Women and girls see real improvements to their safety, health, education, economic wellbeing, and their ability to make decisions that affect their lives.
How we get there:
Women's rights are human rights. The IRC is working to break down barriers for women and girls and ensure gender equality is a cornerstone of all of our programs.
See our work in action.
As many women as possible have the ability and power to create real change in their lives and communities.
How we get there:
We will work with women and girls of all ages to help them thrive. And we will rigorously measure the impact of IRC programs and share what we’ve learned with other organizations.
Stand with women and girls.
All people, regardless of their gender, enjoy the same rights and opportunities.
How we get there:
Narrowing the gender gap calls for addressing inequalities within our own organization, both through our hiring practices and how we operate day-to-day.
Read our Gender Action Plan.
As humanitarian need increases overall during the COVID-19 pandemic, the IRC is concerned that more women and girls at risk of gender-based violence are being left behind.
15 million
people in need, mainly women and girls, are missing out on gender-based violence services.
Despite a “shadow pandemic” of violence driven by COVID-19, the IRC found that funding for these services did not grow proportionally alongside need.
Learn more< $11
is allocated for each person in need of gender-based violence support services.
A new analysis by the IRC finds that the average funding request for gender-based violence services is only 3% of the total needed.
Learn more20 million
girls are at risk of not returning to school because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The IRC is calling on the international community to increase the involvement of local women leaders in developing COVID-19 response plans.
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