“We have to reimagine the world that we want and we have to speak up for it.” To mark the 25th anniversary of the U.N.’s Beijing Platform for Action on gender equality, refugee and IRC volunteer Lilian Dawa and IRC president and CEO David Miliband spoke with Hillary Clinton about the progress made for women—and what still needs to be done.

The IRC is a global leader in transforming the lives of women and girls, and our Gender Equality Unit is dedicated to ensuring that all of our program outcomes are achieved equally by men and women, boys and girls, in the communities that we work.

In September, Jenny Hart, the IRC in Salt Lake City’s maternal & child health coordinator, attended an international Gender Equality Champion Conference for IRC staff hosted in Nairobi, Kenya.

The Generation Equality Forum can and should drive progress towards gender equality in humanitarian contexts. IRC has called for the Generation Equality Forum (GEF) to be purposefully inclusive of achieving gender equality in humanitarian contexts.

Read our 2022 GEDI annual progress report.

The IRC's first IRC gender analysis in Yemen with a programmatic focus revealed the “big picture” gender-related data trends with a focus on health, WASH, food security, multi-purpose cash assistance and NFI distributions, education and protection.

Governments, UN agencies, civil society and the private sector have a unique opportunity through the Generation Equality GBV Action Coalition to mobilise commitments and resources to dramatically increase access for women and girls to GBV prevention and response services in humanitarian crises

The IRC will focus on breaking down barriers by solving the biggest challenges facing women and girls.

What can governments, business and other sectors do to systematically boost the inclusion and empowerment of refugees, particularly girls and women? On the 25th anniversary of the Beijing Platform for Action, which seeks to advance women’s rights, IRC president and CEO David Miliband and IRC volunteer Lilian Dawa discuss the progress being made on gender equality with former U.S.