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IRC Offers Recommendations to Improve Adolescent Girls’ and Pregnant and Lactating Women’s Nutrition
- Statement
- March 15, 2023
Central African Republic
In Central African Republic (CAR), 1 million people have been displaced by ongoing conflict. The International Rescue Committee has assisted CAR throughout its current crisis despite the high risk to aid workers. We provide medical care, water and sanitation services, and protection for vulnerable women and girls.
- Country
EAGER Stories of Change
Hear from the EAGER girls, volunteers and communities about how their lives changed through the program.
- Video
- April 5, 2023
How the IRC empowers women and girls
Around the world, the International Rescue Committee works to create a world where women are given the chance to succeed. Explore our work.
- Slideshow
- June 1, 2016
A friendship born in dance
Nazia and Rolian bonded at a refugee camp in Greece over their love for dance. The two 16-year-old girls—one from Afghanistan, the other from Syria—practice Zumba moves to videos downloaded on Nazia’s mobile phone.
- Article
- July 7, 2022
A big sister’s love: one Syrian girl’s story from Idlib
Family is everything for Amira, especially in times of crisis. She shares her story of resilience and survival in Syria.
- Article
- June 27, 2022
What is gender-based violence (GBV)–and how do we prevent it?
In crises, the risk of GBV increases, and so does our collective need to act to prevent GBV before it happens or respond to the needs of women and girls when it does.
- Article
- August 13, 2025
No safe place
The study used quantitative and qualitative methods to explore the situation of women and girls in ve settings in South Sudan: Juba City, Juba County, Rumbek Centre, two Protection of Civilian (PoC) sites in Juba, and one PoC site in Bentiu.
- Report
- November 29, 2017
Celebrating children's hopes and dreams through art
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.
- Announcement
- March 4, 2022
How we help women reach their potential worldwide
From our programming on the ground to our international advocacy work, here are six ways the IRC is supporting women and girls around the world.
- Article
- March 7, 2024