women in Conflict Areas Seen as Crucial

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Family Planning for Women in Conflict Areas Seen as Crucial

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July 10, 2012

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Wednesday is World Population Day, and the United Nations Population Fund says reproductive health is crucial for development. Dr. Dhammika Perera, senior technical advisor for global reproductive health programs at the International Rescue Committee (IRC), said his organization believes that givin

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“Golden Moment” hinges on family planning reaching women in crisis zones

10 Jul 2012

Giving women in conflict or disaster-hit communities more control over when and whether to have children will be key to the success of global efforts to reduce maternal mortality in developing countries.

Safer deliveries for South Sudan’s new mothers

Sudan’s decades-long civil war has left South Sudan, which became an independent state last year, without a functioning health system or trained personnel. As a result, the new nation has one of the world’s highest rates of maternal mortality: More than 2,000 mothers die for every 100,000 live births.

06 Jul 2012

A new nation gives birth to life-saving obstetric care

July 6, 2012
By Peter Biro

Arek Akot Mawien after giving birth to her daughter Ajok.

Photo: Peter Biro/IRC

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Posted in Health, Women, Africa, South Sudan | Tags: midwives, mothers, maternal mortality, maternal health, traditional birth attendants

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South Sudan: Conditions worsen for thousands of refugees fleeing Sudan conflict

June 28, 2012
By Peter Biro

The remote Yida refugee camp houses nearly 60,000 men, women and children fleeing fighting in the Republic of Sudan. A thousand more arrive every day.

Photo: Liz Pender/IRC

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Posted in Emergency Response, Gender based Violence, Health, Women, Africa, South Sudan | Tags: refugees, Sudanese refugees, Nuba Mountains, South Kordofan, Yida

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IRC in the News: Living with slavery and rape

June 22, 2012
By The IRC

An IRC signboard in Sierra Leone to raise awareness and change attitudes to fight violence against women. In partnership with the Sierra Leone police the ads are displayed at police stations across the country.

Photo: Sam Duerden/IRC

Posted in Gender based Violence, Women, Domestic Violence, Sierra Leone | Tags: refugees, news, humanitarian aid

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Uganda after Kony: Paulina Acayo’s story

June 21, 2012
By The IRC

Poverty, alcoholism and domestic violence are common in villages in northern Uganda that are recovering from the long and brutal Lord’s Resistance Army conflict.

Photo: Christopher Scott/IRC

Posted in Post conflict, Women, Domestic Violence, Africa, Uganda | Tags: domestic violence, conflict, women, women_LRA, VSLA

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When “home” is a stranger’s house

June 11, 2012
By Sinziana Demian

Jacqueline’s is one of many displaced families forced to flee their homes by violence in South Kivu. Here she washes their clothes in new basins bought with IRC vouchers at a local fair.

Photo: Sinziana Demian/IRC

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