The CARE project will be implemented by four civil society partners from Greece and Italy with expertise in women’s and girls’ empowerment to contribute towards the prevention of gender-based violence (GBV) against women and girls, with a focus on Intimate Partner Violence (IPV).

A brief about IRC’s multi-pronged initiative to expand access to care by bring life-saving MNH services closer to women and newborns within their homes and communities.

Local business Janey Appleseed is hiring refugee women to sew children's dresses and quilts

Josephine Bonkongya, a refugee from the Democractic Republic of the Congo, supports the adjustment of other newly-arrived refugee women through the Community Health Promoter Program. Through the program, Josephine helped numerous women adjust to their new lives in the U.S., and emerged as a community leader.

The IRC in Northern California is pleased to announce the #WomenThrive campaign! From International Women’s Day (Mar 8) until Mother’s Day (May 12), we are raising much needed funds for IRC’s work that helps ensure refugee women thrive in their new homes in Northern California.

Earlier this year, the IRC in Greece hosted cooking workshops for refugee and local women living on the island of Lesbos. Some of the women who took part talked to us about their experience and shared their recipes.

Earlier this year, the IRC in Greece hosted cooking workshops for refugee and local women living on the island of Lesbos. Some of the women who took part talked to us about their experience and shared their recipes.

In honor of International Day of the Girl and Women's History Month, we asked boys and girls in our Unaccompanied Children program to share their hopes and dreams for women and girls around the world through paintings, drawings, and self-portraits.

Rose, an IRC client in New York, was invited to speak at the United Nations' celebration of the International Day of Rural Women.

In 2018, the IRC assisted over 120,000 Syrian refugees and low-income Jordanians to access healthcare, protection, education and income generation opportunities. One of the recent changes that IRC staff have noticed is that Syrian women are taking on more of an income earning role than was the norm back in Syria and that this is creating changes in household dynamics.