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As crisis worsens, Afghan women brace for a hungry winter
Twenty-four million people in Afghanistan are in urgent need of aid. Women and girls increasingly bear the brunt of violence and of a hunger crisis that threatens to overwhelm the country.
- Article
- June 22, 2022
Women In Action Graduation
New cohort of Haitian-Creole women find new success with Elizabeth's Women In Action Program.
- Announcement
- June 27, 2022
Breaking down barriers for women and girls
At the IRC, we are doing more than just imagining a different future for women and girls affected by conflict and crisis. We’re focusing our resources and capabilities to help break down each of the barriers they face.
- Article
- January 30, 2025
Yemeni doctor fights for women’s health
It’s no small feat to be a woman in Yemen living without your family. Helping mothers give birth during a pandemic, in the most remote regions of a war-torn country, make this 27-year-old a courageous role model.
- Article
- June 27, 2022
Women's Resilience Center
The Women's Resilience Center is a safe, collaborative space where the diverse needs of all women and girls are respected and where women and girls can seek, share, and obtain information about their rights and their inherent potential for safety, health, education, economic wellbeing, and power.
- Announcement
- June 22, 2022
Women Graduates Celebrated
In 2022 IRC Seattle started a sewing program called New Americans Artisan Collective to promote women’s empowerment through handicrafts. The inaugural class was launched in the fall, comprised entirely of refugee women from Afghanistan. On December 16th, the program proudly celebrated as the first cohort of six women graduated.
- Announcement
- January 26, 2023
Meet Ukrainian women finding a respite from war at the IRC women’s center in Dnipro
At our Dnipro safe space, displaced women and their hosts take a break from the experiences of the war and recreate a sense of the community they’ve lost.
- Article
- August 29, 2023
Raising awareness of violence against women in Kenya
Andrew Kusimba, father of two and community leader in Kitale, Kenya, raises awareness about violence against women in his community.
- Article
- June 15, 2014
Women and girls exploited in exchange for money to buy food
Drought in northern Kenya has left some 2.6 million people struggling to find enough to eat. Women and girls in Turkana County are being exploited in exchange for money to buy food. The International Rescue Committee is seeing an increase in violence against women, early and forced marriage, and women and girls engaging in transactional sex in order to procure food for their families as the region is gripped by near-famine.
- Video
- June 27, 2022
IRC marks International Women’s Day with Georgia Women’s Chamber of Commerce
The IRC in Atlanta’s staff were honored to attend and speak as part of the 7th annual Women’s Day Summit held by the Georgia Women’s Chamber of Commerce on March 8.
- Announcement
- February 27, 2024