While these countries represent less than 6 percent of the world’s population, they host more than half of all people identified as being in need globally.

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

The IRC, in consortium with three international NGOs and working closely with nearly a dozen national non-profit organisations in the Central African Republic, is leading a €6.1 million project financed by the European Union to improve the protection and reintegration of women, girls and people with specific needs who are vulnerable to gender-based violence (GBV) in CAR.