According to the National Strategy on Integration, there are over 650,000 third country nationals in Greece, including refugees and asylum seekers. Without Greek language skills, they are at a disadvantage in navigating the labour market. Women and youth are especially vulnerable and have particular challenges in finding employment.

The Baseline Assessment Report aims to assess the perspectives of employees and Business Management members at Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) and other organizations on the added value and the benefits of Diversity and Inclusion (D&I), to understand existing Diversity Management practices better, explore priorities and plans for further Diversity Management measures and assess Human Resources (HR) departments’ needs on the topic, at a managerial and organizational level. The assessment survey targeted SMEs and non-profit organizations in Greece and a limited number of public sector agencies. The Report is available in English and Greek.

Learn what gender-based violence is, how to prevent it, and what the IRC is doing.

Meet five inspirational women who have overcome adversity to break down barriers and forge their own paths forward.

Around the world, more than 45 million children under the age of five experience acute malnutrition annually. Between one and two million will die as a result.

In this briefing note, the International Rescue Committee together with the Danish Refugee Council and Norwegian Refugee Council outline our joint recommendations for how the international community should respond to this crisis of historic magnitude and scale.

Fati fled Nigeria in 2014. After receiving training from the IRC, she now has ambitions to restart her business.