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Crisis news in 60 seconds: March 2019

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These photos of children in Syria enjoying a magical party will warm your heart

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A chance for kids to be kids in Syria

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Teddy bears, dreams and school: Syrian girls share a few of their favorite things

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An IRC health worker examines a pregnant Venezuelan women

Venezuela: An expectant mother's extreme journey to get health care

The Tlas family from Syria at home in San Diego

#RefugeesWelcome

10 things President Trump doesn't understand about refugees

CNN interviews the IRC's Nicole Behnam about "Brave Girl Rising"

Meet Alice: Entrepreneur, job creator, refugee

Cibel Ortiz in Cucuta, Colombia

Crisis in Venezuela

‘Someone looking out for me’: a Venezuelan mother’s story

Central African girl at an IRC-run safe space

Stand with women and girls

The five most dangerous places to be a girl

Crisis in Venezuela

A courageous Venezuelan mother makes a new start

The IRC + Girl Rising

Meet Nasro: “I am the bravest girl in the world”

International Women's Month

Five refugee women who made history

A Mexican child looks at a vehicle of the US border patrol through the US-Mexico fence in Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua state, Mexico

Is it legal to cross the U.S. border to seek asylum?

Press releases

Cyclone Idai wreaks havoc in Zimbabwe; the IRC launches immediate emergency response

The IRC responds to President Trump’s veto on Congress’ ‘Resolution of Disapproval’

Remarks by David Miliband, IRC President and CEO, as hostilities continue into the 8th anniversary of the Syria conflict

Women and girls in DRC facing an increased risk of violence and higher exposure to Ebola since start of the outbreak

IRC: U.S. Senate should terminate national emergency proclamation, focus on crisis in the Northern Triangle

Leading humanitarian, development, and global health organizations urge congress to reject cuts to foreign assistance