Progress and challenges in ensuring life-saving services and reducing risks of violence for women and girls in emergencies

Thousands of displaced Syrians have crowded into villages in central Idlib, where they shelter in makeshift tents or abandoned structures. The IRC is there, providing health care and emergency cash relief.

In acute emergencies, the IRC establishes emergency water, sanitation and hygiene promotion programs, ensuring that life-saving services can be initiated efficiently. As countries evolve from emergencies to rebuilding, the IRC works to build stronger community and government oversight on improved water, hygiene and sanitation services, and maintenance of systems.

Price Real Estate donated a warehouse space in Draper for a year of use to the IRC in Salt Lake City, expanding operational efforts during an emergency response supporting Afghan evacuees arriving to Utah.

Testing intervention packages to improve adolescents’ access to and use of sexual and reproductive health services in emergencies

Central American families have the legal right to seek asylum—but have limited to no guidance regarding the asylum process. The IRC and its partners in Arizona are providing emergency support to asylum-seeking families.

Refugee families will be disproportionately affected by the impact of COVID-19 on our community in the coming weeks. Help IRC ensure our clients have the resources and services they need to get through this trying time.

The Great Lakes and Central Africa region is experiencing a complex and deepening humanitarian crisis driven by persistent conflict, forced displacement and the rising threat of Trafficking in Person (TIP). The convergence of displacement and trafficking presents the urgent need for protection and policy solutions. This brief analyzes the current trends in forced displacement and trafficking across Central Africa, with a focus on root causes, emerging risks and opportunities for durable solutions. It also presents information and data on the IRC’s work in the region, highlighting both emergency interventions and long-term solutions to the crisis.